Walnut Hill is a racially mixed neighborhood with a large seasonal student population.

The primarily residential neighborhood consists of two and three-story row homes, with several pre-war garden style apartments.

The La Blanche Apartments and Henry C. Lea School of Practice are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[3] Singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson lived with his sister at 50th and Walnut from 1968 until his death in 1976.

[5] From the 1930s through the 1970s, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) was located at 48th and Spruce,[6] their former building now houses the Emmanual Church, a Korean language Presbyterian congregation.