Eight Census datasets to help you understand housing costs, the local housing stock and journeys to work. Inspect the numbers, check their limits and download the records.
Observation period: 2020 to 2024. These are historical survey estimates, not live listings, current market rents or Homzora survey results. Every table preserves published 90 percent margins of error.
Geographic coverage: Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania (city). Neighborhoods on the hub are not individually measured here.
Median gross rent at a glance
Occupied homes paying cash rent. Monthly dollars, adjusted to 2024. These are not current asking rents.
ACS 2020 to 2024 · Table B25064
Geography
Median
90% margin of error
Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania
$1,397
±$14
Separate published estimates. No ranking or statistical significance claim.
Census table B25064 · 2020 to 2024
Median gross rent
A benchmark for occupied rental homes, not the price of available listings. Gross rent includes contract rent plus applicable utilities and fuels. The median is not an average. Do not average medians across places.
Measured population: Renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. Units: Monthly dollars, expressed in 2024 inflation adjusted dollars.
Use the published bands to understand housing cost pressure. The not computed category is retained. No combined burden percentage is calculated. Totals overlap component rows.
Measured population: Renter-occupied housing units. Units: Housing units in each published rent to income band.
Compare the number of owner occupied and renter occupied homes. One occupied housing unit represents one household. These are not resident population counts or a count of homes available to rent.
Understand the building mix, including detached homes and multifamily buildings. Counts include occupied and vacant housing units, not only rentals. Building size does not establish quality or price.
Measured population: Housing units. Units: Housing units by units in structure.
Travel modes and working from home describe resident workers, not only renters. Total and subgroup rows overlap. These figures do not measure current transit service or daily trips.
Measured population: Workers 16 years and over. Units: Workers age 16 and over.
Published journey time bands describe resident commuters. People working from home are excluded. This is not an address specific route estimate or a current traffic forecast.
Measured population: Workers 16 years and over who did not work from home. Units: Workers age 16 and over who did not work from home.
Not every vacant home is offered for rent. Compare the published categories, including homes for rent, homes awaiting occupancy, seasonal use and other vacancies.
Measured population: Vacant housing units. Each geography is shown separately. These are historical counts, not a current inventory, a neighborhood ranking or a rental vacancy rate.
Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania
2020 to 2024 vacant housing units
Vacancy status
Estimate
90% margin of error
Total vacant housing units
68,842
±2,623
For rent
18,918
±1,501
Rented, not occupied
7,159
±748
For sale only
3,774
±655
Sold, not occupied
3,658
±594
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use
2,630
±494
For migrant workers
37
±39
Other vacant
32,666
±1,654
8 observations across 1 geographic areas. The total is followed by its seven components; do not add the total to those components.
Added September 23, 2026. U.S. Census Bureau estimates, republished by Homzora. No Homzora renter survey responses are included.
Census table B25034 · 2020 to 2024
Year structure built
Compare housing units by the period when their structures were built. These counts describe the housing stock, including occupied and vacant homes. They do not measure the condition of an apartment, its renovation date or its availability for rent.
Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania
2020 to 2024 housing units by structure construction period
Construction period
Estimate
90% margin of error
Total housing units
748,270
±241
Built 2020 or later
7,990
±945
Built 2010 to 2019
37,827
±1,619
Built 2000 to 2009
26,474
±1,505
Built 1990 to 1999
18,957
±1,325
Built 1980 to 1989
33,592
±2,102
Built 1970 to 1979
57,862
±3,005
Built 1960 to 1969
79,642
±2,293
Built 1950 to 1959
107,781
±3,009
Built 1940 to 1949
79,828
±2,703
Built 1939 or earlier
298,317
±4,110
11 observations across 1 geographic areas. Each geography remains separate. The total is followed by ten components; do not add the total to its components or add margins of error.
Download area specific comparison prompts, official source links and the formulas used by the planning tools.
The three resources below are planning reference compilations, separate from the eight Census datasets above. No Homzora survey findings or neighborhood rankings are published here.
Source websites control their own content and reuse terms. Homzora does not relicense third party data.
To turn your housing research into a household budget, use the Philadelphia rental budget guide to organize questions about utilities, transportation and upfront costs. Keep these historical Census estimates separate from current written quotes for individual homes.