Being a small city, Philadelphia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Philadelphia are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.36% of adults in Philadelphia having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Philadelphia in 2022 was $25,833, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,332 for a family of four. However, Philadelphia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Philadelphia also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.33% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Philadelphia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Philadelphia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Philadelphia residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Philadelphia include English, Irish, German, Dutch, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Philadelphia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
