Philadelphia’s Fairhill and Fishtown neighborhoods are separated by a little over two miles — and about $100,000.
That’s according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau showing that when it comes to median household income, there’s a six-figure gap between Philadelphia’s wealthiest community and its lowest-income neighborhoods.
Households in Mantua, North Philadelphia East, East Germantown, Allegheny West, and Fairhill took in an estimated median yearly income that was at least $100,000 less than residents in the city’s highest-earning community for 2018 to 2022, the Census Bureau’s latest five-year reporting period.