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Who owns your block

2900 block of Walnut Hill St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 93% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 74% since 2016, now about $323K. 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
$323K
$316K–$381K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$295
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$335K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $323K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1959
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
93%
39 of 42
city 41%
Rentals
2%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$293
5 years
+69%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+74%
value · tax +$939

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 $323K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and in line with 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$323K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied76%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 33 reported crimes (8 violent) and 37 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
33
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
37
12 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft9
Other Assaults5
Theft from Vehicle4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle13
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5
Street Trees4
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance3
Traffic Signal Emergency3
Maintenance Complaint2

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
Robert B Pollock
2875 Welsh Rd · 900 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$323K2016: $186K2017: $186K2018: $186K2019: $180K2020: $191K2021: $191K2022: $191K2023: $237K2024: $237K2025: $301K2026: $301K2027: $323K2016202020232027

▲ +74% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1242016: $2,1852017: $2,1852018: $2,1852019: $1,9602020: $2,0472021: $2,0472022: $2,0492023: $2,2062024: $2,2122025: $2,8302026: $2,8312027: $3,1242016202020232027

▲ +43% 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 +5.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 174 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $174 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+74%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.4 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 45 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
45arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 42 parcels

Owner-occupied: 39Absentee individual: 3 42parcels
  • Owner-occupied 39
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

9 parcels9 parcels8 parcels0 parcels4 parcels7 parcels5 parcels
$316K$336K+

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

House by house

All 42 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
2900 WALNUT HILL ST sold $155K (2018); Appeal granted (2019). Owner-occupied $320K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2902 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 2×: $135K in 2003 → $72K in 2024 (-46%). Owner-occupied $320K —/— 1,095 1959 2
2904 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 2×: $156K in 2014 → $305K in 2022 (+96%). Owner-occupied $318K —/— 1,095 1959 2
2906 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $318K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2908 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 3×: $170K in 2021 → $370K in 2022 (+118%). Owner-occupied $319K 3/2 1,095 1959 3 5 violtax lien
2909 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $321K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2910 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2018 → $220K in 2018 (+100%). Owner-occupied $331K 3/1 1,095 1959 2
2911 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $318K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2912 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $319K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2913 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $318K 3/2 1,095 1959 0
2914 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,095 1959 1
2915 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $316K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2916 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $332K 4/— 1,095 1959 1
2917 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $316K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2918 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,095 1959 1
2919 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $316K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2920 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 2×: $240K in 2023 → $380K in 2024 (+58%). Owner-occupied $381K 3/2 1,095 1959 2
2921 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 2×: $190K in 2010 → $235K in 2021 (+24%). Owner-occupied $330K 3/2 1,095 1959 2
2922 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $321K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2923 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $323K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2924 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $322K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2925 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $323K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2926 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $322K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2927 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $319K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2928 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $323K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2929 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 2×: $204K in 2007 → $350K in 2023 (+72%). Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,095 1959 2
2930 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $323K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2931 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 3×: $85K in 2003 → $350K in 2024 (+312%). Absentee individual $322K —/— 1,095 1959 3
2932 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $323K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2933 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $320K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2934 WALNUT HILL ST Absentee individual $336K 3/1 1,095 1959 1 rented
2935 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 3×: $148K in 2004 → $290K in 2022 (+96%). Owner-occupied $335K 3/1 1,095 1959 3
2936 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 2×: $177K in 2009 → $230K in 2018 (+30%). Owner-occupied $369K 3/1 1,095 1959 2
2938 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $322K —/— 1,095 1959 1
2940 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 2×: $96K in 2001 → $138K in 2012 (+43%). Owner-occupied $328K —/— 1,095 1959 2
2942 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $328K 3/2 1,095 1959 1
2944 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $328K 3/1 1,095 1959 1
2946 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $316K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2948 WALNUT HILL ST Traded 3×: $75K in 2002 → $270K in 2020 (+260%). Absentee individual $333K 4/1 1,095 1959 3
2950 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $322K —/— 1,095 1959 0
2952 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $337K 3/1 1,095 1959 1
2954 WALNUT HILL ST Owner-occupied $329K —/— 1,095 1959 0

Neighborhood

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

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