Downtown Insights

Discover how Downtowns are performing across the US and take a deep dive into any individual Downtown district. Reveal how visitation, spending, lodging, advertising and events help drive Downtown success, and see which Downtowns contribute the most to the overall citywide economy.

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Top Downtowns in the US

Top 100 is based on jobs per acre as measured by the Center City District Foundation.

Spending

Event Impact

Advertising

Accommodations

National Spending Trends

Percent of Citywide Spending Captured by Downtowns in Jan-June 2025

The top 25% of our analysis of 100 downtowns capture more than 31% of all spending in the city across all business categories.
Nearly half of the Downtowns analyzed capture more than 20% of citywide spending.
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Downtown District

% Spend Downtown

84%

69%

63%

57%

56%

55%

53%

50%

47%

44%

42%

41%

40%

38%

37%

36%

35%

34%

32%

31%

29%

28%

27%

26%

25%

24%

23%

22%

20%

18%

16%

15%

12%

11%

< 1%

100

< 1%

Insights for Each Downtown

Akron OH

Albuquerque NM

Atlanta GA

Austin TX

Baltimore MD

Birmingham AL

Boise ID

Boston MA

Buffalo NY

Charlotte NC

Chattanooga TN

Chicago IL

Cincinnati OH

Cleveland OH

Columbia SC

Columbus OH

Dallas TX

Denver CO

Des Moines IA

Detroit MI

Durham NC

Eugene OR

Fort Lauderdale FL

Fort Wayne IN

Fort Worth TX

Fresno CA

Grand Rapids MI

Greensboro NC

Greenville SC

Hartford CT

Houston TX

Indianapolis IN

Jacksonville FL

Jersey City NJ

Kansas City MO

Knoxville TN

Las Vegas NV

Lincoln NE

Little Rock AR

Long Beach CA

Los Angeles CA

Louisville KY

Lower Manhattan NY

Madison WI

Manchester NH

Memphis TN

Miami FL

Midtown Manhattan NY

Milwaukee WI

Minneapolis MN

Nashville TN

New Orleans LA

Newark NJ

Norfolk VA

Oakland CA

Oklahoma City OK

Omaha NE

Orlando FL

Philadelphia PA

Phoenix AZ

Pittsburgh PA

Portland OR

Providence RI

Raleigh NC

Richmond VA

Riverside CA

Roanoke VA

Rochester NY

Sacramento CA

Saint Louis MO

Saint Paul MN

Saint Petersburg FL

Salem OR

Salt Lake City UT

San Antonio TX

San Diego CA

San Francisco CA

San Jose CA

Savannah GA

Scranton PA

Seattle WA

Sioux Falls SD

South Bend IN

Spokane WA

Springfield IL

Springfield MA

Stockton CA

Syracuse NY

Tacoma WA

Tampa FL

Tempe AZ

Toledo OH

Tucson AZ

Tulsa OK

Washington DC

West Palm Beach FL

Wichita KS

Wilmington DE

Winston-Salem NC

Worcester MA

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01/01/2025 - 06/30/2025

Visitor Economy

Local Business Performance

Event Impact

Accommodations

Spending Captured Downtown as Percentage of City

How much money was spent in downtown Philadelphia PA compared to total spend across the city?

#2Boston MA

#3Columbus OH

#4Philadelphia PA

#5Salem OR

#6Tempe AZ

57%

Downtown

43%

Citywide

Philadelphia PA downtown spend capture is 29% higher than the 28% average of Northeast downtowns.

Spend by Visitor Origin from Downtown

How much money do different groups spend in downtown Philadelphia PA compared to the entire city?

District: Spenders from the same zip codes as the defined downtown.
Metro Area: Spenders from zip codes within the defined metropolitan area, but excluding the district zip codes.
Outside of Metro: All other credit card spenders.

District Spending Breakout

Where do those who spend money in downtown Philadelphia PA live?

80%

Metro Area

Metro Area:

80%

Outside of Metro:

18%

District:

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Sample transactional data provided by Affinity Solutions. Modeling, analysis, insights and estimates generated by Datafy.

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