Overall, Philadelphia’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Philadelphia has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Philadelphia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Philadelphia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Philadelphia may be for you.
Philadelphia is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Philadelphia have a very low rate of college education: just 8.62% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Philadelphia in 2022 was $27,854, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,416 for a family of four. However, Philadelphia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Philadelphia is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Philadelphia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Philadelphia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Philadelphia include German, African, English, Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Philadelphia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
