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Who owns your block

6000 block of Torresdale Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 32% owner-occupied, 35% investor-held, with 14 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $229K. 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
$229K
$147K–$564K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$123
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$223K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $229K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1938
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
32%
11 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
35%
12 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
14
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
10
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 21% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$188
5 years
+85%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$1K

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 $229K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19135Philadelphia
Median home value$229K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied12%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 127 reported crimes (45 violent) and 127 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
127
45 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
127
34 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses24
Other Assaults21
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Fraud11
Thefts10
Motor Vehicle Theft9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint47
Abandoned Vehicle13
Illegal Dumping10
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
Street Trees7
Inlet Cleaning5

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
Henry W Lawton
6101 Jackson St · 513 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$229K2016: $129K2017: $128K2018: $121K2019: $119K2020: $122K2021: $124K2022: $124K2023: $185K2024: $185K2025: $218K2026: $217K2027: $229K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9142016: $1,7882017: $1,7652018: $1,6702019: $1,5922020: $1,7062021: $1,6582022: $1,6582023: $2,3542024: $2,3732025: $2,7592026: $2,7262027: $2,9142016202020232027

▲ +63% 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 +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9210025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/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 58 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
58arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 14 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 14

Value distribution today

1 parcels11 parcels3 parcels4 parcels6 parcels5 parcels4 parcels
$147K$307K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Torresdale Comly Llc44$878Kphila.gov ↗
Noahs Investment Llc14$808Kphila.gov ↗
Four Trust Real Estate In13$684Kphila.gov ↗
701 Wayne Llc13$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Kmoon Llc12$353Kphila.gov ↗
6009 Torresdale Llc11$256Kphila.gov ↗
6020torresdaleave Llc11$271Kphila.gov ↗
Aya Anse Llc11$147Kphila.gov ↗
6031 Torresdale Llc11$183Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 34 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6001 TORRESDALE AVE Investor / LLC $232K —/— 2,440 1945 0 rented
6003 TORRESDALE AVE Investor / LLC $209K —/— 2,196 1945 0 rented
6005 TORRESDALE AVE Investor / LLC $249K 3/2 1,980 1945 0 rented
6007 TORRESDALE AVE Investor / LLC $188K —/— 1,980 1945 0 rented
6008 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $208K 3/1 1,350 1920 1
6009 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $71K in 2001 → $328K in 2022 (+362%). Owner-occupied $256K —/— 2,840 1945 2
6010 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $253K 2/2 1,574 1920 1
6011 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 4×: $65K in 2001 → $176K in 2020 (+171%). Owner-occupied $263K 3/2 2,052 1945 4 tax lien
6012 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $115K in 2005 → $60K in 2017 (-48%). Owner-occupied $224K 4/1 1,540 1920 2
6013 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $4K in 2015 → $215K in 2017 (+5209%). Absentee individual $284K 6/4 1,500 1945 3 tax lien
6014 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $350K —/— 3,888 1920 1
6015 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 5×: $79K in 2002 → $118K in 2010 (+49%). Owner-occupied $286K 4/4 2,436 1945 5 rented
6017 TORRESDALE AVE Bought for $155K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $228K —/— 2,400 1945 3 rented
6018 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $74K in 2002 → $215K in 2009 (+191%). Absentee individual $307K —/— 3,407 1920 3 rented
6019 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $79K in 2002 → $175K in 2025 (+123%). Absentee individual $250K —/— 2,780 1945 2 rented2 viol
6020 TORRESDALE AVE Investor / LLC $271K 3/2 1,824 1920 1 rented
6021 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $122K in 2011 → $270K in 2025 (+121%). Absentee individual $188K —/— 1,980 1945 2
6022 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $255K 4/2 1,824 1920 0
6023 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $88K in 2012 → $110K in 2020 (+25%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,344 1945 2 tax lien
6024 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $231K 4/1 1,824 1920 1
6025 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $178K in 2005 → $58K in 2012 (-67%). Absentee individual $173K —/— 1,824 1945 3
6026 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,740 1920 0
6027 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $40K in 2002 → $130K in 2021 (+225%). Absentee individual $185K —/— 1,950 1945 2 rented
6028 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $75K in 2010 → $198K in 2024 (+164%). Owner-occupied $191K 4/1 1,550 1920 3
6029 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $100K in 2015 → $130K in 2018 (+30%). Investor / LLC $283K —/— 1,968 1945 2 7 viol
6030 TORRESDALE AVE Appeal granted (2017); sold $142K (2024). Investor / LLC $147K —/— 1,550 1920 1
6031 TORRESDALE AVE sold $248K (2015); Appeal granted (2023). Investor / LLC $183K 12/— 1,840 1945 1
6032 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $80K in 2005 → $85K in 2019 (+7%). Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,368 1920 3
6033 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $45K in 2009 → $95K in 2014 (+111%). Absentee individual $564K —/— 16,120 1930 2 5 viol
6034 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $10K in 2014 → $118K in 2022 (+1080%). Investor / LLC $179K 3/1 1,240 1920 2 rented
6036 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,240 1920 1
6038 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,240 1920 1
6039 TORRESDALE AVE sold $200K (2005); Appeal granted with conditions (2007). Absentee individual $283K —/— 2,560 1945 1
6040 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $70K in 2002 → $170K in 2018 (+143%). Absentee individual $192K —/— 2,025 1920 3 rented

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

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