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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.

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
$137K
$19K–$175K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$70
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$25K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $137K
Tax / yr
$517
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 18
$9K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
50%
8 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
3 of 18 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-13%
value · tax −$306
5 years
+317%
value · tax +$313
10 years
+35%
value · tax −$163

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 $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 blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$137K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied28%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.

Crimes · 12mo
135
54 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
125
20 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults28
All Other Offenses26
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8
Burglary Residential8
Thefts8

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping31
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Abandoned Vehicle8
Information Request8
Street Light Outage8
Maintenance Complaint7

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 · K-4
Isaac Sheppard
120 W Cambria St · 107 students
Middle · K-8
Julia Deburgos
401 W Lehigh Ave · 512 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$100K$200K$137K2016: $102K2017: $102K2018: $102K2019: $44K2020: $33K2021: $33K2022: $33K2023: $74K2024: $74K2025: $157K2026: $157K2027: $137K2016202020232027

▲ +35% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5032016: $6532017: $6662018: $5892019: $1902020: $1902021: $1902022: $1902023: $7602024: $6572025: $8092026: $8092027: $5032016202020232027

▼ -23% since 2016 · ~-2%/yr

2
2 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 $9,345 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%
$164pays now $1,916at the full rate

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

3210025020162019202220252027This block 135 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+2.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+35%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.7 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 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

$0$100K$200K2004201020162022
21arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 6 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels12 parcels
$19K$137K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)22498$133Mphila.gov ↗
Hsw Holdings Llc22$44Kphila.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

$0$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2712 A ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,893 1935 0 2 violtax lien
2714 A ST Bought 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 2 L&I violations (2023); sold $24K (2026). Vacant $22K —/— 1 tax lien
2718 A ST 2 L&I violations (2023); sold $25K (2026). Vacant $22K —/— 1 tax lien
2724 A ST Traded 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 built new (tax-abated), sold for $12K in 1999. Owner-occupied $137K 4/1 1,950 1935 1 abated
2730 A ST Bought 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 Traded 2×: $10K in 2002 → $23K in 2016 (+130%). Owner-occupied $137K 4/1 1,950 1935 2 tax lien
2734 A ST Bought for $24K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $137K 4/1 1,950 1935 1
2736 A ST Traded 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 2 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 Bought 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)

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.