Philadelphia wedding venue cost index
Computed from 17 published fee schedules across the Philadelphia metro, checked on August 11, 2026. Median published starting price $200, with half the listings between $85 and $500. 13 of 17 (76%) start under $1,000.
Starting price distribution
Across 17 Philadelphia area venues in 10 cities, checked on August 11, 2026.
| Published starting price | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lowest published starting price | $44 |
| 25th percentile | $85 |
| Median | $200 |
| 75th percentile | $500 |
| Highest published starting price | $2,800 |
How many come in under each threshold
| Threshold | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Published starting price under $500 | 11 | 65% |
| Under $1,000 | 13 | 76% |
| Under $2,500 | 16 | 94% |
| Published fee of zero | 0 | 0% |
Cheapest published price by venue type
| Venue type | Cheapest published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Park & Pavilion | Norristown Farm Park PavilionNorristown, PA | $44 |
| Garden & Conservatory | Morris Arboretum & Gardens - Ceremony-Only PackagesPhiladelphia, PA | $1,200 |
Indoor against outdoor
| Setting | Venues | Median starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor space published | 3 | $2,000 |
| Outdoor space published | 15 | $140 |
Published capacity
8 of the 17 Philadelphia listings publish a guest capacity. The median among those is 92 guests.
Public agency against everything else
14 of 17 listings (82%) are park, courthouse, or state park sites, and 13 cite a source on a .gov, .us, or .mil domain.
| Listing category | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Park, courthouse, or state park listing | 14 | 82% |
| Everything else | 3 | 18% |
The listings behind these numbers, each with its source link and date, are on the Philadelphia venue page. The national cost index ranks 41 metros against each other.
Method: every figure on this page is computed from the listings in this directory, and every listing carries a link to the venue's own published price page or a government fee schedule plus the date that page was read. Venues that do not publish a price are not in the dataset, so nothing here is an estimate, a quote, or an average of quotes. Percentiles are linear interpolations over published starting prices.