East Phillips is a neighborhood within the Phillips community in Minneapolis. Its northern boundary runs along East 24th Street from Bloomington Avenue to 17th Avenue South, then runs along East 22nd Street from 17th Avenue South to Little Earth Trail and Hiawatha Avenue. Its other boundaries are Hiawatha Avenue to the east, East Lake Street to the south, and Bloomington Avenue to the west. The Phillips community has only been subdivided into smaller neighborhoods within the last couple years; the boundaries of East Phillips were officially designated on December 23, 2005. As this change has been fairly recent, most residents still refer to the area as just "Phillips". The neighborhood also features the Little Earth residential community.

East Phillips
Neighborhood
Location of East Phillips within the U.S. city of Minneapolis
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Hennepin
City	Minneapolis
Community	Phillips
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	4,904
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55404, 55407
Area code	612

Demographics

As of 2020, the population of East Phillips was 4,904, split 51.8% male and 48.2% female.[3] 60.1% of residents were at least a high school graduate (or equivalent), and 22.5% had earned a bachelor's degree or higher.[4]

29.7% of the population were foreign-born residents, and 55.9% spoke a language other than English at home. 23.9% of residents spoke English less than "very well".[5]

36.4% of households had no access to a vehicle. Among workers 16 years and older, 56.0% commuted to work via car, 18.0% used public transit, and 26.0% walked, biked, worked at home, or used some other method. The medium household income in East Phillips was $47,139. 30.1% of residents lived below the poverty line, and 6.7% were unemployed. 51.2% of housing in the neighborhood was renter-occupied.[5]

References

External links

• East Phillips Community Blog
• Phillips Neighbors Forum - Neighborhood e-mail list and forum including Phillips East