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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 20.1
The average living wage for the state of Pennsylvania is $29.08/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Pennsylvania a minimum wage score of 16.01 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.83/hr, which gives Pennsylvania a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 21.41 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Pennsylvania is $157.74, resulting in a UI benefit score of 20.67 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 26.19

X Pennsylvania does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Pennsylvania does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Pennsylvania does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Pennsylvania does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Pennsylvania does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Pennsylvania does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Pennsylvania does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Pennsylvania does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Pennsylvania does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Pennsylvania does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Pennsylvania does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Pennsylvania does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Pennsylvania does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Pennsylvania does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 85

✓ Pennsylvania does not have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Pennsylvania does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Pennsylvania does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Pennsylvania does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Pennsylvania does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Pennsylvania does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Philadelphia County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 78.02% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 81.44%
Republican: 17.9%
Libertarian: 0.65%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 19103
Latitude : 39.953767
Longitude : -75.176335
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Northeast
Average Elevation : 24 ft.
Area Code(s) : 215, 267, 445, 484, 610

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 1.45
Male Population Estimate : 37.01%
Female Population Estimate : 42.28%
Median Age : 33.7
Male Median Age : 33.9
Female Median Age : 33.4

White Population Estimate : 63.19%
Black Population Estimate : 5.95%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 3.18%
Asian Population Estimate : 10.58%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.14%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.54%
Other Population Estimate : 0.93%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Mid City West specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Philadelphia County: About 19 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Philadelphia County: About 1001 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Philadelphia County is about 79% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 71% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.