Who owns your block
2900 block of W Thompson St
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 9% investor-held, with 12 open code violations and 1 home behind $2,458 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 571% since 2016, now about $298K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year.
- 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 $298K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above 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 | $298K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 14% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 158 reported crimes (37 violent) and 451 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
- $298K typical home, up +571% since 2016
- Tax bill $573 to $1,589 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $53,238/yr to the city, about $2,420 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +571% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +177% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2940 W Thompson St is assessed at $4.9M but pays $6,907 a year — about 10% of the $69,068 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 +18.9% 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 $671 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 43 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Charter School Development Llc | 1 | 8 | $15M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3040 Baltz Llc | 1 | 7 | $3.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2907 W THOMPSON ST Improved | Vacant | $99K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2908 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2005 → $215K in 2010 (+1333%). | Owner-occupied | $298K | 3/1 | 1,460 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2909 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $28K in 2010 → $250K in 2019 (+793%). | Owner-occupied | $367K | 3/1 | 1,226 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2910 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $136K | 3/1 | 1,404 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2911 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $135K in 2018, built new (tax-abated), sold for $491K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $491K | 4/2 | 2,223 | 1925 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 2912 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $124K in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $613K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $566K | 4/2 | 2,001 | 2019 | 2 | abated |
| 2913 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $200K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2914 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $150K in 2019, built new (tax-abated), sold for $368K in 2021. | Absentee individual | $401K | 4/2 | 1,850 | 1925 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 2915 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $60K in 2005 → $350K in 2026 (+483%). | Owner-occupied | $114K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2916 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $446K in 2012 → $250K in 2025 (-44%). | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2917 W THOMPSON ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2024. | Absentee individual | $93K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2918 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $118K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1925 | 0 | abated12 viol |
| 2919 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $188K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2920 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 7×: $19K in 2005 → $380K in 2022 (+1951%). | Owner-occupied | $299K | 3/1 | 1,030 | 1925 | 7 | |
| 2921 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2922 W THOMPSON ST Improved | Vacant | $90K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2923 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $135K in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $372K | 3/1 | 1,284 | 1925 | 4 | rentedabated |
| 2924 W THOMPSON ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $456K | 3/2 | 1,891 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 2925 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $87K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $389K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $325K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1925 | 4 | abated |
| 2926 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $70K in 2006 → $350K in 2023 (+400%). | Owner-occupied | $422K | 3/2 | 1,650 | 1925 | 6 | rented |
| 2927-41 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $768K | —/— | 17,700 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 2940 W THOMPSON ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $132K in 2013, demolished in 2018, then sold for $9.0M in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $4.9M | —/— | 30,975 | 2018 | 3 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)