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Philadelphia, PA

1,567,258 Population
134.4 square miles 11,664.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$36,077 ±$877 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $47,170 ±$506
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,489 ±$312
$56,517 ±$2,547 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $84,123 ±$976
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $71,798 ±$557

21.7% ±1.6% (329,385  ±24,423) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 692,871 (±0.5% / ±31,237)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,483,365 (±0.3% / ±39,129)

31.6 minutes ±0.7 (18,787,220  ±600,668) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 28.6 72,697,210 (±0.2 / ±865,011)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.4 140,389,840 (±0.2 / ±1,296,076)

Families

695,320 ±5,141 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,483,863 ±7,122
  • Pennsylvania: 5,294,065 ±14,260
2.2 ±0 (1,518,324  ±1,095) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,077,818 (±0 / ±2,754)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,540,001

5% ±0.8% (20,948  ±3,401) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5% 74,221 (±0.4% / ±6,066)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,542 (±0.3% / ±7,113)

Housing

757,656 ±525 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,634,290 ±1,117
  • Pennsylvania: 5,815,191 ±386

$237,900 ±$6,421 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $332,600 ±$2,430
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $245,500 ±$1,392

13.3% ±0.9% (205,779  ±13,374) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,127 (±0.4% / ±23,835.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,378,990 (±0.2% / ±30,921.1)

Social

87.3% ±1.9% (939,389  ±20,101.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,019,644 (±0.8% / ±33,848)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,436,634 (±0.5% / ±46,126.2)
36.3% ±1.1% (390,174  ±11,584) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.3% 1,844,066 (±0.5% / ±20,791.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.1% 3,209,693 (±0.3% / ±27,947)

24.9% ±1% (366,329  ±15,230) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 16.9% 998,502 (±0.4% / ±22,270.5)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,515,888 (±0.2% / ±24,009.6)

15.7% (246,579  ±13,359) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 734,722
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% 978,173

3.6% ±0.4% (44,896  ±4,848) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.1% 249,256 (±0.2% / ±9,038)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 638,436 (±0.1% / ±10,651)
44,896 Total veterans ±4,848 39,082 Male ±4,466 5,814 Female ±1,512

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