78fit
Society Hill
$2K ACS median rent
Gardens, brick, Headhouse. Quieter than Old City’s Mall, tighter than Queen Village. The Square is the lawn you share with Washington Square West.
- Walk index
- 68
- Safety index
- 84
- Published fit
- 78
Family streets
Home→Philadelphia→Fishtown
39fit
Fishtown
Official neighborhood: Fishtown - Lower Kensington
Published fit 39 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the Philadelphia table. Your current weights score this 39.
Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026. ACS and PPD retrieved 2026-09-22; OSM retrieved 2026-09-22. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.
Frankford Avenue is the night. The El is the spine. The official line is Fishtown–Lower Kensington — Kensington as a search is not this whole map, and not a second polygon here.
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Best in Philadelphia for familiesWalkable PhiladelphiaUnder $2,500 rent
Why this published score
Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.
Safety
26
63 violent · 1007 property · 69.3 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-24 vs city set
Schools
17
Rating 6.5 / 10 nearby-19 vs city set
Walk
26
OSM: 11 groceries · 7 cafes · 31 transit · 18 parks-10 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,847 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
20
OSM: 7 cafes · 37 restaurants · 14 bars · 18 parks-22 vs city set
Commute to work
From Fishtown, a typical weekday is 14 min to Center City, 24 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
14 min
City Hall, Market East · at the city-set median · fastest of these three
University City
24 min
Penn, Drexel, hospitals · +5 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 $1,847 — 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 ($116K) could “afford” about $2,893 a month at 30% of pay.
35% of households rent. Median home value is $408,523.
ACS median rent
$1,847
30% income budget
$2,893
Rent / income
19%
Median home
$408,523
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Philadelphia city. Up 53% since 2014. Fishtown is 32% 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: 11 groceries, 7 cafes, 18 parks, and 31 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 18 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (31 stops or stations).
7 cafes and 37 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Philadelphia set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 11 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
15,438
Median age
35.5
Median income
$116K
Renters
35%
Bachelor+
72%
Violent / 1k
4.1
Property / 1k
65.2
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 4 census tracts · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-22
NightlifePlanned
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.
Frankford Avenue is the night. The El is the spine. The official line is Fishtown–Lower Kensington — Kensington as a search is not this whole map, and not a second polygon here. Property Part I is padded by the Avenue and people who do not sleep on Girard.
Weight nightlife and the Center City job. Northern Liberties is the next riverward west. Port Richmond is the next one northeast and is not in this 20. Queen Village is the other water-adjacent night if you wanted South Street instead of the El.
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, Portland neighborhood writing, Washington neighborhood-cluster 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 Fishtown.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Fishtown safe?
Fishtown shows more Part I than most of this Philadelphia set (safety 26 vs city 50). PPD logged 4.1 violent and 65.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 69.3 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Fishtown?
ACS median rent is $1,847 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 35% of households rent. Median home value is $408,523. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Fishtown walkable?
Walk is 26 here vs 36 for the Philadelphia set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 11 groceries, 7 cafes, 31 transit stops, 18 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Fishtown good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.5 / 10. Median age is 35.5. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Fishtown?
14 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 Fishtown?
About 15,438 people. Median income $116K. 72% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Fishtown?
Northern Liberties, Old City, Society Hill sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Fishtown vs Northern Liberties.
Next door
Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the Philadelphia table. Distances here are not street geography.
Fishtown vs Northern LibertiesFishtown vs Old CityFishtown vs Society Hill
68fit
Old City
$2K ACS median rent
Cobblestones, the Mall, First Friday. You live next to a national park. Walk maxes out. Part I is padded by people who do not sleep here.
- Walk index
- 78
- Safety index
- 11
- Published fit
- 68
Nightlife
58fit
Queen Village
$2K ACS median rent
Fabric Row, the river, and a grid that still feels like a neighborhood. South Street is the tax. Society Hill is the garden north.
- Walk index
- 28
- Safety index
- 100
- Published fit
- 58
Family streetsNightlife
57fit
Bella Vista
$2K ACS median rent
The Italian Market is the errand and the smell. Ninth Street still works as a grocery, not just a postcard. South of Washington Square, denser than Queen Village, cheaper than Rittenhouse.
- Walk index
- 38
- Safety index
- 63
- Published fit
- 57
NightlifeFamily streets
39fit
Northern Liberties
$2K ACS median rent
Second Street, Piazza-era leftovers, and a walk to the El that is not quite Fishtown. Newer than Old City, louder than Fairmount. NoLibs is the search.
- Walk index
- 29
- Safety index
- 16
- Published fit
- 39
NightlifePlanned