  Screen grab from Kwelia's interactive rental heat map.  Screen
grab from Kwelia’s interactive rental heat map.    And Kwelia
does a solid job on its blog analyzing what you’ll find on the
map–or at least with asking the right questions. Regarding
Germantown:  In otherwords, are a few upscale complexes
responsible for a higher-than-normal median rent? A closer look
at complexes like Rittenhouse Hill, or Delmar Morris, or
Cloverly Park shows that median rents there are all well north
of $1.50 per ft2.  Yes, the reason for Germantown’s median rent
are those complexes, without question. The fact that Kwelia
takes note of the realities on the ground, not just the bald
numbers, makes the data parsing more interesting.  But just
taking the data into account, where are the cheapest places to
rent in Philly? All of the following neighborhoods had a median
rent, in May, below $0.90/square foot:      Hunting Park
Juniata Park     West Passyunk     Upper Kensington     Grays
Ferry     Oxford Circle  Philly’s Hottes