Rittenhouse Square
Suits someone who wants brownstone living with a major park and bistros at the door, plus Walnut-Locust station about four minutes away.
🇺🇸 Where to live in Philadelphia
Philadelphia's residential areas run from the dense core around City Hall out to hillside streets along a canal towpath. Several sit within a few minutes' walk of a rapid-transit station, while others, like Fairmount and Queen Village, are defined more by their parkland, colonial lanes and market edges. The differences are mostly about density and pace: rowhouse blocks and beer gardens in one direction, campus labs and food halls in another.
Open Philadelphia on the map Live scores for transit, cafes, schools and healthcare, calculated from what is actually around each address.Which area suits whom
Fishtown
For residents who want music venues and coffee roasters nearby and don't mind the activity along Frankford Ave.
University City
Practical for people tied to the Penn or Drexel campuses or the labs, with food halls close and 34th St station a four-minute walk.
Fairmount
Fits anyone who prioritises leafy calm, the art museum steps and Boathouse Row over nightlife.
9 neighborhoods
Old City
Liberty Bell & cobblestones · First Friday galleries
- Nearest station: 2nd St · 200 m · 3 min walk
Center City
City Hall crown · Reading Terminal Market · The core
- Nearest station: City Hall · 200 m · 3 min walk
Rittenhouse Square
The park of parks · Brownstones & bistros · Address of record
- Nearest station: Walnut-Locust · 300 m · 4 min walk
Fishtown
Music venues & coffee roasters · Frankford Ave energy
- Nearest station: Girard · 300 m · 4 min walk
Northern Liberties
The Piazza & beer gardens · Rowhouse revival
- Nearest station: Spring Garden · 300 m · 4 min walk
University City
Penn & Drexel campuses · Labs and food halls
- Nearest station: 34th St · 250 m · 4 min walk
Fairmount
Art museum steps · Boathouse Row · Leafy calm
- No rapid transit station recorded nearby
Queen Village
Fabric Row & Italian Market edge · Colonial lanes
- No rapid transit station recorded nearby
Manayunk
Canal towpath & Main Street bars · Hill-town feel
- Nearest station: Manayunk · 300 m · 4 min walk