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Who owns your block

2800 block of Solly Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 95% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $13,876 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $284K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$284K
$273K–$336K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$344
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
95%
19 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$14K
1 of 20 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$110
5 years
+46%
value · tax +$439
10 years
+84%
value · tax +$779

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 $284K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and below 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$284K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied80%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 23 reported crimes (4 violent) and 40 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
23
4 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
40
7 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Other Assaults3
Theft from Vehicle3
Fraud2
Thefts2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Street Light Outage5
Abandoned Vehicle4
Maintenance Complaint4
Other (Streets)3
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance3

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
Northeast Community Propel Academy
7500 Rowland Ave · 1715 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$284K2016: $154K2017: $154K2018: $154K2019: $177K2020: $194K2021: $194K2022: $194K2023: $221K2024: $221K2025: $276K2026: $276K2027: $284K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5762016: $1,8562017: $1,7972018: $1,7972019: $2,0022020: $2,1842021: $2,1372022: $2,1372023: $2,0922024: $2,6522025: $2,7892026: $2,4662027: $2,5762016202020232027

▲ +39% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 33 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
33arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Absentee individual: 1 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels11 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels5 parcels
$273K$312K+

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

House by house

All 20 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
2801 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $83K in 1999 → $310K in 2023 (+273%). Owner-occupied $312K 3/2 1,025 1960 3
2803 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $303K —/— 1,025 1960 1
2805 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $127K in 2015 → $280K in 2020 (+120%). Owner-occupied $336K 3/2 1,025 1960 3
2807 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $308K 3/1 1,025 1960 1
2809 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $284K —/— 825 1960 1
2811 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $93K in 2000 → $220K in 2019 (+137%). Owner-occupied $284K 3/1 825 1960 2
2813 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $284K 3/1 825 1960 1
2815 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $305K —/— 1,000 1960 1
2817 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $308K —/— 1,025 1960 1
2819 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $94K in 2002 → $245K in 2021 (+161%). Owner-occupied $284K 3/1 825 1960 2
2821 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $284K —/— 825 1960 0
2823 SOLLY AVE Traded 5×: $180K in 2007 → $270K in 2023 (+50%). Absentee individual $284K 2/1 825 1960 5
2825 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $153K in 2008 → $184K in 2016 (+20%). Owner-occupied $308K —/— 1,025 1960 2
2827 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $284K —/— 825 1960 0 tax lien
2829 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $273K —/— 825 1960 1
2831 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $170K in 2008 → $270K in 2021 (+59%). Owner-occupied $284K 3/1 825 1960 3
2833 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $284K —/— 825 1960 1
2835 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $284K —/— 825 1960 1
2837 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $12K in 2002 → $268K in 2023 (+2181%). Owner-occupied $284K —/— 825 1960 2
2839 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $185K in 2006 → $214K in 2020 (+16%). Owner-occupied $291K —/— 825 1960 2

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.