Fairmount
The Art Museum end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway draws a young professional crowd that actually uses the neighborhood: Kelly Drive runners, Whole Foods regulars, Eastern State Penitentiary tour-takers on a slow Saturday. Date logistics are easy. London Grill and Bishop's Collar handle the first drink without ceremony; Rybrew covers the casual second round; the Rodin and the Barnes give you a walkable second-date pivot that does not feel like trying too hard. The honest tradeoff is density. Fairmount is quieter than Fishtown and less single than Rittenhouse, so the pool is smaller, more settled, and skews toward people who already know what they want.
Fairmount by the numbers
Fairmount tilts female, about 52% women to 48% men.
Median individual income in Fairmount is about $75,800.
Pennsylvania registers voters by party, and Philadelphia is one of the most Democratic big cities in the country: where Fairmount sits, Democrats are about 72% of registered voters, to 12% Republican and 16% unaffiliated or other.
The median renter in Fairmount pays about $1,870 a month.
About 12,200 Fairmount residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Philadelphia Museum of Art Steps
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The Dandelion
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Barnes Foundation
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The Love.
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Rodin Museum
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City Winery Philadelphia
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Osteria
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Zorba's Tavern
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Fork
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Prohibition Taproom
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Urban Saloon
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Friday Saturday Sunday
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Vetri Cucina
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Alpen Rose
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The Black Taxi
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Azalea Garden
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Calder Gardens
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The Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden