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Who owns your block

2500 block of Trenton Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $4,601 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 108% since 2016, now about $341K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$341K
$57K–$572K
ZIP median $334K
Price / sq ft
$314
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$363K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $341K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1910
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
69%
29 of 42
city 41%
Rentals
7%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
2 of 42 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+15%
value · tax +$329
5 years
+36%
value · tax +$520
10 years
+78%
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 $341K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and in line with 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$341K$334K$223K
Owner-occupied43%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 89 reported crimes (6 violent) and 260 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
89
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
260
32 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft41
Theft from Vehicle13
Thefts12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Other Assaults5
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection43
Maintenance Complaint33
Salting26
Abandoned Vehicle23
Illegal Dumping21
Street Defect17

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$250K$500K$341K2016: $164K2017: $192K2018: $192K2019: $222K2020: $251K2021: $251K2022: $251K2023: $264K2024: $264K2025: $297K2026: $297K2027: $341K2016202020232027

▲ +108% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,8492016: $8502017: $1,1142018: $1,1092019: $1,2812020: $3,3502021: $3,3292022: $3,3292023: $3,0062024: $3,0752025: $3,4512026: $3,5202027: $3,8492016202020232027

▲ +353% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 208 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $208 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+108%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 35 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
14arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
35homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 42 parcels

Owner-occupied: 29Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 11 42parcels
  • Owner-occupied 29
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 11

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels12 parcels24 parcels
$57K$375K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ktphl Llc11$158Kphila.gov ↗
Upworks Llc11$189Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 42 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
2520 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $572K 3/2 1,648 1920 1
2537 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $143K —/— 418 1875 1
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $335K —/1 1,059 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $345K —/1 1,098 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $345K —/1 1,110 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $375K —/1 1,414 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,158 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $345K 1/1 1,100 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $327K 2/1 1,028 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $375K 1/1 1,414 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $345K 1/1 1,100 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $342K —/1 1,096 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $332K —/1 1,034 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $375K 2/1 1,414 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $342K 2/1 1,096 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $322K —/1 1,015 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $342K —/1 1,096 1910 0 rented
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $57K —/— 9,685 2008 0 tax lien
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $315K —/— 4 2009 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $345K —/1 1,098 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $285K —/1 895 1910 0 rented
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $285K —/1 895 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $345K —/1 1,100 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $345K —/1 1,098 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $345K —/1 1,100 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $327K 2/1 1,028 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $327K —/1 1,028 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $340K —/1 1,088 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $290K —/1 900 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $285K —/1 895 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $345K —/1 1,098 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $365K —/1 1,376 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Absentee individual $345K —/1 1,100 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $375K 2/1 1,414 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $327K 2/1 1,028 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $285K —/1 895 1910 0
2551 TRENTON AVE Owner-occupied $342K —/1 1,096 1910 0
2563 TRENTON AVE Traded 3×: $200K in 2017 → $460K in 2024 (+130%). Investor / LLC $158K —/— 1,256 1875 3
2565 TRENTON AVE Traded 3×: $18K in 2003 → $135K in 2014 (+650%). Owner-occupied $256K 2/1 994 1875 3 rented
2567 TRENTON AVE Traded 2×: $36K in 2003 → $232K in 2016 (+544%). Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 860 1875 2
2569 TRENTON AVE Traded 2×: $195K in 2017 → $345K in 2025 (+77%). Owner-occupied $293K 2/— 1,148 1875 2
2571 TRENTON AVE Traded 2×: $3K in 2002 → $130K in 2018 (+4233%). Investor / LLC $189K 3/1 1,060 1875 2

Neighborhood

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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.