Who owns your block
2700 block of W Thompson St
A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $7,147 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 322% since 2016, now about $162K. Property taxes are climbing about 19% 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 $162K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $162K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 145 reported crimes (38 violent) and 367 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
- $162K typical home, up +322% since 2016
- Tax bill $116 to $791 a year, +19%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.8M assessed, $50,227/yr to the city, about $2,093 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +322% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +582% since 2016 · ~+19%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2701 W Thompson St is assessed at $607K but pays $5,667 a year — about 67% of the $8,501 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 +14% 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 $422 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith Real Estate Inc | 1 | 23 | $4.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Zeon Real Estate Llc | 1 | 5 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 2734 West Thompson Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $196K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2701 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $54K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $420K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $607K | —/— | 2,410 | 2017 | 2 | abated2 viol |
| 2703 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $199K | 4/1 | 1,143 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2705 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $131K in 2013 → $315K in 2024 (+141%). | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/2 | 1,419 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2707 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $140K in 2018 → $340K in 2026 (+143%). | Owner-occupied | $140K | 4/1 | 1,143 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 2709 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $192K | 4/1 | 1,143 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2711 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $58K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2712 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $128K | 2/1 | 650 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2713 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $60K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2714 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $129K | 2/1 | 650 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2715 W THOMPSON ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $410K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $416K | 4/2 | 1,540 | 2019 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 2716 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $133K | 2/1 | 650 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2717 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $30K in 2007 → $215K in 2022 (+617%). | Owner-occupied | $184K | 2/1 | 972 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2718 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $133K | 2/1 | 650 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2719 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $155K | 3/1 | 972 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2720 W THOMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 3,372 | 2022 | 0 | |
| 2721 W THOMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $163K | 3/1 | 972 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 2723 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2726-28 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $149K | —/— | 1,637 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2730 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $130K in 2019 → $325K in 2019 (+150%). | Absentee individual | $363K | 3/1 | 1,256 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2732 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 2017 → $365K in 2021 (+232%). | Owner-occupied | $299K | 3/1 | 1,256 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2734 W THOMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $196K | 3/1 | 1,256 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2736 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $196K | 3/1 | 1,256 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2738-40 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $90K | —/— | 2,565 | 1980 | 0 | abated |
| 2742 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $160K | —/— | 2,391 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)