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Who owns your block

2500 block of E Venango St

A mixed-ownership block: 25% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $8,317 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 136% since 2016, now about $118K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$118K
$34K–$237K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$104
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
25%
1 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 25% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
1 of 4 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+58%
value · tax +$605
5 years
+136%
value · tax +$953
10 years
+136%
value · tax +$953

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 $118K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$118K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied0%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 48 reported crimes (12 violent) and 111 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
48
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
111
35 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft11
Other Assaults8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Thefts7
Fraud4
Theft from Vehicle3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle20
Maintenance Complaint16
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Salting8
Construction Complaints6
Information Request5

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
Bridesburg
2824 Jenks St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$100K$200K$118K2016: $50K2017: $50K2018: $50K2019: $50K2020: $50K2021: $50K2022: $50K2023: $50K2024: $50K2025: $50K2026: $75K2027: $118K2016202020232027

▲ +136% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6562016: $7032017: $7032018: $7032019: $7032020: $7032021: $7032022: $7032023: $7032024: $7032025: $7032026: $1,0512027: $1,6562016202020232027

▲ +136% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 236 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $236 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+136%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.6 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2008. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20182019202020212022
4arm's-length sales since 2008
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Absentee individual: 3 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$34K$186K+

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

House by house

All 4 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2501 E VENANGO ST Absentee individual $186K 1,000 1950 0
2505 E VENANGO ST Bought for $172K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Absentee individual $237K 2,280 1950 1 3 viol
2549 E VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $1K in 2008 → $1K in 2008 (+0%). Absentee individual $34K 500 1950 2
2551 E VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $50K 750 1950 1 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.