ZIP 19147
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 19147 usually run 1.4% below trend in January and 1.4% above it in July, about $54 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 19147 is 0.2% below its high of $1,943 in August 2026, at $1,940 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 19147 changed +2.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 205 Pennsylvania ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 19147 rose 17.4% while median household income rose 29.7% ($81,519 to $105,755). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 19147 is 21.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 10 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($105,755) is $2,644 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,380); a 3-bedroom is $2,850.
33rd cheapest of 43 ZIP codes in Philadelphia.
ZIP 08104, 2 miles away, rents for 12% less ($1,715/mo), about $2,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 19147. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 19147 (Philadelphia, PA) is roughly split between renters and owners, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 68.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 19147 in Philadelphia, PA has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 19147 in Philadelphia, PA paid around $1,611 a month. That figure now sits near $1,940, up 20.4% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $93,996 to $105,755 between 2021 and 2024, a 12.5% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. The renter share has risen from 42.9% to 46.7%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 65.7% to 68.9% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 19147 in Philadelphia, PA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 19147 covers Philadelphia, PA. The median rent here is $1,940/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,000/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,380/mo.
At 22% of local median household income ($105,755/yr), ZIP 19147 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.6% over the past year.
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