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Philadelphia, PA

1,581,531 Population
134.4 square miles 11,771.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$29,644 ±$391 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $40,420 ±$221
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,518 ±$159
$49,127 ±$774 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $74,825 ±$475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,627 ±$256

23.1% ±0.6% (354,832  ±9,378) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.9% 705,750 (±0.2% / ±13,679)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,480,430 (±0.2% / ±18,271)

33.4 minutes ±0.3 (21,546,375  ±288,758) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 30.1 81,717,565 (±0.1 / ±472,543)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 153,412,435 (±0.1 / ±553,977)

Families

613,125 ±2,185 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,311,452 ±4,419
  • Pennsylvania: 5,106,601 ±8,064
2.5 ±0 (1,534,063  ±1,807) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.6 5,933,844 (±0 / ±2,543)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,374,980

5.1% ±0.3% (21,284  ±1,307) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 70,541 (±0.1% / ±1,996)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,718 (±0.1% / ±3,014)

Housing

689,121 ±723 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,497,830 ±1,012
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,345 ±914

$171,600 ±$1,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $259,500 ±$1,060
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $187,500 ±$571

14.2% ±0.4% (221,293  ±6,256.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.9% 714,042 (±0.2% / ±10,481.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.2% 1,546,219 (±0.1% / ±15,302.2)

Social

85.7% ±0.8% (927,939  ±8,099.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 91.2% 3,852,675 (±0.4% / ±15,255.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,180,031 (±0.2% / ±20,777.9)
31.2% ±0.4% (338,030  ±4,682.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.7% 1,634,591 (±0.2% / ±9,335.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,906,517 (±0.2% / ±13,395.1)

24.1% ±0.8% (357,670  ±12,271.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data
  • 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)

14.3% ±0.3% (225,881  ±4,716) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.1% 676,071 (±0.1% / ±7,880)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 896,853 (±0.1% / ±9,635)

4.6% ±0.2% (56,232  ±1,840) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.9% 281,156 (±0.1% / ±3,394)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 731,411 (±0.1% / ±5,017)
56,232 Total veterans ±1,840 50,609 Male ±1,811 5,623 Female ±720

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