Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and CMX-5 and RM-1 zoning in Rittenhouse, around Rittenhouse Square.
Search this neighborhoodRittenhouse is the Center City residential neighborhood around Rittenhouse Square, with about 24,100 residents, a median household income near $102,000 and a median home value near $692,000. The CMX-5 and CMX-4 downtown commercial districts cover about 17% and 16% of it, multi-family RM-1 16%.
Rittenhouse Square, the Mütter Museum on South 22nd Street, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and University of the Arts on South Broad Street, One and Two Liberty Place and Schuylkill River Park are inside the boundary. The Broad Street Line, Market-Frankford Line and Subway-Surface trolleys serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Rittenhouse. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Rittenhouse include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 3,355 permits in Rittenhouse from January 2024 through October 2026, 618 of them building permits (14 for new construction) and 9 for demolition; 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 Rittenhouse by area is CMX-5 (commercial mixed-use), covering about 17% of the neighborhood, followed by RM-1 (multi-family housing) at 16% and CMX-4 (commercial mixed-use) at 16%.
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