61fit
University City
$2K median rent
Penn, Drexel, the hospitals. Median income looks low because of students; home values do not. Powelton is a search on the north edge of this official line.
Near UTPlannedWalk 60Safety 42
Philadelphia/Spruce Hill
53fit
Spruce Hill
Official neighborhood: Spruce Hill
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Clark Park, Baltimore Avenue, porches. Next to University City without being the campus. Cedar Park is a search just west of this line.
baltimore avenueclark park
Best in Philadelphia for familiesWalkable PhiladelphiaUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
37
33 violent · 407 property · 57.3 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-13 vs city set
Schools
39
Rating 7.0 / 10 nearby+3 vs city set
Walk
41
OSM: 16 groceries · 13 cafes · 30 transit · 32 parks+5 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,443 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
45
OSM: 13 cafes · 77 restaurants · 6 bars · 32 parks+3 vs city set
Commute to work
From Spruce Hill, a typical weekday is 18 min to Center City, 8 min to University City, 24 min to Navy Yard. Not live traffic.
University City 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
8 min
Penn, Drexel, hospitals · -11 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Navy Yard
24 min
South jobs, the waterfront · +2 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 $1,443 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 30% of median household income — on the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($57K) could “afford” about $1,431 a month at 30% of pay.
92% of households rent. Median home value is $574,761.
ACS median rent
$1,443
30% income budget
$1,431
Rent / income
30%
Median home
$574,761
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Philadelphia city. Up 53% since 2014. Spruce Hill is 3% 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, 13 cafes, 32 parks, and 30 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 32 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (30 stops or stations).
13 cafes and 77 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
7,673
Median age
29
Median income
$57K
Renters
92%
Bachelor+
74%
Violent / 1k
4.3
Property / 1k
53.0
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 2 census tracts · PPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-22
Near UTFamily streets
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.
Clark Park, Baltimore Avenue, porches. Next to University City without being the campus. Cedar Park is a search just west of this line. The ACS rent is among the lower reads in this Philadelphia set. Students spill over; the park is the tell.
Weight the University City job and cost. University City is the campus official neighbor. West Mount Airy is the porch if you wanted Germantown, not Baltimore Ave. Point Breeze is across the river and a different 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 Spruce Hill.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Spruce Hill safe?
Spruce Hill shows more Part I than most of this Philadelphia set (safety 37 vs city 50). PPD logged 4.3 violent and 53.0 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 57.3 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Spruce Hill?
ACS median rent is $1,443 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 92% of households rent. Median home value is $574,761. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Spruce Hill walkable?
Walk is 41 here vs 36 for the Philadelphia set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 16 groceries, 13 cafes, 30 transit stops, 32 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Spruce Hill good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.0 / 10. Median age is 29. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Spruce Hill?
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 Spruce Hill?
About 7,673 people. Median income $57K. 74% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Spruce Hill?
University City, Fairmount, Graduate Hospital sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Spruce Hill vs University City.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Spruce Hill vs University CitySpruce Hill vs FairmountSpruce Hill vs Graduate Hospital
46fit
Fairmount
$2K median rent
The Art Museum steps, the park, and streets that still feel like a neighborhood. Girard and Fairmount Avenue are the errands. The Parkway is the tourist tax.
Family streetsWaterfrontWalk 23Safety 58
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
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