Who owns your block
2800 block of E Thompson St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 1 home behind $5,918 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 103% since 2016, now about $288K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $288K — 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 | $288K | $113K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 34% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 58 reported crimes (16 violent) and 271 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
- $288K typical home, up +103% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,573 to $3,219 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $13M assessed, $135,284/yr to the city, about $3,075 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +103% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +105% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2847 E Thompson St is assessed at $645K but pays $1,806 a year — about 20% of the $9,029 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% 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 $203 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 50 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 44 parcels
- Owner-occupied 33
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2810 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $226K | —/— | 1,280 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 2812 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $259K | 3/1 | 1,448 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 2814 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $76K in 1999 → $419K in 2024 (+451%). | Owner-occupied | $381K | 3/1 | 1,448 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 2815 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2003 → $320K in 2021 (+611%). | Owner-occupied | $304K | 4/1 | 1,568 | 1965 | 3 | |
| 2816 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/1 | 1,448 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 2817 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $11K in 2019 → $260K in 2022 (+2376%). | Owner-occupied | $279K | 2/1 | 1,028 | 1965 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2818 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $318K | 4/1 | 1,700 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 2819 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $207K | 3/1 | 960 | 1965 | 1 | rented |
| 2820 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $290K | 4/1 | 1,748 | 1965 | 0 | abated |
| 2821 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $239K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 2822 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $285K | 3/1 | 1,378 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 2823 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $291K | 3/1 | 1,386 | 1965 | 0 | abated |
| 2824 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $65K in 2014 → $75K in 2018 (+15%). | Owner-occupied | $399K | 3/3 | 1,970 | 1965 | 3 | |
| 2825 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $232K in 2006 → $230K in 2010 (-1%). | Owner-occupied | $431K | 4/1 | 2,190 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 2826 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $281K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1965 | 0 | abated |
| 2827 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/1 | 1,377 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2828 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $185K in 2012 → $525K in 2022 (+184%). | Owner-occupied | $540K | 5/3 | 2,865 | 1965 | 3 | rented |
| 2829 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2010 → $230K in 2019 (+92%). | Owner-occupied | $247K | 3/1 | 1,272 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2830 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $325K | 4/1 | 2,420 | 1965 | 0 | 4 viol |
| 2831 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $262K | 3/1 | 1,514 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2832 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $298K | 4/1 | 1,555 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 2833 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $145K in 2006 → $189K in 2016 (+30%). | Owner-occupied | $324K | 3/1 | 1,288 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2834 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $320K | 4/1 | 1,806 | 1965 | 0 | rented |
| 2835 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $255K | 3/1 | 1,404 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2836 E THOMPSON ST Historysold $100K (2014); Appeal continued (2022). | Owner-occupied | $373K | 4/1 | 2,814 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 2837 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $141K in 2010 → $247K in 2021 (+75%). | Owner-occupied | $265K | 3/1 | 1,560 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2838 E THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $162K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 2839 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $125K in 2005 → $275K in 2020 (+120%). | Absentee individual | $236K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2841 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2843 E THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $92K in 2008, built new (tax-abated), sold for $130K in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $258K | 3/1 | 1,450 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 2844 E THOMPSON ST HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2010). | Owner-occupied | $79K | —/— | — | 2011 | 0 | |
| 2845 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $40K in 2002 → $385K in 2026 (+863%). | Owner-occupied | $299K | 3/1 | 1,259 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 2846 E THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $60K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $60K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $192K | 4/1 | 1,682 | 1965 | 2 | abated |
| 2847 E THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $32K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $510K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $645K | 5/3 | 3,000 | 2020 | 2 | abated |
| 2848 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2002 → $75K in 2004 (+317%). | Owner-occupied | $172K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 2848R E THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2849 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2018 → $290K in 2020 (+190%). | Absentee individual | $348K | 4/2 | 2,560 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 2851 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $316K | 4/1 | 2,026 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2853 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $365K | 4/1 | 1,728 | 1965 | 0 | abated |
| 2855 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $361K | 4/1 | 3,725 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 2857 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $320K | —/— | 1,472 | 1965 | 0 | rented |
| 2859 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $100K in 2008 → $315K in 2020 (+215%). | Owner-occupied | $279K | 2/2 | 1,200 | 1965 | 3 | |
| 2861 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $247K | 2/1 | 640 | 1965 | 1 | rented |
| 2863 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $307K | —/— | 2,195 | 1965 | 0 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)