Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Philadelphia, PA

1,576,251 Population
134.4 square miles 11,731.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

35.2 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,707 ±$730 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $43,463 ±$439
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
$52,899 ±$1,643 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $80,007 ±$1,028
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505

22.8% ±1.3% (350,602  ±20,532) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12.3% 749,432 (±0.4% / ±26,596)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)

31.1 minutes ±0.5 (16,541,125  ±480,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 27.6 63,019,344 (±0.2 / ±803,558)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 25.7 126,990,176 (±0.2 / ±1,159,131)

Families

660,921 ±5,390 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,442,868 ±8,226
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
2.3 ±0 (1,529,781  ±4,652) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,070,292 (±0 / ±8,304)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)

4.6% ±0.8% (19,185  ±3,374) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 69,987 (±0.4% / ±5,376)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,491 (±0.2% / ±6,944)

Housing

733,015 ±2,013 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,603,073 ±3,390
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639

$220,700 ±$4,567 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $300,300 ±$2,638
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434

13% ±1% (202,867  ±14,840.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.1% 685,082 (±0.4% / ±23,335.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)

Social

86.9% ±1.8% (947,562  ±19,105.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 91.9% 4,003,670 (±0.7% / ±31,149.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
34.8% ±1% (378,996  ±11,116.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.9% 1,826,264 (±0.5% / ±19,608.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)

23.9% ±0.9% (353,745  ±13,782.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 16.6% 977,779 (±0.4% / ±21,174.3)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,447,986 (±0.2% / ±25,911.8)

15% ±0.8% (235,808  ±12,688) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.3% 704,797 (±0.3% / ±18,546)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)

3.7% ±0.3% (45,682  ±3,589) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 240,795 (±0.1% / ±6,189)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
45,682 Total veterans ±3,589 41,064 Male ±3,283 4,618 Female ±1,238

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.