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Total population: 1,447,395 (All urban)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 661,958 (590,071 occupied: 349,651 owner occupied, 240,420 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  41%
State:  29%

Housing density: 4900 houses/condos per square mile



Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $182,359.


Median contract rent in 2007: $621 (lower quartile is $449, upper quartile is $800)


Housing units in Philadelphia with a mortgage: 175,710 (16,201 second mortgage, 18,631 home equity loan, 812 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139,727





Philadelphia,PA index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $136,400 (it was $61,000 in 2000)
Philadelphia:  $136,400
Pennsylvania:  $155,000
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $80,300 - $215,700

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $264,907
Here:  $264,907
State:  $224,371

Townhouses or other attached units: $151,371
Here:  $151,371
State:  $160,289

In 2-unit structures: $206,718
Here:  $206,718
State:  $153,822

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $279,534
Here:  $279,534
State:  $204,155

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $304,037
Here:  $304,037
State:  $211,072

Mobile homes: $42,409
Here:  $42,409
State:  $35,442

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $67,333
Here:  $67,333
State:  $97,532

Median year house/condo built: 1944

Median year apartment built: 1949

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,462,757
  • In family households: 1,180,674 (189,159 male householders, 166,094 female householders)
    192,995 spouses, 455,214 children (429,568 natural, 10,121 adopted, 15,525 stepchildren), 63,470 grandchildren, 25,211 brothers or sisters, 17,296 parents, 34,245 other relatives, 36,990 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 282,083 (100,801 male householders (82,036 living alone)), 134,229 female householders (117,486 living alone)), 47,053 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 54,793 (21,002 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 131,695 2-persons, 88,858 3-persons, 68,575 4-persons, 37,278 5-persons, 16,748 6-persons, 12,099 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 199,522 1-person, 29,245 2-persons, 4,023 3-persons, 1,164 4-persons, 583 5-persons, 275 6-persons, 218 7-or-more-persons.

154,469 married couples with children.
154,992 single-parent households (22,175 men, 132,817 women).

82.3% of residents of Philadelphia speak English at home.
7.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
5.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 137,205 (9.0%)
(47.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.2
State:  6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.8
State:  4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
  • 1 room: 812
  • 2 rooms: 3,842
  • 3 rooms: 17,683
  • 4 rooms: 18,281
  • 5 rooms: 45,179
  • 6 rooms: 136,799
  • 7 rooms: 68,880
  • 8 rooms: 33,883
  • 9 or more rooms: 24,292



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
  • 1 room: 17,738
  • 2 rooms: 31,294
  • 3 rooms: 57,208
  • 4 rooms: 48,019
  • 5 rooms: 34,589
  • 6 rooms: 30,560
  • 7 rooms: 12,011
  • 8 rooms: 5,067
  • 9 or more rooms: 3,934



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 1,833
  • 1995 to 1998: 5,420
  • 1990 to 1994: 6,576
  • 1980 to 1989: 21,965
  • 1970 to 1979: 45,940
  • 1960 to 1969: 81,148
  • 1950 to 1959: 112,694
  • 1940 to 1949: 110,177
  • 1939 or earlier: 276,205


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Philadelphia:
  • no bedroom: 3,716
  • 1 bedroom: 14,605
  • 2 bedrooms: 55,216
  • 3 bedrooms: 219,471
  • 4 bedrooms: 39,953
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 16,690



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Philadelphia:
  • no bedroom: 23,034
  • 1 bedroom: 84,742
  • 2 bedrooms: 72,359
  • 3 bedrooms: 48,565
  • 4 bedrooms: 7,570
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 4,150



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Philadelphia in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 88,502
  • 1 vehicle: 156,106
  • 2 vehicles: 84,424
  • 3 vehicles: 16,095
  • 4 vehicles: 2,935
  • 5 or more vehicles: 1,589



Cars and other vehicles available in Philadelphia in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 122,364
  • 1 vehicle: 91,979
  • 2 vehicles: 21,660
  • 3 vehicles: 2,864
  • 4 vehicles: 582
  • 5 or more vehicles: 971


Philadelphia, PA house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Philadelphia, PA:

  • Less than $10,000: 3200
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 1600
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 1600
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 2613
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 3518
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 3729
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 4241
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 9240
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 10534
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 12310
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 14922
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 17045
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 16446
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 41526
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 41474
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 33327
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 30010
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 32507
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 15597
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 14334
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 4512
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 4592
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 1604
  • $1,000,000 or more: 2537
 


Philadelphia rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Philadelphia:

  • Less than $100: 4,853 people
  • $100 to $149: 3,505
  • $150 to $199: 5,279
  • $200 to $249: 5,456
  • $250 to $299: 5,583
  • $300 to $349: 6,116
  • $350 to $399: 7,505
  • $400 to $449: 12,359
  • $450 to $499: 17,200
  • $500 to $549: 19,411
  • $550 to $599: 20,071
  • $600 to $649: 18,312
  • $650 to $699: 17,429
  • $700 to $749: 14,837
  • $750 to $799: 12,563
  • $800 to $899: 20,012
  • $900 to $999: 11,862
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 14,067
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 5,437
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 4,987
  • $2,000 or more: 2,926
  • No cash rent: 9,242
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 36,391
  • 1990 to 1994: 27,233
  • 1985 to 1989: 19,793
  • 1980 to 1984: 16,770
  • 1975 to 1979: 9,051
  • 1970 to 1974: 6,649
  • 1970 to 1974: 4,988
  • 1965 to 1969: 16,330

Philadelphia, PA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 75.4%
Number of people working at home: 10,752 (1.9% of all workers)


Philadelphia travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 8976
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 32989
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 54319
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 70195
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 77969
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 31795
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 102634
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 17814
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 26156
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 65338
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 47410
  • 90 or more minutes: 23414
 


Philadelphia mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 280,315 (49%)
  • Carpooled: 73,156 (13%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 99,350 (17%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 3,660 (1%)
  • Subway or elevated: 27,310 (5%)
  • Railroad: 13,196 (2%)
  • Ferryboat: 44 (0%)
  • Taxi: 1,376 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 439 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 4,908 (1%)
  • Walked: 51,564 (9%)
  • Other means: 3,691 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 10,752 (2%)
 


Philadelphia, PA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 109237
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 49035
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 45427
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 43632
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 41021
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 38511
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 34834
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 31503
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 25346
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 44790
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 47536
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 42495
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 17356
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 7736
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 5639
  • $200,000 or more: 6185
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 685591
 Irish: 150216
 Italian: 119786
 German: 69805
 Polish: 46203
 United States or American: 27843
 Subsaharan African:: 23853
 English: 23558
 Russian: 22273
 African: 18848
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 17350
 Ukrainian: 12807
 Jamaican: 8800
 Scotch-Irish: 6852
 French (except Basque): 5496
 Scottish: 5038
 Arab:: 4701
 Haitian: 4025
 Greek: 3781
 Lithuanian: 3618
 Hungarian: 3321
 European: 3284
 Eastern European: 2525
 Dutch: 2385
 Austrian: 2319
 Portuguese: 2199
 Romanian: 2128
 Welsh: 2126
 Swedish: 2102
 British: 2030
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 1677
 Slovak: 1623
 Albanian: 1566
 Nigerian: 1425
 French Canadian: 1399
 West Indian: 1309
 Norwegian: 1306
 Pennsylvania German: 1166
 Brazilian: 979
 Arab/Arabic: 979
 Egyptian: 864
 Liberian: 856
 Israeli: 856
 Czech: 831
 Canadian: 774
 Ethiopian: 758
 Armenian: 716
 Lebanese: 709
 Palestinian: 694
 Other Subsaharan African: 680
 British West Indian: 664
 Czechoslovakian: 641
 Swiss: 623
 Yugoslavian: 615
 Iranian: 570
 Croatian: 534
 Turkish: 531
 Moroccan: 530
 Danish: 506
 Barbadian: 486
 Latvian: 380
 Northern European: 373
 Other Arab: 364
 Belgian: 305
 Guyanese: 283
 Cape Verdean: 283
 Ghanian: 281
 Sudanese: 253
 Iraqi: 244
 Serbian: 238
 Finnish: 233
 Slavic: 221
 Syrian: 202
 Scandinavian: 201
 Afghan: 201
 Celtic: 183
 Sierra Leonean: 169
 Bahamian: 163
 South African: 135
 Jordanian: 115
 Macedonian: 96
 Slovene: 93
 Australian: 82
 Kenyan: 71
 Bulgarian: 71
 Belizean: 65
 Other West Indian: 55
 U.S. Virgin Islander: 51
 Estonian: 47
 Maltese: 41
 New Zealander: 38
 Bermudan: 38
 Soviet Union: 37
 Senegalese: 28
 Cypriot: 25
 German Russian: 24
 Acadian/Cajun: 18
 Basque: 17
 Zairian: 17
 Dutch West Indian: 17
 Ugandan: 17
 Zimbabwean: 16
 Somalian: 16
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 13
 Icelander: 11
 Alsatian: 10
 Luxemburger: 8


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):



  • Vietnam (8%)
  • Ukraine (6%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
  • India (6%)
  • Jamaica (5%)
  • Italy (4%)
  • Russia (4%)


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1088493
  • Northeast: 86281
  • Midwest: 20416
  • South: 124407
  • West: 12813

64% of Philadelphia residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Pennsylvania.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 8,081
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 3,144
  • 5th and 6th grade: 7,362
  • 7th and 8th grade: 12,881
  • 9th grade: 13,215
  • 10th grade: 22,640
  • 11th grade: 24,295
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 31,319
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 138,711
  • Less than 1 year of college: 22,522
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 43,717
  • Associate degree: 17,627
  • Bachelor's degree: 47,873
  • Master's degree: 19,193
  • Professional school degree: 10,911
  • Doctorate degree: 5,365


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 9,472
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 3,680
  • 5th and 6th grade: 8,450
  • 7th and 8th grade: 19,547
  • 9th grade: 17,132
  • 10th grade: 29,072
  • 11th grade: 31,961
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 35,839
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 183,348
  • Less than 1 year of college: 31,575
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 52,599
  • Associate degree: 25,367
  • Bachelor's degree: 52,063
  • Master's degree: 25,152
  • Professional school degree: 8,203
  • Doctorate degree: 3,881


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.6%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 16.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 13.8%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 16.3%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 18.3%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 9.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 11.2%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 18.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 17.8%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 13.2%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 11.6%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 16.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 18.0%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $46,892
  • Black householders: $30,137
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $27,510
  • Asian householders: $33,563
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $45,422
  • Some other race householders: $24,192
  • Two or more races householders: $32,171
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $24,004

Philadelphia household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Philadelphia household income for Black householders

Philadelphia household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Philadelphia household income for Asian householders

Philadelphia household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Philadelphia household income for Some other race householders

Philadelphia household income for Two or more races householders

Philadelphia household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Philadelphia marital status for males

Philadelphia marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $163,903
  • Black or African American householders: $101,293
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $121,194
  • Asian householders: $132,822
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $138,636
  • Some other race householders: $84,746
  • Two or more races householders: $118,735
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $90,113

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 53,331
  • One, attached: 398,114
  • Two: 54,087
  • 3 or 4: 45,136
  • 5 to 9: 24,913
  • 10 to 19: 14,224
  • 20 to 49: 18,196
  • 50 or more: 52,952
  • Mobile homes: 867
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 138

Median worth of mobile homes: $42,904


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Philadelphia:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (85%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
  • Electricity (3%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (72%)
  • Electricity (16%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42,846
Here:  23.6%
Pennsylvania:  16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20,421
Here:  21.2%
Pennsylvania:  13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45,500
Here:  52.1%
Pennsylvania:  37.3%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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