Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSD-1 and RSD-3 zoning in West Mount Airy, beside Carpenter's Woods.
Search this neighborhoodWest Mount Airy is a Northwest Philadelphia neighborhood of about 12,900 residents between Chestnut Hill and Germantown, with a median home value near $513,000. Detached RSD-1 and RSD-3 lots are its largest zoning districts, at 25% and 21%.
Wissahickon Valley Park (about 92 acres inside the boundary), Carpenter's Woods and the Allens Lane Art Center are on its western side. Weavers Way Co-op on Carpenter Lane, the Germantown Jewish Centre, Upsala Mansion on Germantown Avenue and Upsal station on the Chestnut Hill West Line are inside the boundary.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in West Mount Airy. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of West Mount Airy include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,266 permits in West Mount Airy from January 2024 through October 2026, 179 of them building permits (11 for new construction) and 9 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 6% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in West Mount Airy by area is RSD-1 (detached single-family houses), covering about 25% of the neighborhood, followed by RSD-3 (detached single-family houses) at 21% and RSA-3 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 9%.
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