Debt relief options in Philadelphia, PA

WalletHub estimated average household credit card debt in Philadelphia at $11,579, or about $7.7 billion citywide, in data as of May 2025. That ranked 148 of the 182 cities it studied.

Among the 50 largest cities on our list, Philadelphia ranks number 45 for average household card debt in WalletHub's data. That puts it near the bottom of the group, though balances can still be hard to manage on a local budget.

Census figures show a median rent of $1,323 a month and a median household income of $60,698 (2023 5-year ACS). By our calculation, a year of median rent equals about 26% of median household income, the number 8 share among the 50 cities we compared. This compares two separate medians, so it isn't what any one household pays.

Census estimates put the median home value at $232,400, or about 3.8 times the median household income (2023 5-year ACS).

TransUnion's April 2026 snapshot, as reported by Self, put the average balance per consumer in Pennsylvania at $5,957, $600 below the $6,557 national figure. That was up 1.8% from a year earlier. WalletHub's household figures are measured differently, so the two aren't directly comparable.

In the Philadelphia metro area, 26.5% of LendingTree users with credit cards owed at least $10,000 on them in October to December 2025, compared with 26.5% across the 100 largest US metros, according to LendingTree's review of credit reports. (LendingTree, 2026-04)

Redfin estimated that a buyer in the Philadelphia metro area needed to earn about $107,012 a year to afford the typical home in December 2025, spending no more than 30% of income on housing, compared with $111,252 nationally. (Redfin, 2026-02)

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