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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.

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
$184K
$44K–$373K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$157
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$388K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $184K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 26
$29K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
65%
17 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$44K
4 of 26 behind
▲ block 15% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 12% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax +$54
5 years
+109%
value · tax +$700
10 years
+230%
value · tax +$903

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 $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 blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$184K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied42%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.

Crimes · 12mo
121
32 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
291
47 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts27
Other Assaults22
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Theft from Vehicle14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection73
Abandoned Vehicle34
Maintenance Complaint33
Salting28
Other (Streets)20
Illegal Dumping19

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
Robert Morris
2600 W Thompson St · 216 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$184K2016: $59K2017: $56K2018: $60K2019: $83K2020: $88K2021: $88K2022: $88K2023: $179K2024: $179K2025: $189K2026: $189K2027: $184K2016202020232027

▲ +212% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3362016: $4332017: $4332018: $4332019: $6612020: $6362021: $6362022: $6362023: $1,3902024: $1,4032025: $1,2562026: $1,2822027: $1,3362016202020232027

▲ +209% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

6
6 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 $28,856 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%
$1,061pays now $5,218at the full rate

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

9410050020162019202220252027This block 312 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+10.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+212%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.4 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 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

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
13arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 1 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels11 parcels9 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$44K$298K+

The block's largest owner, Harrison Inc, carries 1 open violation across 82 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Harrison Inc482$17Mphila.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

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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
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 Traded 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 Vacant $44K —/— 0
2515 W THOMPSON ST Traded 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 Traded 2×: $125K in 2025 → $429K in 2026 (+243%). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,014 1925 2 tax lien
2523 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $160K in 2023 → $347K in 2026 (+117%). Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,060 1925 2 tax lien
2524 W THOMPSON ST built 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 Bought 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)

Where this comes from

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