Philadelphia · PA · 20 neighborhoods

Find a neighborhood in Philadelphia that fits how you actually live.

Search a name you already know, or set how you live and we’ll rank official Philadelphia neighborhoods on safety, schools, walk, cost, and vibe.

Stay

Rent budget

$2,200

Schools

Pace

Work

Max commute

Must have

Top match with these weights: Society Hill · 78 fit

Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026

Rent since 2014

ACS 5-year median gross rent for Philadelphia city. Up 53% since 2014.

Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Figures are for the city place, household-weighted across all occupied rental units.

Philadelphia at a glance

Not a best-of list. Four cuts of the same 20 official neighborhoods.

Walks more

Groceries, transit, parks

Society Hill$2,044
Washington Square West$1,700

Full cut

School-heavy

Nearby rating + calmer map

Chestnut Hill$1,837
Queen Village$1,602

Full cut

Lower ACS rent

Survey median, not a listing

West Mount Airy$1,382
Spruce Hill$1,443

Full cut

Quieter Part I

Lower crime rate in this city set

East Falls$1,694
Pennsport$2,207

20 official neighborhoods

Default walkable weights. Same order for every reader. Fit is a Philadelphia number only.

#	Neighborhood	Fit	Rent	Walk	Safety
1	Society Hill	78	$2,044	68	84
2	Washington Square West	76	$1,700	100	0
3	Rittenhouse	74	$2,093	86	5
4	Old City	68	$2,191	78	11
5	University City	61	$1,856	60	42
6	Queen Village	58	$1,602	28	100
7	Bella Vista	57	$1,724	38	63
8	Manayunk	54	$1,717	36	53

Common questions

How the Philadelphia number is built — not a grade of the place.

Can I compare a Philadelphia score to another city?

No. A number here is a rank inside these 20 official neighborhoods, not a grade you can carry to another city.

What counts as a neighborhood on this Philadelphia map?

Official neighborhoods only — 20 of them. Fishtown, Rittenhouse, NoLibs, Manayunk, and UCity are search aliases, not extra polygons.

Where do the rent numbers come from?

ACS 2024 5-year median gross rent, mixed across unit sizes. West Mount Airy is the lowest median here at $1,382. A survey median is not this week’s listing.

How does NabeWise rank Philadelphia neighborhoods?

Six axes — safety, schools, walk, cost, vibe, and optional commute — scaled only inside Philadelphia, then weighted. With the default walkable weights, Society Hill is the current top match (78 fit). Rankings never jump a city line. The formula is on the method page.