Housing in Lower North at a glance
- Population
- about 103,042
- Housing units
- about 50,491
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $227,000Philadelphia: $243,100 (-7%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,260 a monthPhiladelphia: $1,397 (-10%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 36.4%Philadelphia: 51.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 64.8%
- Median year built
- 1955
Lower North is a renter district south-west of Philadelphia's population centre. Just 36.4% of households own, the lowest share of the ten and 15.4 points beneath the city's 51.8%, so 27,787 renting households outnumber 15,937 owning ones. Values stay near the city norm, $227,000 against $243,100 for Philadelphia, and rank fifth of ten, as does rent at $1,260. The age of the housing is what truly sets it apart: pre-1980 homes make up 64.8%, the lowest share in the ranking, and the midpoint build year is 1955. Beside it, North is valued at only $106,000 while South reaches $326,000, so Lower North lies between them. Central towers over both with $570,000 in value and $1,940 in rent, whereas North asks just $1,140. Its 50,491 homes house 103,042 residents. Central matches it on tenure, with 36.5% owners, whereas North has 53.5% and South 59.4%. North's owner share of 53.5% is far higher.
Questions about Lower North
What is the median home value in Lower North, Philadelphia?
$227,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $243,100 for Philadelphia as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Lower North?
$1,260 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,397 in Philadelphia (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Lower North own or rent?
Most rent: 36.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 51.8% in Philadelphia (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 30 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Lower North is one of the 10 most populous of 18 planning districts of Philadelphia: estimated population about 103,042 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Philadelphia, Planning Districts (OpenDataPhilly), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Philadelphia as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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Payotte lists one professional per trade in Lower North. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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