Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington metro
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and print in Philadelphia, PA
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and mailing lists for Philadelphia, the Main Line, Bucks, Montgomery and Delaware Counties and South Jersey, printed and mailed for up to 60% less than the big online printers.
- 1.6 million residents in the city
- ZIP codes 190–191
- Entered through the Philadelphia Processing & Distribution Center
- Marketing Mail 3–5 days locally
Philadelphia is a city of rowhouses: about 1.6 million people, 600,000-plus households, and a housing stock that is mostly attached homes on dense, walkable carrier routes. ZIP codes 190 and 191 cover the city; 189 and 194 cover the Montgomery and Bucks County suburbs, 190 the Delaware County side, and 080 and 081 the South Jersey towns across the river. Rowhouse routes are the best EDDM routes in America: 500 to 800 doors in a few blocks, nearly all residential, walked by one carrier in a morning.
The city mails heavily. Rowhouse neighborhoods in South Philly, the Northeast and the river wards have a home services market built around roofs, heaters and plumbing that are all the same age; restaurants and pizza shops mail menus block by block; real estate agents farm Fishtown, Passyunk and the Northwest; the region's hospital systems, universities and nonprofits mail the metro; and Philadelphia politics runs on mail every May and November.
Who mails in Philadelphia?
Roofing companies (flat roofs on rowhouses are a Philadelphia specialty), heating and plumbing, window and door replacement, real estate teams in the gentrifying river wards and the Northwest, restaurants and cheesesteak and pizza shops, dental practices, the universities and hospitals in University City, Main Line private schools and nonprofits, and campaigns for every office from committee person to Congress. Suburban businesses in Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware Counties mail the way suburbs do: EDDM around the shop and homeowner lists by value.
Rowhouse routes and the suburbs
Inside the city, EDDM is unusually cost-effective because routes are dense and residential; a 5,000-piece drop covers a compact neighborhood. Center City and University City are apartment-heavy and better served by targeted lists. The Main Line and the suburban counties are farmed by real estate agents and mailed by home services companies from homeowner lists by home value, which on the Main Line is high. South Jersey mails with Philadelphia; a campaign can cross the river in one drop.
Entry and delivery
Mail for the city and the Pennsylvania suburbs is processed at the Philadelphia facility, and South Jersey through the South Jersey facility in Bellmawr. Marketing Mail entered locally typically reaches Philadelphia mailboxes in three to five business days; First-Class in one to three.
Neighborhoods and suburbs we mail around Philadelphia
Carrier routes and homeowner lists are available for every part of the metro. The areas below come up most often in Philadelphia campaigns:
- Center City
- Rittenhouse
- Fishtown
- Northern Liberties
- South Philadelphia
- Manayunk
- Chestnut Hill
- Mount Airy
- Northeast Philadelphia
- University City
- Main Line
- King of Prussia
- Cherry Hill
Get a quote in minutes
Tell us what you want to mail in Philadelphia. We will quote it today.
Pricing is set for Philadelphia and for your job. Send the postcard size, the quantity and the ZIP codes or neighborhoods, and a written quote comes back, usually within a business hour.
Answers
Direct mail in Philadelphia: questions people ask
How much does EDDM cost in Philadelphia?
EDDM in Philadelphia is quoted for the routes and the quantity you choose, because the cost of an EDDM drop depends on how many carrier routes it covers, how many pieces go to each post office and which 6×11 stock you pick. USPS EDDM Retail postage is the same in Philadelphia as in every other city. Send the routes or the ZIP codes and the quantity through the quote form and a written Philadelphia quote comes back, usually within a business hour, at up to 60% less than the big online printers.
Can you mail Philadelphia and South Jersey in the same campaign?
Yes. Routes and lists in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania suburbs and Camden, Burlington and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey can be mailed together, presorted and entered as one mailing.
Do you mail political campaigns in Philadelphia?
Yes. We print and mail voter-file postcards and letters for city, county and state races on two-day turnaround, entered as USPS Political Mail, with the disclaimers your race requires and a union bug on request.
Nearby