Philadelphia After the 1854 Act of Consolidation. 85.6%. The demographic statistics for this exhibit have been compiled from Social Explorer by the staff of the University Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. After 1880 the larger houses closer to the river and the university, which dated to earlier in the century, began to be carved into smaller units. The first building constructed, College Hall, was designed by the universitys professor of architecture, Thomas Webb Richards, and clad in green serpentine, giving it its distinctive color. But during the early decades of majority-Black West Philadelphia, these challenges were attenuated by the growth of African American political power and the slowly declining, but still available, unionized industrial jobs. Rodin, Judith. What is the population of West Philadelphia? Throughout the eighteenth century much of what would become West Philadelphia remained sparsely populated farmland. These include mosques such as Masjid Al-Jamia, a Sunni Muslim institution at 4228 Walnut Street. Neither area proved popular at first, but as the city became more highly developed the lots began to sell. It was not until 1805 that the first bridge was constructed spanning the Schuylkill River at what is now Market Street. For the next half century at least, West Philadelphia largely became a suburb in the cityabetted by a series of advances in transportation technology, starting with the horsecars of the 1850s. Unlike the omnibuses, the streetcars were on rails that provided faster and more efficient travel. For a complete list of the variables and breakdowns of data available, consult the professional version of Social Explorer available from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and other institutional subscribers. As the century wore on, the only corners of West Philadelphia that were not overwhelmingly Black were immediately around Drexel and Pennsylvania universities and in a band of neighborhoods to the west of the higher education cluster that remained racially mixed from the 1960s onward. The Philadelphia Social History Project (PSHP) was an interdisciplinary project that played a central role in transforming the study of urban and social history by creating a computerized database to study the effect of industrialization and urbanization on Philadelphias minority populations between 1838 and 1880. Only two MOVE members, Ramona Africa and a child, Birdie Africa, survived the blaze. Then in the 1870s the University of Pennsylvania left its cramped center city location for West Philadelphia, a move with enormous effect on the development of surrounding neighborhoods, especially during the second half of the twentieth century. Small communities began to spring up to support these businesses, like Hamiltonville in 1804. Most of the houses in West Philadelphia are row houses, although there are areas of semi-detached and detached houses. In 1854, the Act of Consolidation was signed, aligning Philadelphias borders with those of Philadelphia County. Streetcars were electrified beginning in the 1890s and accelerated the suburbanization of West Philadelphia. West Philadelphia Census Statistics | West Philadelphia Community 302 South 12th Street. White 1 Hispanic 2 Black Asian Mixed 1 Other 1 -42.4% 35.3% 77.7% +6.3% 12.4% 6.12% +31.8% 42.9% 11.0% +3.8% 6.90% 3.14% +0.3% 2.05% 1.71% +0.2% 0.53% 0.28% 1 non-Hispanic 2 excluding black and Asian Hispanics Relative Ethno-Racial Composition by Age #3 The group resurfaced in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood in 1981 and was again the subject of neighborhood complaints. In contrast, people younger than 25 and those older than 65 earn less, at $35,844 and $33,684, respectively. West Philly neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), 19139 New Census figures on Philly neighborhoods show inequality, high - WHYY This gradual elevation makes the skyline of Center City visible from many points in West Philadelphia. William Penn wrote that the area is likely to be a great part of the settlement of this age and intended to expand settlement across the river. After generating area maps from Google Maps,they added census boundaries and census tract labels as needed. By 1840, the tract was only ninety-two acres. The Wynnefield neighborhood is a location frequently used by photographers and organizers of civic events. The Woodlands Cemetery, which is located near the west bank of the Schuylkill River, was originally the estate of Andrew Hamilton who bought the property in 1735 from descendants of Blockley Township's founder, William Warner, who hailed from Brockley, England. After several high-profile murders of Penn graduate students living in the mixed- race neighborhoods beyond the campus borders, which had lost much of their white population during the 1990s, the university began to again be active in the community. Residents aged 25 to 44 earn $47,072, while those between 45 and 64 years old have a median wage of $59,126. The building, which still sports a large satellite dish on its roof, is now home to the West Philadelphia Enterprise Center. QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service. West Philadelphia High School's student population of 372 students has declined by 22% over five school years. There are 200,637 residents in West Philadelphia, with a median age of 33.1. Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia -40% -20% -0% +20% % ref. The highest numbered street to run any considerable distance contiguously is 58th Street, which runs from the northern frontier of West Philadelphia at City Avenue south to the Schuylkill River. Mummies have captured the imagination and sparked the curiosity of Philadelphians since the Colonial Era. Later Tudor and Spanish Revival houses, and the Art Deco influenced apartment houses also filled in available lot spaces between developments and made it possible for more middle-class Philadelphians to move to the area. The device ignited fuel in a generator on the roof, causing a fire that spread through the neighborhood. Trains influenced suburban development and provide a green alternative to crowded highways systems. But he abandoned the idea by 1684, two years after his arrival. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. Penn took full advantage of postwar federal largesse, competing successfully with its counterparts in higher education for research and development grantsespecially after the flood of funding following the Soviet Unions Sputnik success in 1957. 7,043,501 and 7,680,859. Penn also invested in local public schools, founding the Sadie Alexander School, for pre-K through eighth grade. US-born citizens make up 88.6% of the resident pool in West Philadelphia, while non-US-born citizens account for 5.29%. The population density in City Center West is 97% higher than Philadelphia; The median age in City Center West is 7% higher than Philadelphia; In City Center West 78.92% of the population is White; In City Center West 6.11% of the population is Black; In City Center West 11.66% of the population is Asian The home, a Federal-style mansion with a two-story columned portico, sat on a 250-acre parcel of land when it was constructed in 1770. Other high schools include University City High School; William L. Sayre High School, formerly Sayre Middle School; Robert E. Lamberton High School; Mastery Charter Shoemaker Campus, formerly William Shoemaker Middle School; and Overbrook High School. The North Philadelphia neighborhood, which straddles Germantown Avenue just west of Broad Street and Erie Avenue, has seen its population rise 4 percent (above the city's 1 percent increase), its housing prices rose 11 percent again above the citywide average. In Elegy (for MOVE and Philadelphia), Philadelphia poet and playwright Sonia Sanchez questions the paradoxical nature of a city that seemingly set itself and its people ablaze near Sixty-Second Street and Osage Avenue. People who identify as black are most likely to be living in the central places. But farther from the university in other West Philadelphia neighborhoods, like Kingsessing and Cobbs Creek on the Delaware County line, conditions stagnated or worsened as the Great Recession eliminated many public sector jobs. One of the first homes built in West Philadelphia, in an area that was then Blockley Township, was William Hamiltons country estate, the Woodlands. Puckett, John L. and Mark Frazier Lloyd. 1 Beds Bds; . . The NeighborhoodScout search engine is covered under US Patents No. There are more white people in the northwest areas of the city. The upgrades to campus were impressive. On the far side of the Schuylkill, the new housing developments were mostly marketed for the middle and upper classes, whose westward movement was further enabled by the replacement of the omnibus by horse cars in 1858. Select your ideal criteria and let Scout do the rest. West Philadelphia's population expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thanks in large part to horsecars, then streetcars, and Schuylkill River bridges that allowed middle-class breadwinners to commute into the Central Business District a few miles to the east. Community opposition fell on deaf ears and the city demolished vacant houses, declared Black Bottom a blighted neighborhood, and purchased it through eminent domain. Retail districts lined every street where there was a station as well as along Market Street. Jake Blumgart is a reporter for WHYYs PlanPhilly. The decline of the neighborhoods after World War II allowed many of these old homes to be preserved by neglect as they were not under the pressures of more central neighborhoods to develop during the urban renewal movement of the mid-twentieth century. Date(s) & Update Frequency: The Route 10 trolley runs along Lancaster Avenue from 63rd and Malvern Avenue through to 36th and Ludlow Streets where a portal allows access to the subway tunnel into Center City. Despite the industry clustered along the areas shores, development in this period remained largely residential in the rest of West Philadelphia. Finally, note that Social Explorer has included in its Comprehensive Reports most, but not all, of the variables available for each census year. We apologize for the inconvenience. Philly's forgotten middle: Places like West Oak Lane, Tacony endangered Etienne, Harley F. Pushing Back the Gates: Neighborhood Perspectives on University-Driven Revitalization in West Philadelphia. The police department made matters worse by becoming the first U.S. law enforcement institution to bomb its own city. Warner was the first known European west of the Schuylkill. ofGreaterPhiladelphia. With other anchor institutions in the area, it supported development of the University City District to provide further amenities. It holds the graves of many famous Philadelphians. In 1872 the university moved to a new campus near Spruce and Thirty-Fourth Streets in West Philadelphia. Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Penn also competed with other parts of the city for urban renewal funds (much of the money allocated within West Philadelphia went to the universitys ends). One of West Philadelphia's most prominent features is the "El", or SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line or Blue Line. Thus, it is sometimes, but not always, possible to track changes over time. Chinese and Koreans, were living in the Oxford Circle/Castor section of lower Northeast Philadelphia (ZIP code 19149), West Philadelphia (19104), and Chinatown (19106 . Arrivals from East Asia and Latin America, mainly Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans, have given the area small Hispanic and Asian American populations. During the 1940s, the Warriors drew crowds to the Philadelphia Arena at Forty-Fifth and Market Streets. . West Philadelphia, nicknamed West Philly, is a section of the city of Philadelphia. At the same time, new development moved beyond Forty-Fifth Street out to Cobbs Creek, the border with Delaware County. The NBC drama American Dreams is set in West Philadelphia in the mid-1960s. Later renamed the Civic Center Museum, it closed in 1994. After a slow start, the Science Center eventually prospered. In addition, one of Philadelphia's six streetcar lines, the Route 10 Green Line, transports commuters and students daily along Lancaster Avenue from 36th and Ludlow streets to 63rd and Malvern Avenue in Wynnefield. 3,248,528. 16.5%. DJs have shaped musical tastes since the 1950s, broadcasting from stations such as WFIL, originally located at 4548 Market Street (the Enterprise Center in 2016). The second story, projecting, semi-hexagonal bay is incorporated into this design, an element which defines the later rowhouses. West Philadelphia's streets are laid out in a modified grid. Along with a decrease in crime and a trend toward urban living, most of University City underwent gentrification. 2 (April 1980), pp. The vintage year (e.g., V2022) refers to the final year of the series (2020 thru 2022). Raw data sources: