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Who owns your block

2500 block of N 7th St

A mixed-ownership block: 42% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 6 homes behind $19,022 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 240% since 2016, now about $154K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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
$154K
$46K–$779K
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$112
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$122K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $154K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
17 of 55
$74K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
42%
23 of 55
city 41%
Rentals
15%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
6 of 55 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+62%
value · tax +$153
5 years
+405%
value · tax +$643
10 years
+240%
value · tax +$524

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 $154K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above 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$154K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied16%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 134 reported crimes (63 violent) and 209 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
134
63 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
209
42 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults36
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Thefts12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9
Aggravated Assault Firearm8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Maintenance Complaint40
Sanitation Violation29
Street Defect21
Illegal Dumping14
Abandoned Vehicle12

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$100K$200K$154K2016: $45K2017: $45K2018: $45K2019: $41K2020: $31K2021: $31K2022: $31K2023: $61K2024: $61K2025: $94K2026: $95K2027: $154K2016202020232027

▲ +240% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$7822016: $1612017: $2582018: $2582019: $1722020: $1392021: $1392022: $1392023: $3502024: $3502025: $6292026: $6292027: $7822016202020232027

▲ +386% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr

17
17 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 $74,063 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$2,181pays now $10,903at the full rate

2509 N 7th St is assessed at $779K but pays $2,181 a year — about 20% of the $10,903 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

6710050020162019202220252027This block 340 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $340 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+11.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+240%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+5.3 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 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 33 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
55arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
33homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 55 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 12Absentee individual: 12Vacant: 8 55parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 12
  • Absentee individual 12
  • Vacant 8

Value distribution today

24 parcels24 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$46K$668K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)94773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)42498$133Mphila.gov ↗
Thedoor Llc169$4.9Mphila.gov ↗
Point Breeze Holdings Llc122$7.3Mphila.gov ↗
Glass Estates Llc17$2.9Mphila.gov ↗
Gbchp Home Inc16$462Kphila.gov ↗
Gd Ludlow Llc15$4.1Mphila.gov ↗
Colmon & Associates Llc12$469Kphila.gov ↗
Class Estates Llc11$668Kphila.gov ↗
Frost Properties Llc11$177Kphila.gov ↗
Ag Holdings Llc11$306Kphila.gov ↗
Burg 2519 N 7th St Llc11$167Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 55 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
2501 N 7TH ST Bought for $51K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $630K in 2025. Investor / LLC $744K 7/6 4,020 2023 4 rentedabatedtax lien
2503 N 7TH ST Bought for $27K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $756K —/— 4,128 2025 2 rentedabatedtax lien
2505 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $167K 4/1 1,494 1920 0
2507 N 7TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $167K 4/1 1,494 1920 0 abated
2509 N 7TH ST Old house bought for $5K in 2018, demolished in 2008 and rebuilt (2020). Investor / LLC $779K —/— 4,341 2023 2 rentedabatedtax lien
2510 N 7TH ST Bought for $50K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit. Investor / LLC $668K —/— 3,360 2025 1 rentedtax lien
2511 N 7TH ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $55K —/— 0
2512 N 7TH ST Bought for $1K in 1999. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $177K 3/1 2,560 1920 3 tax lien
2513 N 7TH ST Old house bought for $45K in 2020, demolished and rebuilt (2020), then sold for $745K in 2023. Absentee individual $642K 7/— 3,141 2022 2 rentedabatedtax lien
2514 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,380 1920 0
2515 N 7TH ST Bought for $500 in 2004, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $283K in 2025. Investor / LLC $306K 3/2 1,610 1920 4 tax lien
2516 N 7TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007). Vacant $56K —/— 0
2517 N 7TH ST demolished in 2014 and rebuilt (2022), then sold for $125K in 2026. Vacant $55K —/— 5 tax lien
2518 N 7TH ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2000 → $105K in 2019 (+425%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,450 1920 2
2519 N 7TH ST Bought for $65K in 2019, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $96K in 2022. Investor / LLC $167K 4/1 1,494 1920 3 rentedtax lien
2520 N 7TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 2,190 1920 0
2521 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $173K 4/1 1,602 1920 0
2522 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,450 1920 0 abated
2523 N 7TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $167K 4/1 1,494 1920 0 abated
2524 N 7TH ST Traded 2×: $5K in 2000 → $10K in 2014 (+122%). Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,470 1920 2 tax lien
2525 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $167K 4/1 1,494 1920 0
2526 N 7TH ST Traded 3×: $500 in 2007 → $25K in 2018 (+4900%). Investor / LLC $127K 3/1 1,120 1920 3 tax lien
2527 N 7TH ST Bought for $230K in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $183K 4/1 1,806 1920 3 tax lien
2528 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $107K 3/1 920 1920 0
2529 N 7TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $72K 4/1 1,494 1920 0 abated
2530 N 7TH ST Traded 2×: $2K in 2004 → $50K in 2011 (+2400%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,220 1920 2
2531 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $166K 4/1 1,494 1920 0
2532 N 7TH ST Absentee individual $127K 3/1 1,120 1920 1 tax lien
2533 N 7TH ST demolished in 2025 and rebuilt (2023), then sold for $100K in 2025. Investor / LLC $220K 4/1 1,494 1920 6 rented6 violtax lien
2534 N 7TH ST Absentee individual $127K 3/1 1,120 1920 0 abated
2535 N 7TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $72K 4/1 1,494 1920 0 abated
2536 N 7TH ST Bought for $77K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $127K 3/1 1,120 1920 1
2537 N 7TH ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $70K in 2025. Investor / LLC $72K 4/1 1,494 1920 1
2538 N 7TH ST Vacant $46K —/— 0
2539 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $173K 4/1 1,594 1920 0 tax lien
2540 N 7TH ST Absentee individual $131K 3/1 1,120 1920 0 abated
2541 N 7TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $167K 4/1 1,494 1920 0 abated
2542 N 7TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $127K 3/1 1,120 1920 0
2543 N 7TH ST Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $173K 4/1 1,594 1920 0
2544 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $127K 3/1 1,120 1920 0
2545 N 7TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2026). Vacant $55K —/— 0
2546 N 7TH ST Bought for $63K in 2017. Owner pulled a use permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $183K 3/1 1,176 1920 1 rented
2547 N 7TH ST Absentee individual $179K 4/1 1,722 1920 0 abated
2548 N 7TH ST built new under a 2009 permit. Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,282 1920 0 tax lien
2549 N 7TH ST Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,494 1920 1
2550 N 7TH ST Absentee individual $143K 3/1 1,722 1920 0 abated
2551 N 7TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $167K 4/1 1,494 1920 0 abated
2552 N 7TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 1,550 1920 0 tax lien
2553 N 7TH ST Bought for $6K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $264K 6/3 1,676 1920 3 tax lien
2554 N 7TH ST L&I violation (2020). Vacant $49K —/— 0
2556 N 7TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2012); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2023). Vacant $49K —/— 0
2558 N 7TH ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,940 1920 0 abated
2560 N 7TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $79K 4/1 1,722 1920 0 abated
2562 N 7TH ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2018. Vacant $53K —/— 0
2564 N 7TH ST Bought for $15K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Absentee individual $154K —/— 2,808 1920 3

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

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