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Who owns your block

14000 block of Townsend Rd

An investor-heavy block: 100% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 5 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 52% since 2016, now about $2.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year.

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
$2.0M
$707K–$3.1M
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$92
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
8.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$28K
typical · up to $43K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2004
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
25%
1 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 25% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$907
5 years
+47%
value · tax +$9K
10 years
+52%
value · tax +$17K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $2.0M — about 8.9× the citywide median, and above 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$2.0M$330K$223K
Owner-occupied0%73%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 4 reported crimes (1 violent) and 1 resident 311 request to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
4
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
1
to the city

Most reported crimes

Thefts2
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
Burglary Non-Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection1

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$1.3M$2.5M$2.0M2016: $1.3M2017: $1.3M2018: $1.3M2019: $1.3M2020: $1.3M2021: $1.3M2022: $1.3M2023: $1.5M2024: $1.5M2025: $2.0M2026: $2.0M2027: $2.0M2016202020232027

▲ +52% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$27,7812016: $10,6502017: $10,6502018: $18,7662019: $18,7412020: $18,8622021: $18,8622022: $18,8622023: $20,7222024: $20,7222025: $28,6882026: $28,6882027: $27,7812016202020232027

▲ +161% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 152 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $152 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+52%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.6 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20042008201220162020
6arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 2Vacant: 1 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$707K$2.0M+

The block's largest owner, Auroras Encore Llc, carries 5 open violations across 12 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Auroras Encore Llc112$72Mphila.gov ↗
Shed Realty Llc11$707Kphila.gov ↗
Rollerson Tangir Group Ll11$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Perry Matarazzo Holding L11$2.0Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 4 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
14000 TOWNSEND RD Bought for $440K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $696K in 2020. Vacant $707K 2
14001 TOWNSEND RD Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $3.1M 33,495 2004 0
14051 TOWNSEND RD Traded 3×: $500K in 2006 → $1.8M in 2017 (+250%). Investor / LLC $1.9M 21,145 2004 4
14061-65 TOWNSEND RD Appeal granted with conditions (2007). Owner-occupied $2.0M 22,000 2005 0 5 viol

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.