Housing in Lower Northeast at a glance
- Population
- about 101,746
- Housing units
- about 40,456
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $175,000Philadelphia: $243,100 (-28%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,180 a monthPhiladelphia: $1,397 (-16%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 57.2%Philadelphia: 51.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 94.2%
- Median year built
- 1949
Lower Northeast holds the largest share of pre-1980 housing among the ten Philadelphia districts: 94.2% of homes, with a midpoint year of 1949. Values are low, $175,000 being eighth of ten and 28% beneath the $243,100 for the city, and rent of $1,180 sits 16% under Philadelphia's $1,397. Ownership is stronger than that might suggest: 57.2% of households own, fourth-highest of ten, and 21,505 owning households outnumber 16,080 renting ones. On the north-east side of the centre, the closest comparison is Central Northeast, valued at $276,000, though North Delaware, at $220,000, has the larger owner share, 62.7%. North, valued at only $106,000, is lower than Lower Northeast, and its rent of $1,140 is the lowest in this group while North Delaware's $1,430 is the highest. Some 101,746 residents live in its 40,456 homes, while North, at 53.5% owners, and Central Northeast, at 53.2%, both have lower owner shares than its own.
Questions about Lower Northeast
What is the median home value in Lower Northeast, Philadelphia?
$175,000 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 Northeast?
$1,180 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 Northeast own or rent?
Most own: 57.2% 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 20 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 Northeast is one of the 10 most populous of 18 planning districts of Philadelphia: estimated population about 101,746 (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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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Lower Northeast. 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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