Lower North Philadelphia

Lower North Philadelphia
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Lower North Philadelphia at Montgomery Avenue and 18th Street
Map of Philadelphia County with North Philadelphia highlighted. Click for larger image
Country	United States of America
State	Pennsylvania
County	Philadelphia
City	Philadelphia
Area
• Total	2.3 sq mi (6 km²)
Population (2010)
• Total	59,250
• Density	14,736/sq mi (5,690/km²)
ZIP code	19121, 19122, 19123, 19130, 19133

Lower North Philadelphia is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that is immediately north of Center City and below Upper North Philadelphia and can be described as a section of Philadelphia that was designated as a "Model City" target, in hopes of overcoming poverty and blight through a federal funding program since 1966.^[1] It also contains the Lower North Philadelphia Speculative Housing Historic District along Cecil B. Moore Avenue.

Lower North Philadelphia consists of the Brewerytown, Cecil B. Moore, Cabot, Fairhill, Francisville, Hartranft, Ludlow, North Central, Poplar (roughly bounded by Girard Avenue, Broad Street, Spring Garden Street, and 5th Street), Sharswood, Spring Garden, South Lehigh, Stanton, Strawberry Mansion, Yorktown, Fairmount, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods.

Demographics

The demographics of Lower North Philadelphia shows that the area has a population density of 14,736 people per mile with an average household size of 3 and 30% of households had children. There is an 18% annual residential turnover rate with 42% of residents staying for more than 5 years, with an average of 5 years of residency.^[2]

References

↑ Carolyn Teich Adams. The Politics of Capital Investment: The Case of Philadelphia.
↑ "Lower North Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Real Estate Demographics".

Municipalities and communities of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States

Sections and
Neighborhoods

Lower North	Badlands Belfield Brewerytown Cabot Callowhill Cecil B. Moore El Centro de Oro Fairhill Fairmount Francisville Hartranft Ivy Hill Ludlow North Central Northern Liberties Poplar Reading Viaduct Sharswood South Lehigh Spring Garden Stanton Strawberry Mansion Yorktown

Upper North	Allegheny West Badlands Franklinville Glenwood Hunting Park Nicetown-Tioga Olde Kensington Swampoodle West Kensington

Olney-Oak Lane	East Oak Lane Feltonville Fern Rock Koreatown Logan Ogontz Olney West Oak Lane

Northwest

Lower Northwest	Andorra East Falls Manayunk Roxborough Wissahickon

Upper Northwest	Beggarstown Chestnut Hill Germantown Morton Mount Airy Wister Cedarbrook

Northeast

Near Northeast	Burholme Castor Gardens Crescentville Fox Chase Frankford Holme Circle Holmesburg Juniata Lawndale Lexington Park Mayfair Oxford Circle Rhawnhurst Ryers Tacony Wissinoming

Far Northeast	Academy Gardens Ashton-Woodenbridge Bustleton Byberry Crestmont Farms Millbrook Modena Park Morrell Park Normandy Parkwood Pennypack Somerton Torresdale Upper Holmesburg Winchester Park

River Wards	Bridesburg Fishtown Harrowgate Kensington Port Richmond

Former
Municipalities

Cities	Philadelphia (Center City)

Boroughs	Aramingo Bridesburg Frankford Germantown Manayunk West Philadelphia Whitehall

Districts	Belmont Hog Island Kensington Moyamensing Northern Liberties Penn Richmond Southwark Spring Garden

Townships	Blockley Bristol Byberry Delaware Germantown Kingsessing Lower Dublin Moreland Northern Liberties Oxford Passyunk Penn Roxborough

Footnotes

As a consolidated city-county Philadelphia is its own county seat.

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Nickname(s): City of Brotherly Love

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