Regional Direction
June 8th 2023
Philadelphia’s Housing Cost-burden: A Pre- and Post-Pandemic Comparison
In previous Leading Indicators we monitored rising housing cost-burden in Philadelphia amidst increasing rents throughout 2020 and 2021. Cost-burden is defined as paying more than 30% of gross household income on mortgage or rent [1]. While the reality of living with housing cost-burden is... Read More
Regional Direction
May 10th 2023
Greater Philadelphia’s Tech Workforce: The 2022 Data Update
As illustrated by our Driving Tech Talent Growth in PHL report, its 2019 update, and our annual monitoring of the regional tech workforce, the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia has consistently demonstrated that the region’s technology sector offers unique possibilities to build new equitable... Read More
April 20th 2023
Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Employer Council Deep Dive
With direction from Temple University’s Lenfest Center for Community Workforce Partnerships, the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia (ELGP) conducted the Temple University Employer Council Deep Dive (hereafter referred to as the “Deep Dive”) to identify data-driven, employer-informed... Read More
905593451590577766-tu-lnpwi-employercouncildeepdivereport-final
Regional Direction
April 10th 2023
How Similar are Philadelphia and New Orleans?
In this Leading Indicator, we use our Similarity Index to highlight and compare the quantitative similarities between Philadelphia and New Orleans, the destination for the Economy League’s 2023 Greater Philadelphia Leadership Exchange (GPLEX) conference. Our Similarity Index compares and benchmarks... Read More
Regional Direction
March 29th 2023
Philadelphia’s Persistent Income Inequality: A 2021 Data Update
As Women’s History Month comes to close, we update our previous analyses of income inequality in Philadelphia—using the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau—by examining earnings gaps among different racial, ethnic, and gender groups. What You Need to Know In 2021,... Read More
Regional Direction
March 15th 2023
New Residents in Philadelphia – Part 3: Occupations
This Leading Indicator is the third part in our series on understanding changes in Philadelphia’s labor market since the COVID-19 pandemic by monitoring changes to the city’s new resident population. In this issue, we continue our demographic analysis by looking at the top occupations among... Read More
Regional Direction
March 1st 2023
Philadelphia Neighborhood Changes - Part 2: Race and Ethnicity
In our first brief of this series, we examined gains and losses in residential population across Philadelphia’s neighborhoods between 2016 and 2021. For the remainder of this series, we dive deeper into these residential changes and provide some possible explanations. We start by taking a closer... Read More
Regional Direction
February 13th 2023
New Residents in Philadelphia – Part 2: Age and Education
This Leading Indicator is the second part in our series on understanding changes in Philadelphia’s labor market since the COVID-19 pandemic by looking at the new resident population in the city. We continue our demographic analysis by highlighting the change in the age distribution and educational... Read More
Regional Direction
January 27th 2023
Philadelphia Neighborhood Changes - Part 1: Resident Populations
With the recent release of the five-year estimates of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey (ACS), we can now examine recent demographic and socioeconomic changes among Philadelphia’s neighborhoods – using our historic neighborhood mapping tool. This allows us to keep up to date... Read More
Regional Direction
January 17th 2023