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Philadelphia City (South and Lower South) PUMA, PA

137,226 Population
12.6 square miles 10,901.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,653 ±$4,090 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,736 ±$6,465 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.6% ±4.4% (24,100  ±6,553) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.3 minutes ±1.6 (1,897,600  ±259,475) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

61,645 ±4,419 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.2 (136,567  ±14,008) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±3.1% (2,417  ±1,284) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

66,764 ±4,527 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$308,200 ±$18,491 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.2% ±2.4% (15,124  ±3,583.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.7% ±8.9% (91,353  ±6,174.4) 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)
44.8% ±2.4% (45,666  ±4,123.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

24.5% ±3.6% (32,098  ±4,741.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

16.1% ±3.8% (22,043  ±5,661) Foreign-born population
  • nearly 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

2.3% ±0.9% (2,637  ±1,018) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,637 Total veterans ±1,018 2,460 Male ±930 177 Female ±199

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