Philadelphia property report

2500 block of Washington Ave

A mostly vacant block: 2 empty lots and 1 home.

The typical home here is down 22% since 2016, now about $188K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year.

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By the Numbers

Median value
$188K
$81K–$18M
ZIP median $386K
Price / sq ft
$190
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$28K
typical · up to $28K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
1 of 3
$225K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 3
city 48%
Rentals
33%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-99%
value · tax −$27K
5 years
-22%
value · tax +$122
10 years
-22%
value · tax +$122

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical parcel here is $188K — about 0.8× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19146 median of $386K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$188K$386K$230K
Owner-occupied0%33%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (about 8 a month, 17% of them violent) and 244 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
92
about 8/month · 17% violent
311 requests · 12mo
244
about 20/month · 35 open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses26
Thefts21
Other Assaults13
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection73
Salting25
Maintenance Complaint24
Illegal Dumping19
Graffiti Removal18
Abandoned Vehicle14

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
Universal Institute Charter School At Alcorn
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$10M$20M$188K2016: $240K2017: $240K2018: $240K2019: $229K2020: $229K2021: $240K2022: $240K2023: $240K2024: $240K2025: $220K2026: $20M2027: $188K2016202020232027

▼ -22% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$8222016: $7002017: $7002018: $7002019: $3612020: $3612021: $7002022: $7002023: $7822024: $7822025: $8132026: $27,9962027: $8222016202020232027

▲ +17% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

1
1 property on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $224,602. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -2.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

781001000020162019202220252027This block 78 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $78 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
-2.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
-22%
since 2016
Real return
-5.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-8.7 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years). Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 1 arm's-length sale since 2016. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2016
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 3parcels
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$81K$188K+

The block's largest owner, Csx Transportation INC., carries 1 open violation across 50 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Csx Transportation INC.250$27M500 Water St, Jacksonville FL, 32202phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

Parcel by parcel

All 3 parcels on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

$0$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2500-50 WASHINGTON AVE Vacant lot Inspection failed (2003); L&I violation (2009); 3 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2012). Vacant $188K 0
2501 WASHINGTON AVE Apartment building demolished and rebuilt (2022). Absentee individual $18M 93,000 2020 1 licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified
2599 WASHINGTON AVE Vacant lot Vacant $81K 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$52K
household
Own vs. rent
61%
owner-occupied
Median age
36.6
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 2:58 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.