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Who owns your block

2500 block of Aspen St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 74% since 2016, now about $746K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$746K
$69K–$965K
ZIP median $457K
Price / sq ft
$403
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$950K
5 sold in 2yr
assessed $746K
Tax / yr
$9K
typical · up to $12K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 34
$49K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
82%
28 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+21%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+69%
value · tax +$3K

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 $746K — about 3.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19130Philadelphia
Median home value$746K$457K$223K
Owner-occupied59%37%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (6 violent) and 239 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
59
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
239
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft18
Thefts14
Theft from Vehicle11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Other Assaults3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection61
Salting40
Traffic Signal Emergency37
Street Defect13
Information Request9
Street Light Outage9

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
Bache / Martin
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$500K$1.0M$746K2016: $429K2017: $441K2018: $441K2019: $596K2020: $616K2021: $616K2022: $616K2023: $638K2024: $638K2025: $684K2026: $684K2027: $746K2016202020232027

▲ +74% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$9,0392016: $5,5152017: $5,5822018: $5,6992019: $7,0512020: $7,2352021: $7,2352022: $7,2352023: $7,3202024: $7,3202025: $7,6282026: $8,0122027: $9,0392016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

5
5 properties 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 $49,169 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

10 homes pay the full 1.40%24 pay less
$10,377pays now $13,304at the full rate

The starkest example: 2524 Aspen St is assessed at $950K but pays $10,377 a year — about 78% of the $13,304 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 174 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $174 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+74%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 55 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
55arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 28Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 5 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 28
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels4 parcels3 parcels9 parcels14 parcels
$69K$916K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Brett L Cucchiara (individual)22$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Samuel C Vrooman (individual)22$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Sar-David Investment INC11$69Kphila.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 34 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2500 ASPEN ST L&I violation (2013); 3 L&I violations (2019); Appeal moot (2019). Absentee individual $342K —/— 1,920 1876 0
2502 ASPEN ST L&I violation (2016); sold $440K (2023). Owner-occupied $483K 3/2 1,481 1876 1
2504 ASPEN ST Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,272 1876 0 abated
2506 ASPEN ST Absentee individual $476K 4/1 1,610 1876 1
2510 ASPEN ST Bought for $389K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $965K 5/2 2,895 1876 1
2511 ASPEN ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $746K —/— 1,850 1876 0 abated
2512 ASPEN ST built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $365K in 2002. Owner-occupied $900K 5/2 2,175 1876 1
2513 ASPEN ST Traded 2×: $275K in 2002 → $435K in 2007 (+58%). Absentee individual $532K —/— 1,850 1876 2 1 viol
2514 ASPEN ST Traded 2×: $438K in 2008 → $428K in 2015 (-2%). Owner-occupied $645K 4/1 1,850 1923 2
2515 ASPEN ST Traded 4×: $457K in 2007 → $910K in 2023 (+99%). Owner-occupied $734K 3/2 1,800 1876 4
2516 ASPEN ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $746K —/— 1,850 1876 0 abated
2517 ASPEN ST Bought for $355K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $815K 4/2 1,850 1876 5
2518 ASPEN ST Bought for $365K in 2002, electrical permit in 2017, sold for $734K in 2020 (+101%). Absentee individual $815K 3/2 1,850 1876 4
2519 ASPEN ST L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $645K —/— 1,850 1876 0 1 viol
2520 ASPEN ST Traded 2×: $350K in 2002 → $700K in 2009 (+100%). Owner-occupied $916K 3/2 2,240 1876 2
2521 ASPEN ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $815K 4/2 1,850 1876 0
2522 ASPEN ST Bought for $739K in 2021, addition and/or alteration permit in 2023, sold for $975K in 2025 (+32%). Owner-occupied $815K 4/2 1,850 1876 3
2523 ASPEN ST Bought for $186K in 2000, electrical permit in 2015, sold for $800K in 2021 (+330%). Owner-occupied $868K 4/2 2,050 1929 7
2524 ASPEN ST Bought for $539K in 2008, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $518K in 2011. Owner-occupied $950K 4/2 1,995 1876 2 abated
2525 ASPEN ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $746K —/— 1,850 1876 0 abated
2526 ASPEN ST Owner-occupied $487K 4/2 1,850 1876 0
2527 ASPEN ST Bought for $389K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $746K 3/2 1,850 1876 2
2528 ASPEN ST Owner-occupied $815K —/— 1,850 1876 0
2529 ASPEN ST Owner pulled a addition permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $746K —/— 1,850 1876 0
2530 ASPEN ST Bought for $700K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $686K —/— 1,925 1876 2
2531 ASPEN ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $645K —/— 1,850 1876 0
2532 ASPEN ST Bought for $340K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $950K in 2025 (+179%). Owner-occupied $849K 3/3 1,980 1876 3
2533 ASPEN ST Bought for $265K in 2011, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $650K in 2021 (+145%). Owner-occupied $815K 4/1 1,850 1876 3
2534 ASPEN ST Traded 3×: $545K in 2003 → $800K in 2025 (+47%). Owner-occupied $745K 4/2 1,850 1876 3
2535 ASPEN ST Bought for $500K in 2025, addition and/or alteration permit in 2025, sold for $1.1M in 2026 (+124%). Owner-occupied $815K —/— 1,850 1876 2
2536 ASPEN ST Bought for $335K in 2003, zoning permit in 2014, sold for $600K in 2015 (+79%). Owner-occupied $815K 4/2 2,012 1876 3
2537 ASPEN ST Owner-occupied $704K —/— 1,850 1876 0
2539 ASPEN ST L&I violation (2025). Investor / LLC $69K —/— 576 1876 0 1 violtax lien
2540 ASPEN ST Traded 2×: $700K in 2006 → $795K in 2024 (+14%). Owner-occupied $98K —/— 820 1923 2

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.