Who owns your block
0 block of W Highland Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 39% owner-occupied, 35% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is up 164% since 2016, now about $906K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Abatements
Seven homes receive $132K in annual tax abatements on a block where 35% of homes are investor-owned versus 39% owner-occupied.
- 02Appreciation
The highest-trading home at 20 W Highland appreciated 383%, more than double the block's 164% total since 2016.
- 03Stability
Eleven of 31 homes have never sold since 2000 while the median home age is 56.1, suggesting a long-term resident cohort.
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.
The makeup of the block
Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Tax-abated
- Bubble = lot size
- → bigger interior · ↑ higher value
Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $906K — about 4.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19118 median of $756K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19118 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $906K | $756K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 23% | 56% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 23 reported crimes (8 violent) and 76 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.
Schools
The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.
Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.
What it's worth, and where taxes are going
- $906K typical home, up +164% since 2016
- Tax bill $4,761 to $10,853 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $31M assessed, $300,611/yr to the city, about $11,562 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +164% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +128% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
30 W Highland Ave is assessed at $2.2M but pays $13,588 a year — about 44% of the $30,882 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $264 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.
How often it changes hands
This block has recorded 32 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 31 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Bowman Properties Limited, carries 16 open violations across 36 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman Properties Limited | 2 | 36 | $28M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 30 Highland Llc | 5 | 5 | $0 | phila.gov ↗ |
| 14 West Highland Llc | 3 | 3 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Turramurra Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 31 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).
Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9-23 W HIGHLAND AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $3.7M | —/— | 24,328 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 14 W HIGHLAND AVE ImprovedBought for $199K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $386K | —/— | 2,739 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 16 W HIGHLAND AVE | Investor / LLC | $606K | 5/3 | 2,673 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 18 W HIGHLAND AVE | Investor / LLC | $267K | —/— | 1,805 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 20 W HIGHLAND AVE TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2003 → $580K in 2021 (+383%). | Investor / LLC | $632K | 4/1 | 1,958 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 25 W HIGHLAND AVE | Vacant | $137K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 27 W HIGHLAND AVE | Vacant | $141K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 29 W HIGHLAND AVE | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/— | 3,102 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2021); Appeal complete (2024). | Investor / LLC | — | —/— | — | — | 0 | 1 viol |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE | Vacant | — | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE | Investor / LLC | — | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE | Investor / LLC | — | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE | Investor / LLC | — | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $2.3M in 2023. | Absentee individual | $2.2M | 4/4 | 3,675 | 2023 | 1 | abated |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $2.1M in 2024. | Absentee individual | $2.1M | 4/4 | 3,405 | 2024 | 1 | abated |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $2.1M in 2024. | Absentee individual | $2.1M | 4/4 | 3,120 | 2024 | 1 | abated |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $2.0M in 2024. | Absentee individual | $2.1M | 4/4 | 3,340 | 2024 | 1 | abated |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $2.0M in 2024. | Absentee individual | $2.1M | 4/4 | 3,120 | 2024 | 1 | abated |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE | Absentee individual | $2.1M | 4/4 | 3,340 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 30 W HIGHLAND AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $2.0M in 2023. | Absentee individual | $2.2M | 4/4 | 3,675 | 2023 | 1 | abated |
| 35 W HIGHLAND AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $295K in 2000 → $405K in 2021 (+37%). | Owner-occupied | $976K | 5/2 | 2,663 | 1890 | 3 | |
| 36 W HIGHLAND AVE TradedTraded 2×: $380K in 2008 → $452K in 2017 (+19%). | Owner-occupied | $697K | 3/2 | 2,018 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 38 W HIGHLAND AVE | Owner-occupied | $601K | 2/2 | 2,591 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 39-41 W HIGHLAND AVE | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 6/2 | 3,420 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 40 W HIGHLAND AVE | Owner-occupied | $831K | 5/2 | 2,571 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 43 W HIGHLAND AVE TradedTraded 2×: $360K in 2008 → $380K in 2014 (+6%). | Owner-occupied | $618K | 2/1 | 1,332 | 1926 | 2 | |
| 44 W HIGHLAND AVE | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 4/3 | 2,757 | 1875 | 1 | |
| 46 W HIGHLAND AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $436K in 2006 → $900K in 2024 (+106%). | Owner-occupied | $834K | 3/2 | 1,812 | 1866 | 4 | |
| 47-49 W HIGHLAND AVE HistoryAppeal granted (2025). | Absentee individual | $679K | 4/2 | 2,832 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 48 W HIGHLAND AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $349K in 2009 → $800K in 2022 (+129%). | Owner-occupied | $899K | 4/2 | 2,310 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 50 W HIGHLAND AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $379K in 2005 → $490K in 2017 (+29%). | Owner-occupied | $913K | 4/2 | 2,394 | 1925 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)