Below is a profile of housing affordability in South Philly. First is a comparison of housing stock by price level from 2000 to 2017, with housing prices corrected for inflation. In this case, South Philly is defined as Census block groups south of Christrian Street, east of Broad Street, and north of Oregon Avenue.

In 2000, over 50% of rental housing in South Philly was under 750 dollars/month, while in 2017, only about 25% of housing was under 750 dollars/month. This follows the overall trend seen throughout much of Philadelphia, but the trend is slightly more exaggerated in the South Philly geographic extent analyzed below.

A common threshold regarding rental budgeting is that renters should spend less than 30% of their pre-tax income on rent and utilities each month. The maps below show median gross rent per month for each Census block group, along with the percentage of income that would need to be spent on housing for four different income examples (for someone making 10 dollars/hour, 15/hour, 20/hour, and someone making 50,000 per year).

Given the common 30% threshold, the color scales are centered around 30% (in white), with Census block groups shaded red being more expensive, and block groups shaded blue being less expensive.

The last map displays the necessary hourly wage so that a resident can spend less than 30% of their income on housing. Each of the below maps shows a point for proposed development at 11th Street and Wharton Street.