Housing in North at a glance
- Population
- about 133,177
- Housing units
- about 56,097
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $106,000Philadelphia: $243,100 (-56%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,140 a monthPhiladelphia: $1,397 (-19%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 53.5%Philadelphia: 51.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 89.7%
- Median year built
- 1939 or earlier
North ends up at the bottom of the Philadelphia ranking for both value and rent. Homes here come to $106,000 in value, 56% below Philadelphia's $243,100, and monthly rent is $1,140, which is 19% below $1,397. Close to the population centre, it still has 53.5% owners, fifth of ten and just above the city's 51.8%, split as 26,741 owning households and 23,277 renting ones. The housing is old, since 89.7% of it is pre-1980 and the midpoint is listed as 1939 or earlier. Every neighbour is valued higher, from Lower Northeast's $175,000 and Upper North's $181,000 up to $227,000 in Lower North. Owner share varies too among its neighbours, running from 66% in Upper North down to 36.4% in Lower North. Its 56,097 homes hold 133,177 residents. Lower Northeast has 57.2% owners and Lower North 36.4%, so North sits between them on tenure.
Questions about North
What is the median home value in North, Philadelphia?
$106,000 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 North?
$1,140 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 North own or rent?
Most own: 53.5% 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 33 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.
North is one of the 10 most populous of 18 planning districts of Philadelphia: estimated population about 133,177 (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 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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