The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Philadelphia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Philadelphia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Philadelphia is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Philadelphia are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.06% of adults in Philadelphia have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Philadelphia in 2018 was $28,672, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,688 for a family of four. However, Philadelphia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Philadelphia is a somewhat 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Philadelphia include German, African, English, Irish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Philadelphia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
