The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Philadelphia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Philadelphia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
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.
