Population & Demographics
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia is home to 1,579,706 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 667,356 resident workers commute each day.
1,579,706 residents
Median age 35.3. Total population of Philadelphia, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Philadelphia population & demographics
Who lives in Philadelphia — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
These figures are for Philadelphia proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Philadelphia commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Philadelphia
667,356 commutes, one dot at a time
Philadelphia
Where 667,356 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Philadelphia, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Philadelphia.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Philadelphia’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Philadelphia
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).