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Who owns your block

300 block of E Highland Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 105% since 2016, now about $584K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.

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
    Ownership

    All 16 homes are owner-occupied with zero investor-owned units on the block.

  2. 02
    Appreciation

    The block trades at 2.6x the city median but sits below the zip median of $756K.

  3. 03
    Turnover

    Five of the 16 homes have never been sold since 1999, indicating long-term ownership patterns.

By the Numbers

Median value
$584K
$454K–$651K
ZIP median $756K
Price / sq ft
$350
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
16 of 16
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%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+17%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+56%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+105%
value · tax +$3K

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 $584K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19118 median of $756K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19118Philadelphia
Median home value$584K$756K$223K
Owner-occupied81%56%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 5 reported crimes (0 violent) and 30 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
5
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
30
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Burglary Residential2
Theft from Vehicle2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8
Street Defect6
Abandoned Vehicle4
Other (Streets)3
Salting3
Street Trees2

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
John S Jenks
8301 Germantown Ave · 380 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$500K$1.0M$584K2016: $285K2017: $285K2018: $285K2019: $391K2020: $375K2021: $375K2022: $375K2023: $457K2024: $457K2025: $497K2026: $497K2027: $584K2016202020232027

▲ +105% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,8162016: $3,5722017: $3,5722018: $3,5722019: $4,9172020: $4,6172021: $4,6172022: $4,6172023: $5,2952024: $5,2952025: $5,6132026: $5,6132027: $6,8162016202020232027

▲ +91% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 205 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $205 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+105%
since 2016
Net rental yield
2.6%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.2 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 20 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
20arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels3 parcels5 parcels
$454K$627K+

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

House by house

All 16 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
300 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $596K 4/1 1,823 1925 1
301 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $478K 3/1 1,100 1966 0
302 E HIGHLAND AVE Traded 6×: $226K in 2000 → $390K in 2013 (+73%). Owner-occupied $621K 4/2 1,957 1925 6
303 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $468K —/— 1,100 1925 0
304 E HIGHLAND AVE Traded 2×: $320K in 2005 → $525K in 2021 (+64%). Owner-occupied $606K 4/— 1,823 1925 2
305 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $454K 3/1 1,100 1966 0
306 E HIGHLAND AVE Traded 2×: $335K in 2006 → $340K in 2015 (+1%). Owner-occupied $564K 4/1 1,613 1921 2
307 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $492K 3/1 1,100 1925 1
308 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $596K 4/— 1,823 1930 1
309 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $468K 4/1 1,100 1925 1
310 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $571K —/— 1,823 1925 0
311 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $468K —/— 1,100 1925 1
312 E HIGHLAND AVE Traded 2×: $330K in 2006 → $507K in 2021 (+54%). Owner-occupied $627K 4/1 1,823 1916 2
314 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $596K —/— 1,823 1925 0
316 E HIGHLAND AVE Traded 2×: $345K in 2011 → $355K in 2015 (+3%). Owner-occupied $614K 4/1 1,951 1925 2
318 E HIGHLAND AVE Owner-occupied $651K 4/1 1,823 1927 1

Neighborhood

Median income
$121K
household
Own vs. rent
71%
owner-occupied
Median age
59.7
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

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.