Who owns your block
6400 block of Torresdale Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 32% owner-occupied, 32% investor-held, with 8 open code violations and 1 home behind $5,474 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 107% since 2016, now about $232K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $232K — 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 block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $232K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 5% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 78 reported crimes (25 violent) and 131 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
- $232K typical home, up +107% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,526 to $3,225 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $124,547/yr to the city, about $6,555 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +107% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +111% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
6427-29 Torresdale Ave is assessed at $1.5M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $20,765 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% 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 $207 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 28 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Tora Capital Llc, carries 1 open violation across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tora Capital Llc | 2 | 2 | $336K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Franchise Realty Investme | 1 | 2 | $4.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 6400 Torresdale Llc | 1 | 1 | $765K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Posh Real Estate Management Llc | 1 | 1 | $720K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lonsta Construction Inc | 1 | 1 | $440K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6400-22 TORRESDALE AVE | Investor / LLC | $765K | —/— | 3,780 | 1988 | 1 | |
| 6401 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $500K in 2009. | Investor / LLC | $720K | —/— | 1,956 | 1950 | 2 | 3 viol |
| 6409-13 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $1.8M | —/— | 3,422 | 1967 | 0 | |
| 6415-17 TORRESDALE AVE | Vacant | $223K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 6419 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $317K | —/— | 2,282 | 1935 | 0 | rented |
| 6421 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $440K | —/— | 3,998 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 6425 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $176K in 2006 → $125K in 2010 (-29%). | Owner-occupied | $246K | —/— | 1,440 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 6427-29 TORRESDALE AVE Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2024). | Absentee individual | $1.5M | —/— | 15,740 | 1955 | 0 | abated |
| 6430 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 1999 → $90K in 1999 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $207K | —/— | 1,530 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 6431 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $80K in 2004 → $155K in 2021 (+94%). | Investor / LLC | $186K | —/— | 1,600 | 1935 | 4 | |
| 6433 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $41K in 2003 → $155K in 2021 (+283%). | Investor / LLC | $151K | —/— | 1,298 | 1935 | 2 | 1 viol |
| 6434-70 TORRESDALE AVE Improved | Investor / LLC | $2.5M | —/— | 3,700 | 1987 | 0 | 2 viol |
| 6435 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $80K in 2001 → $100K in 2019 (+25%). | Absentee individual | $154K | —/— | 1,324 | 1935 | 3 | tax lien |
| 6437 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $230K | 2/2 | 1,280 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 6439 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $65K in 2004 → $178K in 2022 (+176%). | Owner-occupied | $173K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1935 | 4 | rented |
| 6441 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2001 → $285K in 2025 (+535%). | Owner-occupied | $232K | 3/2 | 1,280 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 6443 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $103K in 2005 → $35K in 2018 (-66%). | Absentee individual | $223K | 2/2 | 1,394 | 1935 | 3 | 2 viol |
| 6445 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $192K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 6447 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $421K | —/— | 4,200 | 1970 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)