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Philadelphia, PA

1,584,064 Population
134.3 square miles 11,796.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,766 ±$892 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $40,930 ±$393
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,804 ±$222
$47,474 ±$1,609 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $74,533 ±$889
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,463 ±$429

23.3% ±1.4% (359,011  ±20,766) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 699,913 (±0.5% / ±26,981)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,489,333 (±0.3% / ±38,199)

34.3 minutes ±0.9 (23,133,700  ±722,069) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 30.8 87,368,435 (±0.3 / ±1,045,495)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.8 162,715,325 (±0.2 / ±1,394,328)

Families

619,505 ±4,709 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,323,207 ±7,891
  • Pennsylvania: 5,119,249 ±11,502
2.5 ±0 (1,536,475  ±4,078) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.6 5,943,507 (±0 / ±6,151)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,380,244 (±0)

5.2% ±0.8% (22,121  ±3,432) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 70,695 (±0.4% / ±5,364)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 148,956 (±0.2% / ±6,375)

Housing

691,653 ±1,639 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,507,446 ±2,431
  • Pennsylvania: 5,732,580 ±1,066

$183,200 ±$5,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $263,700 ±$2,137
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $192,600 ±$1,105

14.7% ±1% (229,733  ±15,117) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 715,191 (±0.4% / ±23,181.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.5% 1,577,990 (±0.3% / ±34,693.9)

Social

85.9% ±1.7% (935,114  ±18,204.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 91.2% 3,875,839 (±0.7% / ±30,900.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,216,204 (±0.5% / ±41,592.6)
31% ±0.9% (337,675  ±9,714.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39% 1,658,371 (±0.4% / ±18,436.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,917,402 (±0.3% / ±22,331.2)

24.1% ±0.8% (357,670  ±12,271.4) 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: 16.3% 939,854 (±0.3% / ±19,401.1)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,420,449 (±0.2% / ±22,597.9)

14% ±0.7% (221,462  ±11,676) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.9% 667,682 (±0.3% / ±16,172)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 893,167 (±0.2% / ±19,548)

4.5% ±0.3% (55,265  ±3,363) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.8% 275,857 (±0.2% / ±7,036)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 710,375 (±0.1% / ±9,304)
55,265 Total veterans ±3,363 50,126 Male ±3,222 5,139 Female ±995

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