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Who owns your block

2500 block of Cadwallader St

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $5,189 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 2016% since 2016, now about $40K. Property taxes are climbing about 38% 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
$40K
$33K–$77K
ZIP median $83K
Vs. Philadelphia
0.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$581
typical · up to $1K
city ≈$3K/yr
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
3 of 7 behind
▲ block 43% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax +$70
5 years
+319%
value · tax +$454
10 years
+319%
value · tax +$454

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 $40K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19133Philadelphia
Median home value$40K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied0%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (41 violent) and 171 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
92
41 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
171
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults19
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
All Other Offenses12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Thefts6
Weapon Violations6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection52
Maintenance Complaint31
Illegal Dumping24
Graffiti Removal10
Street Defect10
License Complaint7

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
John F Hartranft
720 W Cumberland St · 337 students
High
Kensington Campus

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$50K$100K$40K2016: $2K2017: $10K2018: $10K2019: $10K2020: $10K2021: $10K2022: $10K2023: $22K2024: $22K2025: $41K2026: $41K2027: $40K2016202020232027

▲ +2016% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$4682016: $142017: $142018: $142019: $142020: $142021: $142022: $142023: $142024: $142025: $3982026: $3982027: $4682016202020232027

▲ +3243% since 2016 · ~+38%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +32% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100250020162019202220252027This block 2116 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $2116 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+32%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+2016%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+32%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+29%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+25.5 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 2021. 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$500K20212022
2arm's-length sales since 2021
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Vacant: 7 7parcels
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$33K$73K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Phila (individual)33871$6561Mphila.gov ↗
Spire Property Services LLC120$1.1Mphila.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 7 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$50K$100K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2553 CADWALLADER ST Vacant $73K 0
2555 CADWALLADER ST Vacant $42K 0 tax lien
2557 CADWALLADER ST Traded 2×: $260K in 2021 → $26K in 2022 (-90%). Vacant $33K 2 tax lien
2559 CADWALLADER ST Vacant $37K 0 tax lien
2561 CADWALLADER ST Vacant $40K 0
2563 CADWALLADER ST Vacant $36K 0
2565-67 CADWALLADER ST Vacant $77K 0

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.