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.
Being a small city, Philadelphia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Philadelphia rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.06% of adults 25 and older in Philadelphia have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Philadelphia in 2022 was $28,672, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,688 for a family of four. However, Philadelphia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Philadelphia is a somewhat 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 British.
The most common language spoken in Philadelphia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
