Philadelphia Falls Further Behind
Philadelphia remains the nation’s poorest large city, with a poverty rate that has barely moved in recent years, compared with other top-10 cities and the national rate …
… and Philadelphia was the only large city with a decline in median household income from 2016 to 2017.
City
2016
2017
Pct. chg.
30%
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
$54,432
$60,197
+11%
25.7%
Phoenix
$52,062
$56,696
24.5%
+9%
25
San Diego
$71,481
$76,662
+7%
Avg. of other top-10 cities
+7%
Dallas
$47,243
$50,627
19.2%
20
17.4%
Houston
$47,793
$50,896
+6%
U.S. average
Chicago
$53,006
$55,295
+4%
15
New York
$58,856
$60,879
+3%
13.4%
13.3%
+3%
San Jose
$101,940
$104,675
10
San Antonio
$49,268
$50,004
+1%
–4%
Philadelphia
$41,449
$39,759
5
0
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 1-year
American Community Survey
’05
’06
’07
’08
’09
’10
’11
’12
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’14
’15
’16
’17
Staff Graphic
Philadelphia Falls
Further Behind
Philadelphia remains the nation’s poorest large city, with a poverty rate that has barely moved in recent years, compared with other top-10 cities and the national rate …
30%
Philadelphia
25.7%
24.5%
25
Avg. of other top-10 cities
19.2%
20
17.4%
U.S. average
15
13.4%
13.3%
10
5
0
’05
’06
’07
’08
’09
’10
’11
’12
’13
’14
’15
’16
’17
… and Philadelphia was the only large city with a decline in median household income from 2016 to 2017.
Pct. chg.
City
Los Angeles
Phoenix
San Diego
Dallas
Houston
Chicago
New York
San Jose
San Antonio
Philadelphia
2016
$54,432
$52,062
$71,481
$47,243
$47,793
$53,006
$58,856
$101,940
$49,268
$41,449
2017
$60,197
$56,696
$76,662
$50,627
$50,896
$55,295
$60,879
$104,675
$50,004
$39,759
+11%
+9%
+7%
+7%
+6%
+4%
+3%
+3%
+1%
–4%
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 1-year
American Community Survey
Staff Graphic
