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/Passyunk Square
49fit
Passyunk Square
Official neighborhood: Passyunk Square
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
East Passyunk Avenue is the strip. Cheesesteaks are the tourist layer; the restaurants behind them are why people stay. South of Bella Vista, north of the stadiums.
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Best in Philadelphia for familiesWalkable PhiladelphiaUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
32
49 violent · 379 property · 59.5 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-18 vs city set
Schools
30
Rating 6.8 / 10 nearby-6 vs city set
Walk
37
OSM: 16 groceries · 21 cafes · 11 transit · 26 parks+1 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,637 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
45
OSM: 21 cafes · 54 restaurants · 19 bars · 26 parks+3 vs city set
Commute to work
From Passyunk Square, a typical weekday is 18 min to Center City, 20 min to University City, 14 min to Navy Yard. Not live traffic.
Navy Yard is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Center City
18 min
City Hall, Market East · +4 min vs the city-set median
University City
20 min
Penn, Drexel, hospitals · +1 min vs the city-set median
Navy Yard
14 min
South jobs, the waterfront · -8 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
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 $1,637 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 17% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($113K) could “afford” about $2,828 a month at 30% of pay.
44% of households rent. Median home value is $453,950.
ACS median rent
$1,637
30% income budget
$2,828
Rent / income
17%
Median home
$453,950
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Philadelphia city. Up 53% since 2014. Passyunk Square is 17% 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: 16 groceries, 21 cafes, 26 parks, and 11 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 26 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (11 stops or stations).
21 cafes and 54 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Philadelphia set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 17 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
7,197
Median age
35.6
Median income
$113K
Renters
44%
Bachelor+
66%
Violent / 1k
6.8
Property / 1k
52.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 2 census tracts · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-22
Nightlife
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.
East Passyunk Avenue is the strip. Cheesesteaks are the tourist layer; the restaurants behind them are why people stay. South of Bella Vista, north of the stadiums. East Passyunk is a search that sits mostly on this official line.
Weight nightlife and walk. Bella Vista is the market north. Pennsport is the water-adjacent neighbor east. Point Breeze is west of Broad and quieter at 10 p.m.
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 Passyunk Square.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Passyunk Square safe?
Passyunk Square shows more Part I than most of this Philadelphia set (safety 32 vs city 50). PPD logged 6.8 violent and 52.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 59.5 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Passyunk Square?
ACS median rent is $1,637 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 44% of households rent. Median home value is $453,950. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Passyunk Square walkable?
Walk is 37 here vs 36 for the Philadelphia set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 16 groceries, 21 cafes, 11 transit stops, 26 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Passyunk Square good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.8 / 10. Median age is 35.6. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Passyunk Square?
18 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 Passyunk Square?
About 7,197 people. Median income $113K. 66% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Passyunk Square?
Bella Vista, Washington Square West, Rittenhouse sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Passyunk Square vs Bella Vista.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Passyunk Square vs Bella VistaPassyunk Square vs Washington Square WestPassyunk Square vs Rittenhouse
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
57fit
Bella Vista
$2K 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.
NightlifeFamily streetsWalk 38Safety 63
41fit
Point Breeze
$2K median rent
West of Broad, south of Graduate Hospital. Newer infill next to older blocks. Newbold is a search inside this line, not a second official map.
PlannedWalk 16Safety 74
40fit
Pennsport
$2K median rent
Two Street, the river, the parade. More house-row than Passyunk’s restaurant strip. The stadiums are south; the water is east.
Family streetsWalk 13Safety 79