County profile

Philadelphia County / Philadelphia, PA

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Philadelphia County and the city of Philadelphia are the same place, and most of what stands in it is rowhouses. The smallest kind is the Trinity, 400 to 600 square feet and also known as a Father, Son and Holy Ghost, common around Society Hill and Queen Village. The county is dense, walkable and close to major-league sport. Homes are cheap for a metropolitan county of this size, and local pay is lower still.

Transit Score: 67: A Transit Score of 67 in the city of Philadelphia, and only five counties score higher. >97% of 270 counties
Population Density: 11,937: 11,937 residents to the square mile, and only seven counties in the country are denser. It is rowhouse density: houses attached on both sides and narrow at the front. >99% of 3,143 counties
State Income Tax: 3.1%: Pennsylvania taxes income at a flat 3.1%, lower than in 77% of counties. Philadelphia then taxes every paycheck earned inside the city. <77% of 3,143 counties
Top School Rating: 95.2⁶: The best-rated public high school in the county scores 95.2, ahead of the top school in 92% of counties. A family's catchment school is only the default. >92% of 3,028 counties
The trade-off — Median Home Price: $243K⁴: The median home is $243K against a typical household income of $56K, a ratio of a little over four to one. That income is lower than in 63% of counties. >63% of 3,143 counties

Rocky Balboa? Liberty Bell? Cheesesteaks? What about Einstein's brain? America's first capital is home to the infamous Mütter Museum, where that you can see a preserved section of the very cerebrum that nailed that whole E=MC2 business.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
ACT/SAT Scores: #10
Air Quality: 10.5¹
Alcohol Regulation: #2
All Occupations: $55K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.6%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-2.5%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 25m
Any Natural Disaster: Very High³
Architecture & Engineering: $89K¹⁰
Art Museums: 0
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $59K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑6.0%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑4.3%
Avalanche: none³
Average School Rating: 23.4⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 36
Bike Score: 67
Blacks/African Americans: ↑31.2%
Boating: 173
Broadband Internet: 77%
Buddhists: ↑0.7%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $35K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $80K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Medical Only
Cat Friendly Rentals: 48%
Catholics: ↑10.2%⁷
City Population: 1.60M
Climate Change Risk: 3.0
Coastal Flooding: High³
Cold Wave: none³
Community & Social Service: $52K¹⁰
Commute Time: 33
Computer & Mathematical: $95K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $60K¹⁰
County Population: 1.58M
Cuisine Diversity: 53
Cycling: 34
Dentists: 8.1
Dog Friendly Rentals: 43%
Drought: Low³
Earthquakes: Medium³
Education, Training, & Library: $66K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 28%
Elevation: 128'⁸
English Speakers: ↓-7.2%
Farmers Markets: 40
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $39K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 0
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 105
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $29K¹⁰
Forests: 9%
Freshwater Access: 278
Gluten-Free Options: 21
Golf: 113
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
Hail: Medium³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $90K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $33K¹⁰
Heat Wave: Very High³
High School Graduation Rate: 70%¹
Hiking: 226
Hindus: ↑0.2%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↑5.5%
History Museums: 0
Home Ownership Rate: 53%
Homelessness: 268
Homicide Rate: 19¹
Hospitals: 10
Hurricanes: Low³
Ice Storms: High³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑4.1%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $55K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 6 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.5%⁷
Jews: ↑0.8%⁷
Landslide: Medium³
LDS / Mormons: ↓-1.8%⁷
Legal: $109K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 76¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $76K¹⁰
Lightning: Very High³
Live Music: 69
Major Airport: 0h 25m
Major City Proximity: Major City
Major League Baseball: 0h 16m
Major League Soccer: 0h 34m
Management: $126K¹⁰
Median Age: 34 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $243K
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $1,199
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $1,476
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $1,898
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $1,957
Median Rental - Room: $875
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $1,975⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $1,026
Mental Health Providers: 27.2
Meth Labs: 0
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 1h 12m
Mountains: 469'⁸
Multiracials: ↑0.4%
Muslims: ↑2.4%⁷
National Parks: 4h 03m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: ↓-0.1%
NBA Basketball: 0h 16m
NFL Football: 0h 17m
NHL Hockey: 0h 16m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑5.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 29%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $45K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↓-0.2%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑1.2%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 95%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↑0.7%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↓-0.8%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑5.3%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑3.8%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↓-0.4%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-2.0%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-3.0%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-2.6%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-1.1%
Performing Arts: 10
Personal Care & Service: $33K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 82% Dems
Population Density: 11,937
Population Growth: ↓-1.6%
Poverty Rate: 19.4%
Primary Care Physicians: 7.2¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #39
Production: $46K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 3,097
Property Tax: 0.97%
Protective Service: $53K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-14.5%⁷
Rain: 44"
Regional Theatre: 4
River Flooding: High³
Sales & Related: $47K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 8.0%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.2%
Scenic Beauty: #35
Seacoast Proximity: 1h 23m
Seasons: 47 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↑25.1%
Skiing: 0h 45m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 25m
Smokers: 22%¹
Snow: 19"
Spanish Speakers: ↑4.0%
State Income Tax: 3.1%
Strong Wind: High³
Summer Heat: 85 °F
Summer Mugginess: Sticky
Sunny Days: 207
Termite Infestation: Moderate
Tobacco Regulation: #16
Top School Rating: 95.2
Tornadoes: Very High³
Traffic: 2.69M
Transit Score: 67
Transportation & Material Moving: $42K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $116K⁵
Typical Expenses: $92K⁵
Typical Expenses: $105K⁵
Typical Expenses: $133K⁵
Typical Expenses: $46K⁵
Typical Expenses: $83K⁵
Typical Expenses: $65K⁵
Typical Expenses: $65K⁵
Typical Expenses: $87K⁵
Typical Expenses: $92K⁵
Typical Expenses: $78K⁵
Typical Expenses: $135K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 12.4%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 50+
Violent Crime Rate: 1,001²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 75
Water Quality: 1/4
Whites: ↓-41.6%
Wildfires: Very Low³
Windiness: 15 mph
Wineries: 13
Winter Cold: 39 °F
Winter Weather: Very High³

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