N Broad St / W Dauphin St median real estate prices are $22,910, which is less expensive than 99.9% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods and 99.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Average rental prices in N Broad St / W Dauphin St are currently $436, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 82.2% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods.

N Broad St / W Dauphin St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

N Broad St / W Dauphin St real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) townhomes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in N Broad St / W Dauphin St. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 16.2%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 84.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by seasonal homes (such as vacation areas), and occasionally it is also found in neighborhoods that are primarily filled with college students, as some apartments could be vacant when school is not in session. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

One of the unique characteristics of the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, of particular note, 3.5% of the people in the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 99.2% of all American neighborhoods.

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 48.8% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

In addition, if you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in shear abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 64.4% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.

There are two complimentary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood in Philadelphia are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 93.4% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle. In the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood, 52.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 31.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (11.8%), and 8.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior - comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures. In the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood in Philadelphia, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (4.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.2%) , and residents who report Asian roots (3.2%) , and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (2.6%) , along with some African ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.

The most common language spoken in the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (42.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (50.3%) ride the bus to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (30.5%) and 9.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. The bus provides a valuable service in the N Broad St / W Dauphin St neighborhood of Philadelphia by getting a lot of residents to and from work daily, reducing the costs of commuting and reducing some congestion on the roads as well.