Who owns your block
2500 block of W Thompson St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 homes behind $44,031 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 212% since 2016, now about $184K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $184K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $184K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 42% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 121 reported crimes (32 violent) and 291 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
- $184K typical home, up +212% since 2016
- Tax bill $433 to $1,336 a year, +11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.0M assessed, $41,629/yr to the city, about $1,601 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +212% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +209% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2532 W Thompson St is assessed at $373K but pays $1,061 a year — about 20% of the $5,218 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 +10.9% 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 $312 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Harrison Inc, carries 1 open violation across 82 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Inc | 4 | 82 | $17M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $196K | 3/1 | 1,246 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2503 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $195K | 3/1 | 1,246 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2505 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $195K | 3/1 | 1,246 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2507 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $195K | 3/1 | 1,246 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2509 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $195K | 3/1 | 1,246 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2510-12 W THOMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $190K | —/— | 2,530 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2511 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $78K in 2019 → $315K in 2021 (+306%). | Owner-occupied | $350K | 3/2 | 1,246 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2513 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $206K | 4/1 | 1,468 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2514 W THOMPSON ST Improved | Vacant | $44K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2515 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $9K in 2009 → $47K in 2015 (+397%). | Owner-occupied | $199K | 3/1 | 1,268 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2516 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $184K | 3/1 | 1,282 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2517 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,192 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2518 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $184K | 3/1 | 1,282 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2520 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $184K | 3/1 | 1,282 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2521 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $176K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2522 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2025 → $429K in 2026 (+243%). | Owner-occupied | $164K | 3/1 | 1,014 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2523 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $160K in 2023 → $347K in 2026 (+117%). | Owner-occupied | $149K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2524 W THOMPSON ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $200K in 2006. | Investor / LLC | $298K | 3/1 | 1,040 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 2525 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2526-30 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $192K | —/— | 3,700 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2527 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $177K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2529 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2531 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2532 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $60K in 2016, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $320K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $373K | 3/2 | 1,586 | 1925 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 2533 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $177K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2534 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $104K | —/— | 3,534 | 1970 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)