76fit
Washington Square West
$2K median rent
The Square, the Gayborhood, Jeweler’s Row as searches inside one line. Walk maxes out. Part I is the highest violent read in this Philadelphia set — visitors and the night count.
NightlifeWalk 100Safety 0
Philadelphia/Fairmount
46fit
Fairmount
Official neighborhood: Fairmount
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The Art Museum steps, the park, and streets that still feel like a neighborhood. Girard and Fairmount Avenue are the errands. The Parkway is the tourist tax.
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Best in Philadelphia for familiesWalkable PhiladelphiaUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
58
32 violent · 238 property · 42.8 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+8 vs city set
Schools
39
Rating 7.0 / 10 nearby+3 vs city set
Walk
23
OSM: 7 groceries · 10 cafes · 25 transit · 29 parks-13 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,924 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
26
OSM: 10 cafes · 31 restaurants · 7 bars · 29 parks-16 vs city set
Commute to work
From Fairmount, a typical weekday is 12 min to Center City, 16 min to University City, 26 min to Navy Yard. Not live traffic.
Center City is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Center City
12 min
City Hall, Market East · -2 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
University City
16 min
Penn, Drexel, hospitals · -3 min vs the city-set median
Navy Yard
26 min
South jobs, the waterfront · +4 min vs the city-set median
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $1,924 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 19% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($119K) could “afford” about $2,975 a month at 30% of pay.
41% of households rent. Median home value is $465,054.
ACS median rent
$1,924
30% income budget
$2,975
Rent / income
19%
Median home
$465,054
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Philadelphia city. Up 53% since 2014. Fairmount is 38% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official neighborhood: 7 groceries, 10 cafes, 29 parks, and 25 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 29 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (25 stops or stations).
10 cafes and 31 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Philadelphia set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 6 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
6,315
Median age
35.7
Median income
$119K
Renters
41%
Bachelor+
86%
Violent / 1k
5.1
Property / 1k
37.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 2 census tracts · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-22
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Crime is PPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
The Art Museum steps, the park, and streets that still feel like a neighborhood. Girard and Fairmount Avenue are the errands. The Parkway is the tourist tax. You walk the river path more than you walk Market Street.
Weight family and walk. Brewerytown is the cheaper neighbor west. Rittenhouse is the Center City lawn if you wanted a square instead of a museum. East Falls is the next river neighborhood northwest.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/philadelphia that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
No r/philadelphia posts in this snapshot mentioned Fairmount.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Fairmount safe?
Fairmount is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 58 vs city 50). PPD logged 5.1 violent and 37.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 42.8 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Fairmount?
ACS median rent is $1,924 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 41% of households rent. Median home value is $465,054. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Fairmount walkable?
Walk is 23 here vs 36 for the Philadelphia set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 7 groceries, 10 cafes, 25 transit stops, 29 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Fairmount good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.0 / 10. Median age is 35.7. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Fairmount?
12 typical weekday minutes to Center City. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Fairmount?
About 6,315 people. Median income $119K. 86% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Fairmount?
Brewerytown, Rittenhouse, University City sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Fairmount vs Brewerytown.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
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74fit
Rittenhouse
$2K median rent
The Square is the lawn. Walnut is the shop. Fitler Square is a search that sits next door, not a second official polygon here. You pay for the postcard and for the visitors who use it.
NightlifeWalk 86Safety 5
61fit
University City
$2K median rent
Penn, Drexel, the hospitals. Median income looks low because of students; home values do not. Powelton is a search on the north edge of this official line.
Near UTPlannedWalk 60Safety 42
44fit
Graduate Hospital
$2K median rent
South of South Street, west of Broad. Newer than Bella Vista, tighter than Point Breeze. The hospital name is leftover. The product is brick and a walk to Center City.
PlannedWalk 27Safety 21
31fit
Brewerytown
$2K median rent
Old brewery walls, new rentals, Girard as the spine. Fairmount is the park neighbor; this is the cheaper, still-in-progress version of the same river side.
PlannedWalk 8Safety 47