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Who owns your block

2600 block of Sorento Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 2 homes behind $3,854 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 39% since 2016, now about $202K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$202K
$141K–$368K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$179
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
86%
24 of 28
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
2 of 28 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-8%
value · tax −$199
5 years
+34%
value · tax +$116
10 years
+39%
value · tax −$11

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 $202K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$202K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied75%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 21 reported crimes (2 violent) and 72 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
21
2 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
72
16 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Theft from Vehicle5
Other Assaults2
Fraud1
Thefts1

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect13
Maintenance Complaint12
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Abandoned Vehicle7
Street Trees7
Other (Streets)4

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
Mastery Charter School At Mann
Middle · K-8
Rudolph Blankenburg
4600 W Girard Ave · 228 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$125K$250K$202K2016: $145K2017: $145K2018: $145K2019: $145K2020: $151K2021: $151K2022: $151K2023: $158K2024: $158K2025: $220K2026: $220K2027: $202K2016202020232027

▲ +39% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6112016: $1,6332017: $1,6222018: $1,6622019: $1,4932020: $1,4912021: $1,4912022: $1,4952023: $1,0922024: $1,0922025: $1,8102026: $1,8102027: $1,6112016202020232027

▼ -1% since 2016 · ~0%/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 +3.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 139 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $139 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+39%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.4 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
22arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 24Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 24
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels11 parcels8 parcels2 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$141K$292K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Gardenia 1688 Llc11$141Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 28 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
2601 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,216 1925 0
2603 SORENTO RD Traded 2×: $118K in 2018 → $286K in 2020 (+143%). Absentee individual $368K 3/2 1,216 1925 2
2605 SORENTO RD Traded 2×: $95K in 2012 → $200K in 2017 (+110%). Owner-occupied $292K 3/2 1,216 1925 2
2607 SORENTO RD Traded 2×: $170K in 2015 → $278K in 2021 (+64%). Owner-occupied $287K 3/2 1,216 1925 2
2609 SORENTO RD Traded 3×: $93K in 2000 → $120K in 2012 (+29%). Investor / LLC $141K 3/1 1,216 1925 3
2611 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 1
2613 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 1
2615 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 0
2617 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 0
2619 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 1
2621 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 0
2623 SORENTO RD Appeal complete (2025). Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 0 4 viol
2625 SORENTO RD Absentee individual $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 1
2627 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 0
2629 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 0
2631 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,216 1925 0 tax lien
2632 SORENTO RD sold $109K (2004); Appeal moot (2011). Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,178 1925 1
2633 SORENTO RD Traded 2×: $160K in 2008 → $201K in 2018 (+26%). Owner-occupied $217K 3/2 1,216 1925 2
2634 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
2635 SORENTO RD Traded 2×: $73K in 2008 → $199K in 2015 (+174%). Owner-occupied $335K 3/2 1,376 1925 2
2636 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
2638 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,152 1925 1
2640 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 1,152 1925 1 tax lien
2642 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
2644 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,152 1925 1
2646 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,152 1925 1
2648 SORENTO RD Absentee individual $213K 3/1 1,152 1925 0 rented
2650 SORENTO RD Owner-occupied $231K 3/1 1,178 1925 0

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.