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Who owns your block

13000 block of Townsend Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $10,847 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 108% since 2016, now about $235K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year and the increases are speeding up.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$235K
$75K–$14M
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$157
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$258K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $235K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $192K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 88
$57K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
67%
59 of 88
city 41%
Rentals
17%
15 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 1% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
2 of 88 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+18%
value · tax +$514
5 years
+90%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+119%
value · tax +$2K

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 $235K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19154 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19154 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19154Philadelphia
Median home value$235K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied47%73%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 9 reported crimes (0 violent) and 51 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
9
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
51
2 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud2
Motor Vehicle Theft2
Theft from Vehicle2
Thefts2
Burglary Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection20
Salting6
License Complaint5
Smoke Detector4
Street Defect4
Dangerous Building Complaint2

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
Stephen Decatur
3500 Academy Rd · 1041 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$125K$250K$235K2016: $113K2017: $108K2018: $108K2019: $108K2020: $124K2021: $124K2022: $124K2023: $136K2024: $136K2025: $199K2026: $199K2027: $235K2016202020232027

▲ +108% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,2942016: $1,5852017: $1,5052018: $1,5052019: $1,5052020: $1,7302021: $1,7302022: $1,7302023: $1,9042024: $1,9042025: $2,7802026: $2,7802027: $3,2942016202020232027

▲ +108% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

1
1 property 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 $57,036 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%
$0pays now $1,044at the full rate

13083 Townsend Rd is assessed at $75K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,044 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 208 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $208 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+108%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 59 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$13M$25M2004201020162022
32arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
59homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 88 parcels

Owner-occupied: 59Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 25 88parcels
  • Owner-occupied 59
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 25

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels86 parcels
$75K$240K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Kirshenbaum Assets Group18$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Hpi/Gsa Properties One Limited11$14Mphila.gov ↗
Erna Talapan Revocable Trust Agreement11$240Kphila.gov ↗
Kag 3 Llc11$240Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 88 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$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

Traded
13008 Townsend Rd
$240K · Traded 2×: $148K in 2018 → $265K in 2026 (+80%).
Traded
13059 Townsend Rd
$240K · Traded 2×: $108K in 2018 → $230K in 2022 (+113%).
Traded
13050 Townsend Rd
$235K · Traded 2×: $151K in 2019 → $229K in 2021 (+51%).
Tax lien
13012 Townsend Rd
$235K
Tax lien
13038 Townsend Rd
$235K
Tax lien
13039 Townsend Rd
$235K
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
13000 TOWNSEND RD Investor / LLC $14M —/— 131,987 1999 1
13001 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0 rented
13002 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13003 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13004 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13005 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13006 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 1
13007 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13008 TOWNSEND RD TradedTraded 2×: $148K in 2018 → $265K in 2026 (+80%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 2
13009 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0 rented
13010 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0 rented
13011 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13012 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1 tax lien
13013 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13014 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13015 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13016 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13017 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0 rented
13018 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13019 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0 rented
13020 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13021 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13022 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13023 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13024 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13025 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13026 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0 rented2 viol
13027 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0 rented
13028 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13029 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13030 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13031 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0 rented
13032 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13033 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13034 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13035 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13036 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13037 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13038 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0 tax lien
13039 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0 tax lien
13040 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13041 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13042 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13043 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13044 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13045 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13046 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13047 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13048 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13049 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13050 TOWNSEND RD TradedTraded 2×: $151K in 2019 → $229K in 2021 (+51%). Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 2
13051 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13052 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13053 TOWNSEND RD Investor / LLC $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0 rented
13054 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13055 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 1
13056 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 1
13057 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0 rented
13058 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13059 TOWNSEND RD TradedTraded 2×: $108K in 2018 → $230K in 2022 (+113%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 2
13060 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0 rented
13061 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13062 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 1
13063 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13064 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0 rented
13065 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0 rented
13066 TOWNSEND RD Investor / LLC $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0 rented
13067 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 1
13068 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13069 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13070 TOWNSEND RD Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13071 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13072 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13073 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13074 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13075 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13076 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13077 TOWNSEND RD Investor / LLC $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1 rented
13078 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13079 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13080 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 0
13081 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13082 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,500 1980 1
13083 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $75K 3/1 320 1980 0 abated
13084 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 1
13085 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13086 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0
13087 TOWNSEND RD Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,536 1980 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

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