Who owns your block
2500 block of Vista St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 73% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $300K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $300K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19152 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $300K | $330K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 63% | 59% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 36 reported crimes (15 violent) and 25 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $300K typical home, up +84% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,065 to $3,217 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.2M assessed, $102,358/yr to the city, about $3,412 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +84% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +56% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 42 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 30 parcels
- Owner-occupied 22
- Absentee individual 8
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 30 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 2501 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $330K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2502 VISTA ST HistoryAppeal withdrawn (2010). | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 2503 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $102K in 2001 → $130K in 2018 (+27%). | Absentee individual | $330K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 2504 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $155K in 2006 → $133K in 2011 (-14%). | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 2505 VISTA ST | Absentee individual | $249K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 2506 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $287K | 2/1 | 964 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2507 VISTA ST | Absentee individual | $330K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2508 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $160K in 2005 → $173K in 2006 (+8%). | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 2509 VISTA ST | Absentee individual | $330K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2510 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $115K in 2001 → $142K in 2016 (+23%). | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 2511 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $203K in 2004 → $225K in 2018 (+11%). | Owner-occupied | $336K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 2512 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2513 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $134K in 2003 → $279K in 2021 (+108%). | Owner-occupied | $336K | 3/3 | 1,476 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 2514 VISTA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $138K in 2004 → $170K in 2021 (+23%). | Absentee individual | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 3 | rented |
| 2515 VISTA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $157K in 2004 → $290K in 2019 (+85%). | Owner-occupied | $330K | 3/2 | 1,476 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 2516 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $311K | —/— | 1,264 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2517 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $330K | 3/2 | 1,476 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2518 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2001 → $132K in 2015 (+47%). | Owner-occupied | $294K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 2519 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $220K in 2018 → $255K in 2018 (+16%). | Absentee individual | $330K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 2520 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 2521 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $330K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 2522 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2523 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $220K in 2005 → $140K in 2015 (-36%). | Owner-occupied | $330K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 2524 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2525 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2000 → $100K in 2000 (+82%). | Absentee individual | $330K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 2526 VISTA ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $143K in 2006 → $245K in 2022 (+72%). | Absentee individual | $277K | 2/1 | 964 | 1950 | 4 | rented |
| 2527 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $366K | —/— | 1,476 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 2528 VISTA ST | Owner-occupied | $287K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 2530 VISTA ST TradedTraded 2×: $165K in 2007 → $125K in 2014 (-24%). | Owner-occupied | $306K | —/— | 964 | 1950 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)