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Philadelphia City (University-Southwest and Lower Southwest) PUMA, PA

118,184 Population
13.3 square miles 8,853.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.3 ±1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,350 ±$3,415 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$32,836 ±$4,689 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

24% ±4% (25,192  ±4,893) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.9 minutes ±2.7 (1,551,835  ±232,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

57,213 ±4,364 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
1.8 ±0.1 (104,565  ±10,513) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±2.4% (1,912  ±1,013) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

63,681 ±4,431 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$188,100 ±$15,442 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.2% ±2.6% (21,158  ±3,592) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89% ±11.4% (65,755  ±5,930) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.3% ±3.9% (23,117  ±3,592.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

20.5% ±3.5% (24,052  ±4,112.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

16.7% ±3% (19,742  ±3,924) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3% ±1.3% (3,003  ±1,353) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,003 Total veterans ±1,353 2,780 Male ±1,338 223 Female ±244

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