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Philadelphia, PA

1,580,863 Population
134.2 square miles 11,781.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,039 ±$604 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $37,235 ±$318
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $32,711 ±$207
$39,759 ±$1,379 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $68,572 ±$885
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $59,195 ±$443

25.7% ±1.1% (395,664  ±17,438) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12.8% 763,660 (±0.4% / ±23,608)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.5% 1,548,720 (±0.3% / ±31,552)

33.1 minutes ±0.7 (20,816,530  ±568,296) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 30.3 83,603,090 (±0.3 / ±868,853)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 155,700,265 (±0.2 / ±1,151,799)

Families

606,142 ±4,673 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,282,935 ±8,366
  • Pennsylvania: 5,008,751 ±12,653
2.5 ±0 (1,533,238  ±4,397) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.6 5,937,183 (±0 / ±6,469)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,382,049 (±0)

4.1% ±0.6% (17,436  ±2,613) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.7% 68,748 (±0.3% / ±4,448)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,272 (±0.2% / ±6,371)

Housing

685,988 ±1,730 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,488,108 ±2,485
  • Pennsylvania: 5,694,402 ±684

$166,200 ±$3,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $250,900 ±$2,402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $181,200 ±$1,167

14% ±0.8% (219,247  ±13,157.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12.1% 727,679 (±0.4% / ±22,733.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.6% 1,601,700 (±0.3% / ±31,658.2)

Social

85.3% ±1.6% (917,648  ±16,817.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 91.1% 3,834,826 (±0.7% / ±27,867.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 90.6% 8,116,546 (±0.4% / ±37,430.6)
28.3% ±0.9% (304,849  ±9,329.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 37.7% 1,586,432 (±0.4% / ±16,931.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 31.4% 2,817,236 (±0.3% / ±22,095.1)

23.4% ±0.9% (344,950  ±12,849.9) 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: 16.2% 930,686 (±0.3% / ±18,153.5)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.5% 1,396,223 (±0.2% / ±20,558.1)

13.8% ±0.6% (218,830  ±9,256) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.1% 676,304 (±0.2% / ±14,550)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 893,769 (±0.1% / ±18,083)

4.2% ±0.3% (51,449  ±3,649) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.9% 280,987 (±0.2% / ±7,322)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 742,199 (±0.1% / ±10,298)
51,449 Total veterans ±3,649 45,720 Male ±3,221 5,729 Female ±1,512

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