Who owns your block
2700 block of A St
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 11% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 3 homes behind $11,666 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 35% since 2016, now about $137K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $137K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19134 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $137K | $113K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 28% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 135 reported crimes (54 violent) and 125 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
- $137K typical home, up +35% since 2016
- Tax bill $653 to $503 a year, -2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.8M assessed, $15,714/yr to the city, about $873 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +35% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -23% since 2016 · ~-2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2728 A St is assessed at $137K but pays $164 a year — about 9% of the $1,916 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.8% 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 $135 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 21 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Land Bank (individual) | 2 | 2498 | $133M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hsw Holdings Llc | 2 | 2 | $44K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2712 A ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $135K | 4/1 | 1,893 | 1935 | 0 | 2 violtax lien |
| 2714 A ST Renovated & sold onBought for $19K in 2001, use permit in 2007, sold for $55K in 2018 (+183%). | Absentee individual | $175K | 5/1 | 2,004 | 1935 | 4 | rented |
| 2716 A ST History2 L&I violations (2023); sold $24K (2026). | Vacant | $22K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 2718 A ST History2 L&I violations (2023); sold $25K (2026). | Vacant | $22K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 2724 A ST TradedTraded 2×: $2K in 2000 → $15K in 2018 (+650%). | Absentee individual | $137K | 4/1 | 1,950 | 1935 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2726 A ST | Absentee individual | $137K | 4/1 | 1,950 | 1935 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2728 A ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $12K in 1999. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 4/1 | 1,950 | 1935 | 1 | abated |
| 2730 A ST New constructionBought for $1K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $170K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $124K | 4/2 | 1,584 | 1935 | 2 | abated |
| 2732 A ST TradedTraded 2×: $10K in 2002 → $23K in 2016 (+130%). | Owner-occupied | $137K | 4/1 | 1,950 | 1935 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2734 A ST ImprovedBought for $24K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 4/1 | 1,950 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 2736 A ST TradedTraded 2×: $54K in 2012 → $160K in 2026 (+196%). | Owner-occupied | $137K | 4/1 | 2,175 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 2738 A ST | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2740 A ST | Owner-occupied | $137K | 4/1 | 1,950 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 2742 A ST History2 L&I violations (2012); L&I violation (2015); sold $2K (2016). | Absentee individual | $137K | 4/1 | 1,950 | 1935 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2744 A ST | Vacant | $24K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2746 A ST | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2748 A ST | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 2750 A ST Renovated & sold onBought for $15K in 2009, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $24K in 2013 (+60%). | Owner-occupied | $137K | —/— | 1,632 | 1935 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)