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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

1300 block of E Columbia Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 91% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $74,587 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 119% since 2016, now about $501K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Abatements

    5 homes receive $146K in annual tax abatements while 1 home carries $75K in back taxes owed.

  2. 02
    Turnover

    91% owner-occupied with 10 homes never sold since 1999, yet 4 homes show 550%–1007% change from frequent trading.

By the Numbers

Median value
$501K
$290K–$5.9M
ZIP median $334K
Price / sq ft
$278
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$764K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $501K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 44
$146K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
91%
40 of 44
city 41%
Rentals
5%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$75K
1 of 44 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$52
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+119%
value · tax +$3K

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.

2027
  • 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 $501K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19125 median of $334K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19125 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19125Philadelphia
Median home value$501K$334K$223K
Owner-occupied66%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 56 reported crimes (19 violent) and 285 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
56
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
285
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Thefts7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Fraud5
Theft from Vehicle5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection71
Salting43
Illegal Dumping38
Street Defect22
Abandoned Vehicle19
Construction Complaints11

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.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
Alexander Adaire
1300 E Palmer St · 451 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 students

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

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$500K$1.0M$501K2016: $229K2017: $229K2018: $233K2019: $295K2020: $318K2021: $318K2022: $318K2023: $428K2024: $428K2025: $498K2026: $498K2027: $501K2016202020232027

▲ +119% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,2462016: $2,7172017: $2,7172018: $2,8022019: $3,5092020: $3,7542021: $3,7542022: $3,8832023: $4,5892024: $4,5892025: $5,1942026: $5,1942027: $5,2462016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

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5 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $145,985 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$3,192pays now $11,968at the full rate

1357 E Columbia Ave is assessed at $855K but pays $3,192 a year — about 27% of the $11,968 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 +7.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 219 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $219 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+119%
since 2016
Net rental yield
3.5%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.9 pts
market 6.5%/yr

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 71 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
71arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 44 parcels

Owner-occupied: 40Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 44parcels
  • Owner-occupied 40
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

6 parcels5 parcels6 parcels9 parcels9 parcels2 parcels7 parcels
$290K$707K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jt Nolib Llc12$670Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 44 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

$0$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

New construction
1357 E Columbia Ave
$855K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $160K in 2017.
New construction
1300 E Columbia Ave
$682K · Bought for $65K in 1999, built new (tax-abated), sold for $310K in 2015.
New construction
1355 E Columbia Ave
$539K · Bought for $245K in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $615K in 2022.
New construction
1350 E Columbia Ave
$323K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $75K in 2004.
Frequently traded
1312 E Columbia Ave
$765K · Traded 4×: $110K in 2002 → $762K in 2024 (+593%).
Frequently traded
1324 E Columbia Ave
$707K · Traded 3×: $375K in 2017 → $615K in 2022 (+64%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1300 E COLUMBIA AVE New constructionBought for $65K in 1999, built new (tax-abated), sold for $310K in 2015. Owner-occupied $682K 4/— 2,745 1915 4 abated1 viol
1301 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $5.9M —/— — — 0
1302 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2015 → $650K in 2021 (+550%). Owner-occupied $516K 4/3 2,684 1915 2
1304 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $530K 4/3 2,664 1915 1 rented
1306 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $265K in 2007 → $495K in 2019 (+87%). Owner-occupied $673K 4/3 2,456 1915 3
1308 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $679K 5/1 2,440 1915 1
1310 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $534K 5/— 2,193 1915 0
1312 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $110K in 2002 → $762K in 2024 (+593%). Owner-occupied $765K 5/2 2,489 1915 4
1314 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $519K —/— 2,391 1915 1
1316 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $521K 3/2 2,076 1915 1
1318 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $41K in 2001 → $248K in 2010 (+502%). Owner-occupied $486K 4/1 2,076 1915 2
1320 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $517K —/— 2,199 1915 1
1324 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $375K in 2017 → $615K in 2022 (+64%). Owner-occupied $707K 3/2 2,008 1915 3
1326 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $473K —/— 2,061 1915 0 abated
1328 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $92K in 2002 → $240K in 2015 (+161%). Owner-occupied $455K 4/1 1,939 1915 2 tax lien
1330 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $411K —/— 1,553 1915 1
1332 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $455K 4/1 1,224 1915 1
1334 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $56K in 2002 → $360K in 2023 (+544%). Owner-occupied $377K 3/1 1,224 1915 3
1336 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $290K 4/1 1,163 1915 0
1338 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $359K —/— 1,140 1915 0
1340R-42 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $355K 3/1 1,170 1915 0 tax lien
1340 E COLUMBIA AVE Historysold $133K (2004); Appeal granted (2023). Owner-occupied $317K 4/1 1,028 1915 1
1341 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $150K in 2010 → $462K in 2018 (+208%). Owner-occupied $542K 4/3 1,923 1915 3
1342 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $80K in 2004 → $195K in 2009 (+144%). Owner-occupied $381K 3/1 1,020 1915 3
1343 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $415K —/— 1,950 1915 0
1344 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $378K 3/1 1,216 1915 1
1345 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $434K 4/2 1,821 1915 1
1346 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 7×: $55K in 2010 → $527K in 2021 (+858%). Investor / LLC $586K 3/3 2,068 1915 7
1347 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $435K 3/1 1,642 1915 0
1348 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $188K in 2012 → $330K in 2017 (+76%). Owner-occupied $586K 3/2 2,043 1915 2
1349 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $487K —/— 1,953 1915 1
1350 E COLUMBIA AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $75K in 2004. Owner-occupied $323K 2/1 980 1920 1 abated
1351 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $536K —/— 2,623 1915 1
1352 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $327K 3/1 960 1920 0
1353 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $69K in 2000 → $764K in 2025 (+1007%). Owner-occupied $596K 3/2 1,691 1915 6
1354 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $317K 2/1 960 1920 1
1355 E COLUMBIA AVE New constructionBought for $245K in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $615K in 2022. Owner-occupied $539K 3/2 1,807 1915 3 abated
1356 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $337K 2/1 1,080 1920 1
1357 E COLUMBIA AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $160K in 2017. Owner-occupied $855K 4/3 2,900 2017 1 abated
1358 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $170K in 2015 → $372K in 2016 (+119%). Owner-occupied $591K 3/2 1,896 1920 2
1360 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $469K 5/1 1,944 1920 1
1362 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $155K in 2012 → $510K in 2020 (+229%). Owner-occupied $566K 3/2 1,944 1920 3
1364 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $476K —/— 2,302 1920 0
1366 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $465K in 2017 → $615K in 2023 (+32%). Owner-occupied $529K 7/3 2,656 1920 2 rented

Neighborhood

Median income
$158K
household
Own vs. rent
71%
owner-occupied
Median age
36.1
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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