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19149Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 19149.

64
Area Score
Top 38% of 695 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity397th of 727 published ZIP areas52
Growth375th of 701 published ZIP areas50
Housing affordability483rd of 800 published ZIP areas62
ClimateTop 47% of 779 published ZIP areas71
Physical resilienceTop 29% of 800 published ZIP areas71
Access400th of 779 published ZIP areas96
Economic stability560th of 800 published ZIP areas50
The quick read

A major airport is 15 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

Its Area Score of 64 places 19149 in the top 38% of published ZIP profiles.

At a glance

Population
56,914
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$58,496
Bottom 27% nationally
Density
23,843/sq mi
2.4 sq mi of land
Median age
34.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Metro area
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Nearest major airport
PHL
15 mi · Philadelphia Intl
Median home value
$211,000
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.9% is lower than 34% of the 1,061 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 2.8% over the past year, to 763,859 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$6,551$58,496Bottom 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,353$26,256Bottom 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate21.0%Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute36.5 minTop 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher16.1%Bottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment763,859Top 25%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)2.8%Top 17%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)2.8%Top 1%June 2026
Labor force803,039Top 25%June 2026
Labor force participation65.8%Top 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$71,730Top 28%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$54,310Top 29%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.7%Bottom 17%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.9%Top 34%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202458k51k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $58,496 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides158,280$29,800
Registered Nurses73,790$101,180
Fast Food and Counter Workers69,080$32,220
General and Operations Managers68,730$121,630
Retail Salespersons63,990$34,810
Cashiers54,100$33,050

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Philadelphia, PA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,548 takes 32% of median household income, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.6 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
31.8%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.6×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,548
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$211,000
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.61Top 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate56.6%Bottom 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±1,02420,630Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$62$1,548Top 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$7,788$211,000Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income31.8%Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate5.9%Bottom 27%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
50/ 100
Ranks 375 of 701 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

70% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 2.9 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
4,599
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
2.9
Bottom 28% nationally
Year over year
+73%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
70.3%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Philadelphia, PA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 88°F and January a low of 27°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 45.0 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station PHILADELPHIA NE AP, 4.2 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.5"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation45.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low27°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high88°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing45°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

71 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, earthquake and hurricane.

Inland floodingModerate
EarthquakeModerate
HurricaneModerate
LandslideModerate
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, cold wave, winter weather, tornado, strong wind, lightning, hail, ice storm, coastal flooding, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 15 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Philadelphia IntlPHL15 mi12,000 ft
Atlantic City IntlACY48 mi10,001 ft
Newark Liberty IntlEWR65 mi9,999 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

19149 vs Philadelphia

How this ZIP area compares with Philadelphia as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

19149
Philadelphia
Median household income
$58,496
vs
$61,953
Per capita income
$26,256
vs
$38,905
Population density
23,843/sq mi
vs
11,760/sq mi
Median home value
$211,000
vs
$243,100
Median gross rent
$1,548
vs
$1,397
Homeownership rate
56.6%
vs
51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher
16.1%
vs
35.4%
Poverty rate
21.0%
vs
21.4%
Median age
34.8
vs
35.3

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.