78fit
Society Hill
$2K 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.
Family streetsWalk 68Safety 84
Philadelphia/Queen Village
58fit
Queen Village
Official neighborhood: Queen Village
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Fabric Row, the river, and a grid that still feels like a neighborhood. South Street is the tax. Society Hill is the garden north.
fabric rowsouth street east
Best in Philadelphia for familiesWalkable PhiladelphiaUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
100
22 violent · 174 property · 20.0 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+50 vs city set
Schools
48
Rating 7.2 / 10 nearby+12 vs city set
Walk
28
OSM: 7 groceries · 17 cafes · 13 transit · 39 parks-8 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,602 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
46
OSM: 17 cafes · 43 restaurants · 13 bars · 39 parks+4 vs city set
Commute to work
From Queen Village, a typical weekday is 14 min to Center City, 20 min to University City, 16 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
20 min
Penn, Drexel, hospitals · +1 min vs the city-set median
Navy Yard
16 min
South jobs, the waterfront · -6 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 $1,602 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 16% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($124K) could “afford” about $3,096 a month at 30% of pay.
42% of households rent. Median home value is $660,489.
ACS median rent
$1,602
30% income budget
$3,096
Rent / income
16%
Median home
$660,489
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Philadelphia city. Up 53% since 2014. Queen Village is 15% 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, 17 cafes, 39 parks, and 13 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 39 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (13 stops or stations).
17 cafes and 43 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
9,790
Median age
35.6
Median income
$124K
Renters
42%
Bachelor+
76%
Violent / 1k
2.2
Property / 1k
17.8
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 3 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.
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 is strong; the ACS rent is not the cheapest in South Philly, and it is not Rittenhouse either.
Weight walk and family relative to this set. Bella Vista is the market west. Pennsport is the Two Street neighbor south. Old City is the cobblestone if you wanted Independence Mall instead of the river.
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 Queen Village.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Queen Village safe?
Queen Village sits on the quieter side of this Philadelphia map (safety 100 vs city 50). PPD logged 2.2 violent and 17.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 20.0 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Queen Village?
ACS median rent is $1,602 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 42% of households rent. Median home value is $660,489. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Queen Village walkable?
Walk is 28 here vs 36 for the Philadelphia set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 7 groceries, 17 cafes, 13 transit stops, 39 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Queen Village good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.2 / 10. Median age is 35.6. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Queen Village?
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 Queen Village?
About 9,790 people. Median income $124K. 76% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Queen Village?
Society Hill, Bella Vista, Pennsport sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Queen Village vs Society Hill.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Queen Village vs Society HillQueen Village vs Bella VistaQueen Village vs Pennsport
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
68fit
Old City
$2K 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.
NightlifeWalk 78Safety 11
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
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