Who owns your block
2700 block of Edgemont St
A mixed-ownership block: 53% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 125% since 2016, now about $282K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Ownership
The block shows 0% investor ownership despite 18% rentals, meaning non-owner-occupied homes are entirely small individual landlords.
- 02Stability
4 of 17 homes have never sold since 2000, meaning 24% of the block never participated in the 125% appreciation.
- 03Abatements
3 homes receive tax abatements that forgo $19K annually from the city tax roll on this 17-home block.
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 $282K — about 1.3× 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 | $282K | $113K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 54 reported crimes (15 violent) and 197 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
- $282K typical home, up +125% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,300 to $2,545 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.7M assessed, $47,400/yr to the city, about $2,788 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +125% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +96% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2724 Edgemont St is assessed at $432K but pays $1,627 a year — about 27% of the $6,047 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 +7.6% 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 $225 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2709 EDGEMONT ST ImprovedBought for $2K in 2005. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 380 | 1875 | 1 | |
| 2710 EDGEMONT ST | Absentee individual | $116K | —/— | 1,662 | 1940 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2711 EDGEMONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $14K in 2008, administrative permit in 2008, sold for $320K in 2021 (+306%). | Absentee individual | $421K | 4/2 | 2,097 | 1875 | 3 | rented |
| 2712 EDGEMONT ST TradedTraded 2×: $85K in 2003 → $85K in 2003 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $493K | 4/1 | 2,630 | 1875 | 2 | |
| 2713 EDGEMONT ST ImprovedBought for $103K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $272K | 4/1 | 1,455 | 1875 | 2 | |
| 2714 EDGEMONT ST ImprovedBought for $250K in 2025. Owner pulled a lot line relocation permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $273K | 4/— | 1,305 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2716 EDGEMONT ST | Owner-occupied | $277K | —/— | 1,600 | 1875 | 0 | abated |
| 2718 EDGEMONT ST History2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $82K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2720 EDGEMONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $70K in 2015, zoning permit in 2015, sold for $375K in 2021 (+4588%). | Owner-occupied | $361K | 4/2 | 1,728 | 1875 | 6 | |
| 2722 EDGEMONT ST Historysold $2K (2004); 2 L&I violations (2017); Inspection failed (2017); Inspection passed (2018); 13 L&I violations (2019); L&I: 6 failed, 4 passed (2019); L&I violation (2025); Inspection failed (2025); Appeal filed (2026). | Owner-occupied | $257K | —/— | 1,440 | 1875 | 1 | |
| 2724 EDGEMONT ST New constructionBought for $22K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $70K in 2017. | Absentee individual | $432K | 3/— | 1,572 | 1875 | 2 | abated |
| 2726 EDGEMONT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $37K in 2004 → $60K in 2011 (+63%). | Owner-occupied | $366K | 2/— | 1,446 | 1875 | 3 | |
| 2728 EDGEMONT ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $284K | —/— | 1,448 | 1875 | 0 | abated |
| 2730 EDGEMONT ST TradedTraded 2×: $49K in 2000 → $159K in 2017 (+228%). | Absentee individual | $366K | —/— | 1,676 | 1875 | 2 | rented |
| 2732 EDGEMONT ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $50K in 2001 → $234K in 2023 (+369%). | Owner-occupied | $282K | 4/1 | 1,440 | 1875 | 5 | |
| 2734 EDGEMONT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $95K in 2006 → $225K in 2018 (+137%). | Owner-occupied | $355K | 3/2 | 1,584 | 1875 | 3 | rented |
| 2736 EDGEMONT ST HistoryL&I violation (2020); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2020); 2 L&I violations (2024); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2024); 3 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 3 failed, 3 passed (2025). | Vacant | $46K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)