Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and RM-1 zoning in Fairmount, beside Eastern State Penitentiary.
Search this neighborhoodFairmount is a rowhouse neighborhood between Francisville and East Fairmount Park, north of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, with a median household income near $119,000. RSA-5 rowhouse lots cover about 37% of it and RM-1 multi-family another 19%.
Eastern State Penitentiary, the 1829 prison that is now a museum, sits at 2027 Fairmount Avenue, and the Louis Bergdoll House stands on North 29th Street. The Route 15 trolley and bus routes 7, 32, 48 and 49 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Fairmount. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Fairmount include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,059 permits in Fairmount from January 2024 through October 2026, 213 of them building permits (9 for new construction); the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Building permits are almost all for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with little new construction.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Fairmount by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 37% of the neighborhood, followed by RM-1 (multi-family housing) at 19%.
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View schools →Location reports for Fairmount addresses surface City of Philadelphia L&I building permits, code violations, 311 requests, nearby parks and the applicable Philadelphia Zoning Code district.
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