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Philadelphia City (West) PUMA, PA

131,975 Population
11.4 square miles 11,545.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$20,837 ±$706 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,518 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$35,962 ±$1,964 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,627 ±$256
  • about half the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

31.4% ±2.3% (39,021  ±3,284) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,480,430 (±0.2% / ±18,271)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

33.3 minutes ±1 (1,531,905  ±87,709) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 153,412,435 (±0.1 / ±553,977)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

50,035 ±1,787 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,106,601 ±8,064
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0.1 (123,649  ±4,991) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,374,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.5% ±0.8% (1,608  ±281) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,718 (±0.1% / ±3,014)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

60,199 ±1,725 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,345 ±914
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$120,700 ±$5,012 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $187,500 ±$571
  • about half the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13.3% ±1.1% (17,251  ±1,608.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.2% 1,546,219 (±0.1% / ±15,302.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

88.5% ±1% (72,584  ±2,804.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,180,031 (±0.2% / ±20,777.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
25.3% ±1.2% (20,758  ±1,258.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,906,517 (±0.2% / ±13,395.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

10.5% ±5.1% (12,942  ±6,280.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.5% 1,393,559 (±0.1% / ±11,260.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

9.2% ±0.9% (12,078  ±1,213) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 896,853 (±0.1% / ±9,635)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

4.6% ±0.5% (4,600  ±530) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 731,411 (±0.1% / ±5,017)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
4,600 Total veterans ±530 4,118 Male ±480 482 Female ±151

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