Philly Budget Data

This website provides both visualizations of the Philadelphia city budget as well as raw budget data from 2016 - 2026.

Longitudinal budget view

This visualization shows Philadelphia budget data dating back to 2018. It is a copy of NY Budget by the brilliant folks at Datamade.

a Longitudinal view of the city budget

Treemap budget view

This visualization shows Philadelphia budget data as a tree map, comparing fund and category.

a Longitudinal view of the city budget

Open Budget bubble charts

The following charts are built off the the City of Philadelphia's open budget implementation, based on a project by OpenData.ch, the Swiss division of the Open Knowledge Foundation.

About this website

The goal of this website is to provide data and visual artifacts to better understand the city budget. It is created by acouch, is open source, and builds off of previous open source budget tools. The author particpated in the People's Budget Working Group.

Budget icon from the noun project.

About Philly's Budget

a visual of the city budget cycle

The city budget is a year-round process with very limited opportunities for public input. See the People's Budget Office for more information.

Resources

People's Budget Office

A wealth of resources and events about the city budget.

City's Payment Dashboard

An up-to-date dashboard of the city's payments.

Economy League Budget Dashboard

A budget analysis by the Economy League of Philadelphia.

Building an equitable budgeting process for Philadelphia Report

A review of contemporary practices and recommendations created by the People's Budget Working Group.

City's Workforce Diversity Dashboard

The City of Philadelphia's Workforce Diversity Dashboard is a tool to allow City leaders, residents, employees, and members of the public to explore the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of the City of Philadelphia's municipal workforce.

City's Philly Stat 360

The City of Philadelphia's data dashboard providing select performance data.