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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.

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
$300K
$249K–$366K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$287
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$240K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $300K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
73%
22 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
23%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$205
5 years
+56%
value · tax +$781
10 years
+84%
value · tax +$1K

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 $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 blockZIP 19152Philadelphia
Median home value$300K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied63%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.

Crimes · 12mo
36
15 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
25
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults11
Thefts6
Fraud5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Aggravated Assault Firearm3
Motor Vehicle Theft3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint8
Salting4
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection3
Abandoned Vehicle2
Other (Streets)2
Complaint (Streets)1

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
Rhawnhurst
7809 Castor Ave · 584 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$300K2016: $163K2017: $163K2018: $163K2019: $175K2020: $193K2021: $193K2022: $193K2023: $228K2024: $228K2025: $283K2026: $283K2027: $300K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,2172016: $2,0652017: $2,0652018: $2,0652019: $2,2322020: $2,4362021: $2,4362022: $2,4362023: $2,4732024: $2,4742025: $2,9892026: $3,0122027: $3,2172016202020232027

▲ +56% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 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

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
42arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 22Absentee individual: 8 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 22
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels13 parcels2 parcels0 parcels13 parcels
$249K$336K+

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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2500 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $287K —/— 964 1950 0
2501 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $330K —/— 1,476 1950 1
2502 VISTA ST Appeal withdrawn (2010). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 964 1950 0
2503 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $102K in 2001 → $130K in 2018 (+27%). Absentee individual $330K —/— 1,476 1950 2 rented
2504 VISTA ST Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $115K in 2001 → $142K in 2016 (+23%). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 964 1950 2 rented
2511 VISTA ST Traded 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 Traded 2×: $134K in 2003 → $279K in 2021 (+108%). Owner-occupied $336K 3/3 1,476 1950 2
2514 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $138K in 2004 → $170K in 2021 (+23%). Absentee individual $287K —/— 964 1950 3 rented
2515 VISTA ST Traded 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 Traded 2×: $90K in 2001 → $132K in 2015 (+47%). Owner-occupied $294K —/— 964 1950 2
2519 VISTA ST Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $55K in 2000 → $100K in 2000 (+82%). Absentee individual $330K —/— 1,476 1950 2
2526 VISTA ST Traded 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 Traded 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)

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.