53fit
Spruce Hill
$1K median rent
Clark Park, Baltimore Avenue, porches. Next to University City without being the campus. Cedar Park is a search just west of this line.
Near UTFamily streetsWalk 41Safety 37
Philadelphia/Manayunk
54fit
Manayunk
Official neighborhood: Manayunk
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Main Street, the canal, the hill. A small official polygon with a loud weekend. Regional Rail is the commute. The stairs are real.
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Best in Philadelphia for familiesWalkable PhiladelphiaUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
53
10 violent · 170 property · 50.4 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+3 vs city set
Schools
43
Rating 7.1 / 10 nearby+7 vs city set
Walk
36
OSM: 5 groceries · 8 cafes · 28 transit · 57 parks0 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,717 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
52
OSM: 8 cafes · 31 restaurants · 19 bars · 57 parks+10 vs city set
Commute to work
From Manayunk, a typical weekday is 28 min to Center City, 24 min to University City, 40 min to Navy Yard. Not live traffic.
University City is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Center City
28 min
City Hall, Market East · +14 min vs the city-set median
University City
24 min
Penn, Drexel, hospitals · +5 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Navy Yard
40 min
South jobs, the waterfront · +18 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 $1,717 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 21% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($99K) could “afford” about $2,481 a month at 30% of pay.
60% of households rent. Median home value is $347,700.
ACS median rent
$1,717
30% income budget
$2,481
Rent / income
21%
Median home
$347,700
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Philadelphia city. Up 53% since 2014. Manayunk is 23% 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: 5 groceries, 8 cafes, 57 parks, and 28 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 57 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (28 stops or stations).
8 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 3 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
3,570
Median age
31.2
Median income
$99K
Renters
60%
Bachelor+
71%
Violent / 1k
2.8
Property / 1k
47.6
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 1 census tract · 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.
Main Street, the canal, the hill. A small official polygon with a loud weekend. Regional Rail is the commute. The stairs are real. ACS only sees this little OpenDataPhilly shape, not Roxborough up the hill — that is a different line.
Weight nightlife on the weekend, family on the side streets. East Falls is the next river neighborhood toward Center City. Chestnut Hill is the quieter village. Roxborough is the search if you wanted more house than this canal strip.
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 Manayunk.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Manayunk safe?
Manayunk is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 53 vs city 50). PPD logged 2.8 violent and 47.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 50.4 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Manayunk?
ACS median rent is $1,717 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 60% of households rent. Median home value is $347,700. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Manayunk walkable?
Walk is 36 here vs 36 for the Philadelphia set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 5 groceries, 8 cafes, 28 transit stops, 57 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Manayunk good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.1 / 10. Median age is 31.2. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Manayunk?
28 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 Manayunk?
About 3,570 people. Median income $99K. 71% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Manayunk?
West Mount Airy, Chestnut Hill, East Falls sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Manayunk vs West Mount Airy.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Manayunk vs West Mount AiryManayunk vs Chestnut HillManayunk vs East Falls
49fit
Chestnut Hill
$2K median rent
The northwest village. Germantown Avenue is the errand. More house than brick, more Regional Rail than subway. Downtown is a trip, not a walk.
Family streetsWalk 10Safety 95
40fit
East Falls
$2K median rent
Kelly Drive, the river path, and a hill that actually is a hill. Closer in than Chestnut Hill, quieter than Fairmount’s museum strip. The Schuylkill is the commute and the weekend.
Family streetsWaterfrontWalk 0Safety 89
38fit
West Mount Airy
$1K median rent
Porches, mixed blocks, Germantown Avenue as the seam. East Mount Airy is a different official line we do not fold in. More house than Manayunk, less village than Chestnut Hill.
Family streetsWalk 2Safety 68
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