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West Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), 19122, 19125, 19133 detailed profile


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Area: 0.716 square miles

Population: 22,355

Population density:
West Kensington:

31,242 people per square mile
Philadelphia:

11,602 people per square mile
  • Races in 2022
    • 13,71655.9%Hispanic or Latino
    • 5,35321.8%White
    • 2,63410.7%Black
    • 1,5616.4%Asian
    • 9133.7%Two or more races
    • 1860.8%American Indian
    • 1580.6%Some other race
Age and Sex of Residents in West Kensington in Philadelphia, PA
  • Distribution of median household income

  • Distribution of median household income
  • 1,230Less than $10,000
  • 1,751$10,000 to $19,999
  • 937$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,233$30,000 to $39,999
  • 796$40,000 to $49,999
  • 796$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,055$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,058$75,000 to $99,999
  • 808$100,000 to $124,999
  • 752$125,000 to $149,999
  • 432$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,638$200,000 or more
  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
  • 2,322Less than $50,000
  • 3,425$50,000 to $99,999
  • 838$100,000 to $149,999
  • 1,735$150,000 to $199,999
  • 914$200,000 to $249,999
  • 442$250,000 to $299,999
  • 905$300,000 to $399,999
  • 393$400,000 to $499,999
  • 2,249$500,000 to $749,999
  • 427$750,000 to $999,999
  • 533$1,000,000 or more
  • Distribution of rent paid by renters

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters
  • 648Less than $100
  • 1,700$100 to $199
  • 1,631$200 to $299
  • 1,696$300 to $399
  • 1,383$400 to $499
  • 1,549$500 to $599
  • 1,087$600 to $699
  • 1,396$700 to $799
  • 512$800 to $899
  • 477$900 to $999
  • 733$1,000 to $1,249
  • 644$1,250 to $1,499
  • 645$1,500 to $1,999
  • 1,030$2,000 or more
Zip codes: 19122, 19125, 19133.

Males:

10,765
Females:

11,589
Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:

32.3 years
Whole city:

34.1 years
Females:
This neighborhood:

35.4 years
Whole city:

36.3 years

Average household size:
West Kensington:

4.3 people
Philadelphia:

2.2 people

Percentage of family households:
West Kensington:

34.7%
Philadelphia:

36.5%
Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:

22.8%
Philadelphia:

28.0%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
West Kensington:

17.9%
Philadelphia:

23.5%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
West Kensington:

37.6%
Philadelphia:

17.6%

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
West Kensington:

27.5%
Philadelphia:

23.9%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
West Kensington:

29.8%
city:

26.0%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
West Kensington:

16.7%
Philadelphia:

7.0%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:

53.5%
Philadelphia:

61.6%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
West Kensington:

19.2%
Philadelphia:

18.9%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:

19.8%
city:

3.7%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:

7.6%
Philadelphia:

15.7%

Educational Attainment in 2022
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in West Kensington
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in West Kensington
  • 7601 room
  • 7652 rooms
  • 4343 rooms
  • 1,1554 rooms
  • 7875 rooms
  • 1,2456 rooms
  • 3667 rooms
  • 1,1388 rooms
  • 1,1599+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in West Kensington
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in West Kensington
  • 9161 room
  • 6952 rooms
  • 9053 rooms
  • 8724 rooms
  • 1,3645 rooms
  • 6906 rooms
  • 4937 rooms
  • 5948 rooms
  • 5349+ rooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in West Kensington
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in West Kensington
  • 760no bedroom
  • 4591 bedroom
  • 1,0732 bedrooms
  • 2,2203 bedrooms
  • 9094 bedrooms
  • 8575+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in West Kensington
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in West Kensington
  • 1,027no bedroom
  • 1,0481 bedroom
  • 1,3552 bedrooms
  • 1,1173 bedrooms
  • 5414 bedrooms
  • 6145+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:

1.1
Philadelphia:

1.3

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here:

0.9
city:

0.8

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
West Kensington:

58.7%
Philadelphia:

58.9%

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2022 (65.1% of all units):
This neighborhood:

$183,183
city:

$243,508

Year house built in West Kensington
  • Year house built in West Kensington
  • 4032020 or later
  • 1,4412010 to 2019
  • 1,2342000 to 2009
  • 1,0091990 to 1999
  • 5861980 to 1989
  • 5561970 to 1979
  • 9001960 to 1969
  • 7221950 to 1959
  • 1,0381940 to 1949
  • 5,5921939 or earlier
Owners and renters by unit type

City-data.com crime index for city in 2020 (higher means more crime):
City:

169.8
U.S. average:

219.5

  • Travel time to work (commute)

  • Travel time to work (commute)
  • 192Less than 5 minutes
  • 2405 to 9 minutes
  • 36010 to 14 minutes
  • 55215 to 19 minutes
  • 68620 to 24 minutes
  • 21425 to 29 minutes
  • 1,09030 to 34 minutes
  • 33435 to 39 minutes
  • 20940 to 44 minutes
  • 1,20145 to 59 minutes
  • 40460 to 89 minutes
  • 15790 or more minutes
  • Means of transportation to work

  • Means of transportation to work
  • 39.8%3,845Drove a car alone
  • 13.1%1,266Carpooled
  • 12.8%1,233Bus
  • 14.5%1,398Subway or elevated rail
  • 2.9%277Long-distance train or commuter rail
  • 3.3%314Light rail, streetcar or trolley
  • 9.4%907Taxi
  • 9.1%880Motorcycle
  • 4.6%448Bicycle
  • 11.5%1,107Walked
  • 9.4%910Other means
  • 19.7%1,901Worked at home
  • Time leaving home to go to work

  • Time leaving home to go to work
  • 23612:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
  • 2655:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
  • 2615:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
  • 5386:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
  • 4106:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
  • 5987:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
  • 3957:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
  • 7228:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
  • 5338:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
  • 3729:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
  • 13410:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
  • 32411:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
  • 47712:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
  • 2864:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Occupations of males:

  • Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    14.7%
    city:

    9.1%

  • Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    5.0%
    city:

    6.0%

  • Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    1.1%
    city:

    4.6%

  • Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    2.1%
    city:

    4.0%

  • Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    3.4%
    city:

    2.5%

  • Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    2.6%
    city:

    4.3%

  • Percentage of males in service occupations:
    Here:

    18.7%
    city:

    19.3%

  • Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    15.5%
    city:

    14.1%

  • Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
    Here:

    7.6%
    city:

    6.4%

  • Percentage of males in production occupations:
    Here:

    3.6%
    city:

    5.0%

  • Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    7.1%
    city:

    6.9%

  • Percentage of males in material moving occupations:
    Here:

    13.1%
    city:

    6.2%


Occupations of females:

  • Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    16.2%
    city:

    9.1%

  • Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    6.6%
    city:

    6.6%

  • Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    5.4%
    city:

    1.7%

  • Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
    Here:

    2.2%
    city:

    3.6%

  • Percentage of females in legal occupations:
    Here:

    1.5%
    city:

    1.9%

  • Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    3.1%
    city:

    8.5%

  • Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    4.0%
    city:

    2.4%

  • Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    9.8%
    city:

    10.3%

  • Percentage of females in service occupations:
    Here:

    18.9%
    city:

    24.4%

  • Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    20.5%
    city:

    23.4%

  • Percentage of females in production occupations:
    Here:

    3.9%
    city:

    2.4%

  • Percentage of females in material moving occupations:
    Here:

    6.9%
    city:

    1.7%


Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
    West Kensington:

    27.5%
    Philadelphia:

    15.6%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
    West Kensington:

    7.3%
    Philadelphia:

    6.0%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
    West Kensington:

    5.1%
    Philadelphia:

    2.8%

  • Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
    West Kensington:

    38.5%
    Philadelphia:

    25.0%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
West Kensington:

27.6%
Philadelphia:

21.7%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2022):
West Kensington:

2002
Philadelphia:

2007

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2022):
West Kensington:

2010
Philadelphia:

2019

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
West Kensington:

106.0%
Philadelphia:

71.4%

Most commonly used house heating fuel
  • 53.2%Utility gas
  • 21.4%Electricity
  • 10.1%Other fuel
  • 4.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 3.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 3.1%Solar energy
  • 3.1%No fuel used
  • 1.9%Wood

Highways in this neighborhood:

W Dauphin St

Length: 0.49 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 313

W Lehigh Ave

Length: 0.48 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 314

E Lehigh Ave

Length: 0.39 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 399

Frankford Ave

Length: 0.28 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1600 to 1829

Roads and streets:

N 3rd St

Length: 1.18 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2699

N 2nd St

Length: 1.18 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2699

N Howard St

Length: 1.18 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2699

N Front St

Length: 1.17 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2699

N American St

Length: 1.17 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2699

N Hope St

Length: 1.17 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2699

N Hancock St

Length: 1.17 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2699

N Palethorp St

Length: 1.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2699

N Mascher St

Length: 1.06 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2699

N Philip St

Length: 1.04 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1600 to 2599

N Orianna St

Length: 0.97 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1700 to 2699

W Susquehanna Ave

Length: 0.79 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 599

Diamond St

Length: 0.77 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 599

W Montgomery Ave

Length: 0.76 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 100 to 558

W Norris St

Length: 0.74 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 537

N 4th St

Length: 0.71 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2267

W Oxford St

Length: 0.71 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 526

W Berks St

Length: 0.69 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 526

N Mutter St

Length: 0.67 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1800 to 2699

N 5th St

Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1600 to 2199

N Bodine St

Length: 0.63 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2599

Germantown Ave

Length: 0.56 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1600 to 2099

Cecil B Moore Ave

Length: 0.55 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 499

Kensington Ave

Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 2400 to 2699

W Cumberland St

Length: 0.48 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 315

W Huntingdon St

Length: 0.48 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 330

W York St

Length: 0.48 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 316

N Waterloo St

Length: 0.40 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2200 to 2699

N Leithgow St

Length: 0.40 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1800 to 2199

N Randolph St

Length: 0.39 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2199

N Reese St

Length: 0.32 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1800 to 2199

Blair St

Length: 0.31 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1600 to 1865

E Huntingdon St

Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 199

Waterloo St

Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1700 to 2099

N Lawrence St

Length: 0.24 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 2099

N Orkney St

Length: 0.22 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2000 to 2199

N Cadwallader St

Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1600 to 1899

Potter St

Length: 0.20 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2500 to 2699

Turner St

Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 100 to 499

N Lee St

Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2400 to 2599

W Hewson St

Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 499

W Columbia Ave (Cecil B Moore Ave)

Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 178 to 523

W Palmer St

Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 199

W Colona St

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 199

W Wilt St

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 199

E Cumberland St

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 199

E Palmer St

Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Tilghman St

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1700 to 1799

N Fairhill St

Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2100 to 2199

B St

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2600 to 2699

Bodine St

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2100 to 2199

A St

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2500 to 2599

N Water St

Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2500 to 2599

Morse St

Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 500 to 599

E Columbia Ave

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Fontain St

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 100 to 299

E Oxford St

Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

N 6th St

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2200 to 2249

E Hewson St

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 500 to 599

Edgley St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 500 to 599

Dillman St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2032 to 2062

W Sergeant St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 200 to 299

W Hazzard St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 200 to 299

E Montgomery Ave

Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW

Arlington St

Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 400 to 499

E Berks St

Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1678 to 1699

Gust St

Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 105 to 120

W Nevada St

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W

Orhan St

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 300 to 399

Page St

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 200 to 299
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