Neighborhood Scorecard
Source:
19128 — Philadelphia, PA
The neighborhood scorecard for ZIP 19128 in Philadelphia, PA blends seven federal datasets into a single letter grade of C+ (64/100). The underlying inputs pulled for this ZIP include a median household income of $93,173, a median home value of $353,500, 55.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, and an average commute of 30 minutes. Every value comes directly from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates tied to ZIP 19128, not a national average mapped onto the ZIP.
Cross-agency inputs extend the score beyond Census demographics. If any of these feeds is missing for 19128, the scorecard transparently drops that dimension rather than inventing a score.
Reading the grade means reading the dimensions together. The overall C+ score for 19128 reflects a weighted blend — Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%) — and each dimension is benchmarked against national percentiles rather than in-state-only comparisons. Strengths visible in the raw data include income, education, rent. Areas pulling the overall grade down are housing, commute. The 6 nearby ZIP codes listed below provide immediate geographic context — two adjacent ZIPs can land several grade letters apart due to school-district boundaries, zoning, and commute arteries.
Score Breakdown
Income
B+Median household income
Education
ABachelor's degree or higher
Housing
DHome value $353,500 vs income
Commute
FAverage commute time
Rent
B2BR fair market rent (23% of income)
Safety
N/AViolent crime rate (county)
Childcare
N/ACenter-based infant care cost
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What This Means
Philadelphia, PA (19128) receives an overall grade of C+ based on publicly available data from the Census Bureau, HUD, FBI, and Department of Labor. This area performs well in income and education. Challenges include commute. Data was unavailable for safety, childcare — these dimensions were excluded from the overall score.
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Official Data Resources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report. Source: DOL Childcare Costs. Verify with HUD →
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