Philadelphia property report

2200 block of W Cambria St

A corridor block: 5 business properties among 2 homes, 0% of the homes owner-occupied.

The typical home here is up 159% since 2016, now about $137K. 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.
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By the Numbers

Median value
$137K
$41K–$1.0M
ZIP median $84K
Commercial
$231K
5 buildings · $52/sqft
Price / sq ft
$65
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 8
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+28%
value · tax +$422
5 years
+115%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+159%
value · tax +$1K

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.

2027
  • 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 parcel here is $137K — about 0.6× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $84K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19132Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$137K$84K$230K
Owner-occupied0%35%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 164 reported crimes (about 14 a month, 42% of them violent) and 248 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.

Crimes · 12mo
164
about 14/month · 42% violent
311 requests · 12mo
248
about 21/month · 57 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults42
All Other Offenses30
Motor Vehicle Theft18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
Weapon Violations13
Thefts9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint54
Abandoned Vehicle29
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Illegal Dumping28
Traffic Signal Emergency14
Street Defect12

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 · K-5
Thomas M Peirce
2300 W Cambria St · 292 students
Middle · K-8
E Washington Rhodes
2900 W Clearfield St · 350 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$250K$500K$137K2016: $53K2017: $53K2018: $63K2019: $63K2020: $64K2021: $64K2022: $64K2023: $93K2024: $93K2025: $107K2026: $107K2027: $137K2016202020232027

▲ +159% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,9182016: $7402017: $7402018: $8832019: $8772020: $8932021: $8932022: $8932023: $1,2982024: $1,2982025: $1,4962026: $1,4962027: $1,9182016202020232027

▲ +159% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 259 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $259 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+159%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.5 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2007. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200720082009201020112012
2arm's-length sales since 2007
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Absentee individual: 8 8parcels
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

2 parcels3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$41K$465K+

The block's largest owner, Richard Smith, carries 2 open violations across 17 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Richard Smith (individual)217$2.2Mphila.gov ↗
Charles Fripp (individual)24$335Kphila.gov ↗

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).

Parcel by parcel

All 8 parcels 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 parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2201 W CAMBRIA ST Store Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $1.0M —/— 9,450 1925 0
2204 W CAMBRIA ST Commercial Bought for $168K in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. Absentee individual $231K —/— 2,040 1950 1
2210-20 W CAMBRIA ST Store Bought for $300K in 2007. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. Absentee individual $465K —/— 8,850 1925 1
2221-23 W CAMBRIA ST Apartment building Absentee individual $124K —/— 1,908 1925 0
2225 W CAMBRIA ST Absentee individual $116K 4/1 1,955 1925 0
2227 W CAMBRIA ST 8 L&I violations (2016); Inspection failed (2016). Absentee individual $91K 3/1 1,220 1925 0
2229 W CAMBRIA ST Store Absentee individual $41K —/— 2,550 1925 0
2235 W CAMBRIA ST Industrial building Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Absentee individual $150K —/— 3,600 1925 0 lien in pre-2017 ledger

Neighborhood

Median income
$-667M
household
Own vs. rent
51%
owner-occupied
Median age
54.5
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 4:06 PM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.