Philadelphia property report
200 block of E Willow Grove Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 47% owner-occupied, 24% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($18 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 115% since 2016, now about $620K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $620K — about 2.7× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19118 median of $779K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19118 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $620K | $779K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 65% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 22 reported crimes (about 2 a month, 5% of them violent) and 51 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
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
- $620K typical home, up +115% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $4,040 to $8,673 a year through 2027, +7%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $327,526/yr from taxable assessments, or $19,266 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +115% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +115% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.
- 212 E Willow Grove Avelower taxable assessment0.97%$3,211/yr on $329K
- 201 E Willow Grove Avelower taxable assessment1.13%$5,822/yr on $516K
- 207 E Willow Grove Avelower taxable assessment1.13%$5,822/yr on $516K
- 209 E Willow Grove Avelower taxable assessment1.15%$6,389/yr on $556K
- 211 E Willow Grove Avelower taxable assessment1.15%$6,389/yr on $556K
- …and 1 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
One large gap: 219 E Willow Grove Ave has a $169,910/year assessment-based estimate on $13M assessed value — about 92% of the $185,418 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% 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 $215 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 14 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Septa, carries 28 open violations across 295 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Septa (city agency) | 3 | 295 | $217M | 1234 Market St, Philadelphia PA, 19107 | phila.gov ↗ |
| James And Chris Reilly Family Trust (trust / estate) | 1 | 2 | $1.1M | 215 Preston Rd, Flourtown PA, 19031 | phila.gov ↗ |
| Charles Leonard (individual) | 2 | 2 | $653K | — | phila.gov ↗ |
| Frank A D'Lauro Jr Trust (trust / estate) | 2 | 2 | $1.4M | 1528 Walnut St Ste 1201, Philadelphia PA, 19102 | phila.gov ↗ |
| 219 E Willow Grove Ave LP | 1 | 1 | $15M | 720 Fayette St, Conshohocken PA, 19428 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Effron Realty LLC | 1 | 1 | $1.0M | 112 Chesley Dr, Media PA, 19063 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 23 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Multi-family Historysold $240K (2003); L&I violation (2015); L&I violation (2016); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2016); L&I violation (2022); Inspection failed (2022); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2023); 3 L&I violations (2024); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2024). | Absentee individual | $965K | 4/4 | 2,422 | 1925 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 201 E WILLOW GROVE AVE ImprovedBought for $355K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $570K | 5/2 | 2,063 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 203 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building History3 L&I violations (2026); Inspection failed ×2 (2026). | Absentee individual | $592K | —/— | 2,063 | 1925 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 204 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building ImprovedBought for $435K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $583K | 3/3 | 2,200 | 1919 | 1 | |
| 205 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building | Absentee individual | $679K | —/— | 2,063 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 206 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building History5 L&I violations (2019); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2019); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2020). | Absentee individual | $626K | —/— | 2,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 207 E WILLOW GROVE AVE ImprovedBought for $490K in 2021. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $570K | 5/3 | 2,063 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 208 E WILLOW GROVE AVE | Investor / LLC | $620K | 3/1 | 1,892 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 209 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building ImprovedBought for $380K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $592K | —/— | 2,063 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 210 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $385K in 2018, alterations permit in 2020, sold for $650K in 2023 (+69%). | Owner-occupied | $767K | 4/2 | 1,957 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 211 1/2 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Vacant lot | Vacant | $61K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 211 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building ImprovedBought for $152K in 1999. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $592K | —/— | 2,063 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 212 E WILLOW GROVE AVE | Owner-occupied | $425K | 3/1 | 2,196 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 213R E WILLOW GROVE AVE Industrial building | Absentee individual | $189K | —/— | 2,320 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 214 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $350K in 2005 → $950K in 2025 (+171%). | Owner-occupied | $861K | 4/2 | 2,196 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 218 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Mixed-use ImprovedOwner pulled a fast form building permit in 2009. | Investor / LLC | $630K | —/— | 4,065 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 219 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2019). | Investor / LLC | $15M | —/— | 64,000 | 1950 | 1 | licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 222 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Investor / LLC | $767K | —/— | 3,402 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 224-26 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building History6 L&I violations (2010); Inspection failed (2010); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2011). | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | 6/3 | 3,671 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 230 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $480K | 2/2 | 1,488 | 1925 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 250 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Commercial ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $265K | —/— | 2,628 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 256 E WILLOW GROVE AVE Vacant lot ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. | Vacant | $343K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 256R E WILLOW GROVE AVE Vacant lot | Vacant | $266K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
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Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)