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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

2900 block of Comly Rd

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 5261% since 2016, now about $16M.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    The block appreciated at 43.6% per year since 2016, running 37.1 points ahead of the city's 6.5% annual rate.

  2. 02
    Ownership

    Zero percent of homes are owner-occupied and zero percent are investor-owned, indicating an atypical ownership structure for the single property.

By the Numbers

Median value
$16M
$16M–$16M
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$6K
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
70.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$218K
typical · up to $218K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 1
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 100% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$218K
5 years
+0%
value · tax +$218K
10 years
+5261%
value · tax +$218K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $16M — about 70.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19154 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19154 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19154Philadelphia
Median home value$16M$330K$223K
Owner-occupied0%73%41%

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary · K-5
Watson Comly
1001 Byberry Rd · 660 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$10M$20M$16M2016: $291K2017: $291K2018: $291K2019: $16M2020: $16M2021: $16M2022: $16M2023: $16M2024: $16M2025: $16M2026: $16M2027: $16M2016202020232027

▲ +5261% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

Not enough history yet.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +43.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

951001000020162019202220252027This block 5361 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $5361 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+43.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+5261%
since 2016
Net rental yield
0.1%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+43.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+40.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+37.1 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 1 parcels

Absentee individual: 1 1parcels
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

Not enough data.

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

House by house

All 1 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2981 COMLY RD Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Absentee individual $16M 2,700 1965 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$106K
household
Own vs. rent
20%
owner-occupied
Median age
32.5
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-09 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.