Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County has a population of 1,579,706 and has shrunk 1.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $243,100, about 3.9 times the county's median household income of $61,953.

Home price
$243,100
Income
$61,953
Population
1,579,706
Unemployment
8.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$243,100county
Median gross rent$1,397county
Median year homes here were built1949county
Share of homes built before 198083.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented48.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,814county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,810county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,520county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,170county
Home insurance / yr$1,529(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living97.2(statewide)
Median household income$61,953county
Family health premium / yr$25,241(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,354(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.117(statewide)
Poverty rate21.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home18.4%county
Unemployment rate8.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.6%county
Share of workers employed by government12.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry32.4%county
Economic output per resident$85,452county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.82%county
Top state income tax3.07%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.07%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.34%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time31.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service11 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15102261county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network2county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station0.9 micounty
Households without a vehicle27.9%county
Traffic deaths18.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher35.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.8%county
Public schools in the county300county
Public school enrollment179075county
Students per full-time teacher15.0county
Free lunch eligible91.5%county
Elementary schools194county
Middle schools18county
High schools62county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above17county
Share of local colleges that are public8.0%county
Two-year institutions8county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians71county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county21county
Hospitals here with an emergency department13county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.1%county
Frequent mental distress19.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population1,579,706county
Land area in square miles134county
People per square mile of land11760.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores667county
Convenience stores373county
Share living far from a food store1.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.5%county
Population change since 2020-1.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age35.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.7%county
Share of households that are one person38.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States15.2%county
Second languages24.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents82county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-6county
Households that moved in37,340county
Households that moved away42,683county
Average income of arriving households$68,263county
Average income of departing households$85,188county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year3,366county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings80.5%county
Violent crime rate246(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature55.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation37.6 incounty
Annual snowfall12.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.02 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F18 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing89 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days224 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 3county
Average first fall frostNov 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$121county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh16.2¢county
Household electricity use750 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$18.59(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity24.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas69.6%county
Homes heated by propane1.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.7%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband89.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk99.6county
Coastal flood risk85.4county
Drought risk21.7county
Landslide risk76.3county
Hail risk95.1county
Earthquake risk98.3county
Tornado risk98.7county
Tropical cyclone risk94.3county
Extreme heat risk100.0county
Winter weather risk99.8county
Strong wind risk97.9county
Wildfire risk28.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here4county
NFL teams based here1county
NBA teams based here1county
MLB teams based here1county
NHL teams based here1county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Philadelphia County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Pennsylvania figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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