Philadelphia property report

300 block of W Willow Grove Ave

An investor-heavy block: 50% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 123% since 2016, now about $1.2M. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$1.2M
6 homes of 7 parcels
ZIP median $779K
Price / sq ft
$243
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
5.4×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$19K
typical · up to $27K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
50%
3 of 6
city 48%
Rentals
43%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$620
5 years
+98%
value · tax +$8K
10 years
+123%
value · tax +$9K

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 $1.2M — about 5.4× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19118 median of $779K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19118Philadelphia
Median home value$1.2M$779K$230K
Owner-occupied33%65%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 1 reported crime (about 0 a month, 100% of them violent) and 17 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
1
about 0/month · 100% violent
311 requests · 12mo
17
about 1/month

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Street Trees4
Information Request2
Salting2
Dead Animal in Street1
Manhole Cover1

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$1.0M$2.0M$1.2M2016: $552K2017: $552K2018: $552K2019: $648K2020: $621K2021: $621K2022: $621K2023: $897K2024: $897K2025: $1.2M2026: $1.2M2027: $1.2M2016202020232027

▲ +123% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$16,5142016: $7,7282017: $7,7282018: $7,7282019: $8,7922020: $8,3772021: $8,3772022: $8,3772023: $12,0022024: $12,0022025: $15,8942026: $15,8942027: $16,5142016202020232027

▲ +114% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 223 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $223 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+123%
since 2016
Net rental yield
0.6%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.1 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20042008201220162020
5arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 3Vacant: 1 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$292K$1.6M+

The block's largest owner, George Woodward INC, carries 1 open violation across 87 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
George Woodward INC387$76M8031 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19118phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 7 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
300 W WILLOW GROVE AVE Investor / LLC $1.2M 6/2 5,360 1925 0 licensed rental
302 W WILLOW GROVE AVE Investor / LLC $1.1M 7/2 5,050 1925 0 licensed rental
304 W WILLOW GROVE AVE Investor / LLC $1.1M 6/4 4,478 1925 0 licensed rental
310 W WILLOW GROVE AVE Vacant lot Vacant $292K —/— 0
317 W WILLOW GROVE AVE Traded 2×: $437K in 2003 → $940K in 2021 (+115%). Owner-occupied $1.3M 3/2 2,960 1903 2
322 W WILLOW GROVE AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $2.0M 3/2 6,818 1925 0
326 W WILLOW GROVE AVE Bought for $610K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $1.6M 8/5 4,560 1887 3

Neighborhood

Median income
$180K
household
Own vs. rent
69%
owner-occupied
Median age
39.4
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:23 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.