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Who owns your block

2500 block of Almond St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 1 home behind $120,215 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $239K. 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
    Taxes

    One home carries $120K in back taxes, representing a significant liability concentrated in a single property.

  2. 02
    Appreciation

    Despite 90% appreciation since 2016, the block grew at 6% per year while the city grew at 6.5%, lagging by 0.5 points annually.

By the Numbers

Median value
$239K
$221K–$5.3M
ZIP median $334K
Price / sq ft
$352
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $74K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1875
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
1 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
33%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$120K
1 of 3 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax −$63
5 years
+36%
value · tax +$894
10 years
+90%
value · tax +$2K

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 $239K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below 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$239K$334K$223K
Owner-occupied0%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 313 reported crimes (21 violent) and 166 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
313
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
166
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts243
Other Assaults17
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Fraud9
Theft from Vehicle9
All Other Offenses5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection62
Illegal Dumping18
Abandoned Vehicle17
Shoveling13
Maintenance Complaint10
Construction Complaints7

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
Horatio B Hackett
2161 E York St · 372 students
Middle & 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$2.5M$5.0M$239K2016: $126K2017: $126K2018: $126K2019: $163K2020: $175K2021: $175K2022: $175K2023: $224K2024: $224K2025: $244K2026: $244K2027: $239K2016202020232027

▲ +90% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,3482016: $1,7672017: $1,7672018: $1,7672019: $2,2772020: $2,4542021: $2,4542022: $2,4542023: $3,1312024: $3,1312025: $3,4112026: $3,4112027: $3,3482016202020232027

▲ +89% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 190 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $190 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+90%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.5 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M2005201020152020
8arm's-length sales since 2002
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 3parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$221K$239K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 3 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2507 ALMOND ST built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $2.3M in 2024. Vacant $5.3M —/— 1
2524 ALMOND ST Bought for $58K in 2005, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $225K in 2021 (+291%). Owner-occupied $239K 2/1 680 1875 5
2526 ALMOND ST Traded 2×: $21K in 2002 → $135K in 2023 (+543%). Absentee individual $221K 2/1 920 1875 2 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.