Over the last decade, Philadelphia saw a rise in rentership well above the national average, and higher than most of the nation’s other large cities, according to new data released Tuesday by APM Research Lab and Marketplace.
The percent of Philly households renting shot up by more than 6 points between 2006 and 2016, to 47.9 percent. That jump was bigger than the national increase of 4.2 percent, and the third largest among the nation’s 10 most populous cities.
