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Disaster risk in Philadelphia

Philadelphia ranks #109 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 19 — Quiet. That puts it in the 19th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Pennsylvania.

resilience score
19
Quiet
National rank
#109 of 134
In Pennsylvania
#2 of 2
Percentile
19th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Philadelphia sits 31 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Philadelphia

  1. T#106 Las Vegas, NV 20
  2. T#106 North Las Vegas, NV 20
  3. #109 Philadelphia, PA — this page 19
  4. T#110 Hialeah, FL 18
  5. T#110 Miami, FL 18

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Philadelphia

Philadelphia scores 45 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: