2700 block of W Glenwood Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $177K — about 0.8× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 159 reported crimes (75 violent) and 126 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $177K typical home, up +547% since 2016
• Tax bill $329 to $2,267 a year, +19%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $5.5M assessed, $55,715/yr to the city, about $2,143 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 2731-49 W Glenwood Aveexemption0.00%$0/yr on $534K
• 2729 W Glenwood Avetax-abated new construction0.28%$1,431/yr on $511K
• 2703 W Glenwood Avetax-abated new construction0.28%$1,342/yr on $479K
• 2730 W Glenwood Aveexemption0.58%$1,002/yr on $172K
• 2705 W Glenwood Aveexemption0.61%$1,083/yr on $177K

The starkest example: 2729 W Glenwood Ave is assessed at $511K but pays $1,431 a year — about 20% of the $7,154 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +18.5% 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 $647 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 33 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Pibo 01a LLC, carries 4 open violations across 33 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 26 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

Torn down & rebuilt

2729 W Glenwood Ave

$511K · Old house bought for $55K in 2021, demolished and rebuilt (2021).

Torn down & rebuilt

2703 W Glenwood Ave

$479K · demolished and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $575K in 2021.

Torn down & rebuilt

2736 W Glenwood Ave

$37K · demolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2021), then sold for $90K in 2024.

Renovated & sold on

2717 W Glenwood Ave

$294K · Bought for $8K in 2008, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2023, sold for $154K in 2024 (+1953%).

Renovated & sold on

2727 W Glenwood Ave

$240K · Bought for $13K in 2013, use permit in 2015, sold for $140K in 2019 (+1020%).

Renovated & sold on

2732 W Glenwood Ave

$118K · Bought for $20K in 2006, demolition permit in 2018, sold for $30K in 2018 (+50%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.