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Who owns your block

2900 block of Tilton St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $174K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$174K
$103K–$257K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$233
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
71%
25 of 35
city 41%
Rentals
14%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$119
5 years
+44%
value · tax +$548
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$870

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 $174K — about 0.8× 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 blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$174K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied46%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 54 reported crimes (13 violent) and 337 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
54
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
337
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft12
Thefts10
Other Assaults8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Theft from Vehicle6
Burglary Residential2

Top 311 complaints

Sanitation Violation73
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection43
Street Defect35
Salting24
Illegal Dumping22
Maintenance Complaint22

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 · K-5
Richmond
2944 Belgrade St · 332 students
Middle
Memphis St Charter At Jp Jones
High
Kensington Campus

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$100K$200K$174K2016: $96K2017: $96K2018: $96K2019: $112K2020: $120K2021: $120K2022: $120K2023: $150K2024: $150K2025: $159K2026: $159K2027: $174K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1752016: $1,3052017: $1,3052018: $1,3452019: $1,5572020: $1,6272021: $1,2092022: $1,6272023: $1,6552024: $1,7742025: $2,0562026: $2,0562027: $2,1752016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 180 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $180 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+80%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-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.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 55 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K19982004201020162022
55arm's-length sales since 1998
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 35 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 8 35parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels15 parcels8 parcels5 parcels5 parcels
$103K$224K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Mgm Inc13$537Kphila.gov ↗
Columbia Ave Llc12$321Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 35 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
2960 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $58K in 2005 → $101K in 2005 (+74%). Absentee individual $163K 2/1 700 1920 2 rented
2961-63 TILTON ST Absentee individual $231K 4/1 2,486 1965 0 rented
2962 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $163K 2/1 700 1920 0
2964 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $165K 2/1 700 1920 1
2965 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 1,110 1920 1 rented
2966 TILTON ST Traded 3×: $27K in 2001 → $165K in 2021 (+511%). Owner-occupied $163K 2/1 700 1920 3
2967 TILTON ST Investor / LLC $203K 2/1 1,110 1920 1
2968 TILTON ST Traded 3×: $46K in 2002 → $128K in 2006 (+177%). Owner-occupied $163K 2/1 700 1920 3
2969 TILTON ST Traded 3×: $13K in 2000 → $128K in 2016 (+885%). Investor / LLC $155K 2/1 602 1920 3
2970 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $217K 2/2 700 1920 1
2971 TILTON ST Traded 3×: $100K in 2006 → $183K in 2025 (+83%). Owner-occupied $162K 2/1 684 1920 3
2972 TILTON ST Traded 3×: $31K in 2003 → $65K in 2017 (+111%). Absentee individual $103K 2/1 700 1920 3 tax lien
2973 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $95K in 2007 → $110K in 2020 (+16%). Absentee individual $112K 2/1 684 1920 2
2974 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $65K in 2009 → $185K in 2023 (+185%). Owner-occupied $165K 2/2 700 1920 2 tax lien
2975 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2006 → $173K in 2022 (+57%). Owner-occupied $162K 2/1 684 1920 2
2976 TILTON ST Absentee individual $197K 3/1 1,036 1920 0
2977 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $42K in 2001 → $235K in 2024 (+460%). Owner-occupied $197K 2/1 684 1920 2
2978 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $197K 2/1 1,036 1920 1
2979 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $38K in 2002 → $150K in 2017 (+295%). Owner-occupied $163K 2/1 684 1920 2
2980 TILTON ST Absentee individual $174K 3/1 776 1920 0
2981 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $163K 2/1 684 1920 0
2982 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $46K in 2004 → $125K in 2008 (+174%). Owner-occupied $188K 2/1 776 1920 2 rented
2983 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $162K 2/1 684 1920 0
2984 TILTON ST Traded 3×: $57K in 2014 → $230K in 2020 (+303%). Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,016 1920 3 tax lien
2985 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2009 → $133K in 2020 (+77%). Owner-occupied $163K 2/2 684 1920 2
2986 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 920 1920 0
2987 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $134K in 2015 → $200K in 2021 (+49%). Owner-occupied $213K 2/1 684 1920 2
2988 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $47K in 2012 → $185K in 2020 (+293%). Owner-occupied $174K 2/1 776 1920 2
2989 TILTON ST Absentee individual $162K 2/1 684 1920 1
2990 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 776 1920 0
2991 TILTON ST Traded 3×: $111K in 2007 → $137K in 2018 (+23%). Absentee individual $189K 2/1 984 1920 3
2992 TILTON ST Traded 3×: $15K in 1998 → $194K in 2020 (+1193%). Owner-occupied $174K 2/1 776 1920 3 rented
2993 TILTON ST Owner-occupied $163K 2/1 684 1920 1
2994 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $81K in 2005 → $90K in 2009 (+11%). Owner-occupied $174K 2/1 776 1920 2
2996 TILTON ST Traded 2×: $100K in 2008 → $216K in 2021 (+116%). Owner-occupied $203K 2/1 1,070 1920 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.