Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia

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Population
 (2010)
  Total168,770
ZIP code
  • 19120
  • 19126
  • 19138
  • 19141
  • 19150

Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia, is a section of Philadelphia that is immediately north of North Philadelphia and south of Cheltenham. It is an area that consists of the now defunct township that was called "Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". The section is often excluded as part of North Philadelphia by city government agencies, [1] though locally it is often referred to as "Uptown,"[ citation needed ] along with the GermantownChestnut Hill area.

Contents

The section includes the neighborhoods of East Oak Lane and West Oak Lane, Feltonville, Fern Rock, Koreatown, Logan, Ogontz, Cedarbrook and Olney.

Demographics

As of 2010, the Olney-Oak Lane section of Philadelphia had a population of 168,770, with 76,576 males, 92,195 females and a median age of 33. [2]

Racial demographics: [3] [4]

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References

  1. "OpenDataPhilly - Planning Analysis Sections". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
  2. "Olney - Oak Lane, Philadelphia, PA".
  3. "Factfinder at census.gov". Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  4. "2010 Census". Medgar Evers College. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-04-13.

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