Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia, is a section of Philadelphia that is immediately north of

Upper North Philadelphia Upper North Philadelphia is a section of Philadelphia that is immediately north of Lower North Philadelphia, and can be described as an area that has a "...large and rapidly growing Puerto Rican population". According to the planning commission, ...

and south of Cheltenham. It is an area that consists of the now defunct

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

that was called "

Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Bristol Township is a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The township ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854. It is the modern ...

". The section is often included as part of

North Philadelphia North Philadelphia, nicknamed North Philly, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is immediately north of Center City. Though the full extent of the region is somewhat vague, "North Philadelphia" is regarded as everything north of either ...

by city government agencies, though locally it is often referred to as "Uptown," along with the

Germantown-Chestnut Hill The following is a list of neighborhoods, districts and other places located in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The list is organized by broad geographical sections within the city. Common usage for Philadelphia's neighborhood names do ...

section. The section includes the neighborhoods of East Oak Lane and

West Oak Lane West Oak Lane is a neighborhood in the Northwestern Philadelphia. The neighborhood was developed primarily between the early 1920s and late 1930s, with the areas near to Cedarbrook constructed after World War II. At the northeast corner of Limekiln ...

, Feltonville, Fern Rock,

Koreatown A Koreatown ( Korean: 코리아타운), also known as a Little Korea or Little Seoul, is a Korean-dominated ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area outside the Korean Peninsula. History Koreatowns as an East Asian ethnic enclave have ...

, Logan,

Ogontz Ogontz/Belfield is a neighborhood in Upper Northern Philadelphia that is located adjacent to West Oak Lane, East Germantown, Logan, and Fern Rock, Philadelphia. History Ogontz was named after a Native American chieftain. According to Philadelp ...

, Cedarbrook and Olney.

Demographics

, 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. Racial demographics: * Non-Hispanic Black: 94,679 (56.1%) * Hispanic or Latino of any race: 40,336 (23.9%) * Non-Hispanic White: 15,526 (9.2%) * Asian: 12,320 (7.3%) * Mixed or Other: 5,906 (3.5%)

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