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Who owns your block

2700 block of Taunton St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 90% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $36,279 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 86% since 2016, now about $356K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$356K
$350K–$414K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$213
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1962
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
90%
35 of 39
city 41%
Rentals
8%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$36K
1 of 39 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$363
5 years
+66%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+86%
value · tax +$1K

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 $356K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19152Philadelphia
Median home value$356K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied77%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 15 reported crimes (4 violent) and 52 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
15
4 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
52
12 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft4
Other Assaults4
Fraud2
Theft from Vehicle2
Burglary Residential1
Thefts1

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint12
Abandoned Vehicle9
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Salting5
Street Light Outage5
Construction Complaints4

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 · K-8
Robert B Pollock
2875 Welsh Rd · 900 students
High · 9-12
Abraham Lincoln
3201 Ryan Ave · 2332 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$250K$500K$356K2016: $192K2017: $192K2018: $192K2019: $202K2020: $215K2021: $215K2022: $215K2023: $266K2024: $266K2025: $332K2026: $332K2027: $356K2016202020232027

▲ +86% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,6582016: $2,3192017: $2,3192018: $2,3192019: $2,3112020: $2,4172021: $2,4172022: $2,4192023: $2,6362024: $2,6512025: $3,3082026: $3,2952027: $3,6582016202020232027

▲ +58% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 186 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $186 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+86%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 44 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
44arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 39 parcels

Owner-occupied: 35Absentee individual: 4 39parcels
  • Owner-occupied 35
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

21 parcels11 parcels3 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$350K$406K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 39 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
2700 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2702 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 1
2704 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2706 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $190K in 2004 → $225K in 2005 (+18%). Owner-occupied $363K 4/1 1,672 1962 2
2708 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $112K in 2001 → $235K in 2018 (+110%). Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 2
2709 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $215K in 2007 → $185K in 2015 (-14%). Owner-occupied $367K 4/1 1,672 1962 2
2710 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2711 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $356K 4/1 1,672 1962 1 1 viol
2712 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2713 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $360K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2714 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $111K in 2001 → $184K in 2004 (+66%). Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 2
2715 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $362K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2716 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 1
2717 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $363K 4/1 1,672 1962 1
2718 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2719 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $360K 4/1 1,672 1962 0 tax lien
2720 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2721 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $235K in 2005 → $162K in 2015 (-31%). Owner-occupied $357K 4/1 1,672 1962 2
2722 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $118K in 2001 → $210K in 2006 (+78%). Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 2
2723 TAUNTON ST Traded 4×: $228K in 2005 → $320K in 2021 (+40%). Absentee individual $370K 3/2 1,672 1962 4 rented
2724 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2725 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $361K 4/1 1,672 1962 1
2726 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 1
2727 TAUNTON ST Traded 3×: $188K in 2004 → $275K in 2019 (+46%). Owner-occupied $410K 4/2 1,672 1962 3
2728 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $182K in 2014 → $275K in 2020 (+51%). Owner-occupied $365K 3/2 1,672 1962 2
2729 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $122K in 2002 → $195K in 2012 (+60%). Owner-occupied $375K 4/1 1,672 1962 2
2730 TAUNTON ST Absentee individual $362K 3/2 1,672 1962 1 rented
2731 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $356K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2732 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $200K in 2023 → $375K in 2024 (+88%). Owner-occupied $414K 3/2 1,672 1962 2
2733 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $354K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2734 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $208K in 2006 → $213K in 2015 (+2%). Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 2
2735 TAUNTON ST Traded 3×: $104K in 1999 → $335K in 2021 (+222%). Owner-occupied $406K 3/2 1,672 1962 3
2736 TAUNTON ST Traded 3×: $100K in 2000 → $360K in 2023 (+260%). Absentee individual $363K 3/2 1,672 1962 3
2738 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2740 TAUNTON ST Traded 2×: $205K in 2007 → $215K in 2019 (+5%). Owner-occupied $364K 3/2 1,672 1962 2
2742 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $367K 4/1 1,672 1962 1
2744 TAUNTON ST Absentee individual $354K 4/1 1,672 1962 1 rented
2746 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $350K 4/1 1,672 1962 0
2748 TAUNTON ST Owner-occupied $358K —/— 1,672 1962 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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