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/Rittenhouse
74fit
Rittenhouse
Official neighborhood: Rittenhouse
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
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.
rittenhouse squarefitler squarewalnut street
Best in Philadelphia for familiesWalkable PhiladelphiaUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
5
157 violent · 2058 property · 113.3 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-45 vs city set
Schools
43
Rating 7.1 / 10 nearby+7 vs city set
Walk
86
OSM: 16 groceries · 41 cafes · 71 transit · 42 parks+50 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,093 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
100
OSM: 41 cafes · 124 restaurants · 31 bars · 42 parks+58 vs city set
Commute to work
From Rittenhouse, a typical weekday is 8 min to Center City, 16 min to University City, 22 min to Navy Yard. Not live traffic.
Center City is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Center City
8 min
City Hall, Market East · -6 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
22 min
South jobs, the waterfront · at 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 $2,093 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 25% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($99K) could “afford” about $2,470 a month at 30% of pay.
71% of households rent. Median home value is $741,558.
ACS median rent
$2,093
30% income budget
$2,470
Rent / income
25%
Median home
$741,558
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Philadelphia city. Up 53% since 2014. Rittenhouse is 50% 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, 41 cafes, 42 parks, and 71 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 42 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (71 stops or stations).
41 cafes and 124 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
19,546
Median age
33.9
Median income
$99K
Renters
71%
Bachelor+
86%
Violent / 1k
8.0
Property / 1k
105.3
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 8 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.
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 — Part I property is padded by people who do not sleep on Locust.
Weight walk, not schools. Washington Square West is the other Center City rectangle. Graduate Hospital is south of South. Fairmount is the museum version of a lawn if the Square felt too dressed.
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 Rittenhouse.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Rittenhouse safe?
Rittenhouse shows more Part I than most of this Philadelphia set (safety 5 vs city 50). PPD logged 8.0 violent and 105.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 113.3 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Rittenhouse?
ACS median rent is $2,093 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 71% of households rent. Median home value is $741,558. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Rittenhouse walkable?
Walk is 86 here vs 36 for the Philadelphia set — a grocery run and a coffee on foot are realistic. Inside 800 meters: 16 groceries, 41 cafes, 71 transit stops, 42 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Rittenhouse good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 7.1 / 10. Median age is 33.9. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Rittenhouse?
8 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 Rittenhouse?
About 19,546 people. Median income $99K. 86% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Rittenhouse?
Graduate Hospital, Washington Square West, Point Breeze sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Rittenhouse vs Graduate Hospital.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Rittenhouse vs Graduate HospitalRittenhouse vs Washington Square WestRittenhouse vs Point Breeze
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
49fit
Passyunk Square
$2K median rent
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.
NightlifeWalk 37Safety 32
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
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