Who owns your block
6900 block of Torresdale Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 23% owner-occupied, 19% investor-held, with 27 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 63% since 2016, now about $270K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $270K — about 1.2× 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 | $270K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 13% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 80 reported crimes (23 violent) and 141 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
- $270K typical home, up +63% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,273 to $3,676 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $12M assessed, $160,962/yr to the city, about $5,192 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +63% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +62% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.5% 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 $163 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 36 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 31 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 19
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hop Along Realty Llc | 2 | 2 | $459K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Awan Realty Group Llc | 1 | 1 | $185K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ado Property Llc | 1 | 1 | $215K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3r Ventures Llc | 1 | 1 | $922K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jja Associates | 1 | 1 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6900-02 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $190K in 2006 → $275K in 2007 (+45%). | Absentee individual | $473K | —/— | 3,220 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 6901-05 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $514K | —/— | 4,672 | 1935 | 0 | rented |
| 6904 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $241K | —/— | 2,074 | 1935 | 0 | rented |
| 6906 TORRESDALE AVE Historysold $70K (2007); Appeal dismissed (2012). | Absentee individual | $281K | —/— | 2,422 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 6907-11 TORRESDALE AVE HistoryAppeal dismissed (2026). | Absentee individual | $453K | —/— | 3,544 | 1957 | 0 | 2 viol |
| 6908 TORRESDALE AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $180K in 2015, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $280K in 2026 (+56%). | Investor / LLC | $185K | —/— | 1,964 | 1935 | 3 | 4 violtax lien |
| 6910 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $180K in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $219K | —/— | 2,332 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 6912 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $198K in 2006 → $130K in 2019 (-34%). | Absentee individual | $268K | —/— | 2,310 | 1935 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 6914 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $217K | —/— | 2,310 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 6916 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $72K in 2003 → $200K in 2022 (+180%). | Investor / LLC | $215K | —/— | 1,852 | 1935 | 2 | 1 viol |
| 6917 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $303K | —/— | 2,754 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 6918 TORRESDALE AVE | Investor / LLC | $230K | —/— | 1,983 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 6920 TORRESDALE AVE | Investor / LLC | $229K | —/— | 1,976 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 6921 TORRESDALE AVE HistoryAppeal complete (2025). | Absentee individual | $668K | —/— | 2,640 | 1962 | 0 | |
| 6922 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $206K | —/— | 2,010 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 6924 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $197K | —/— | 2,094 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 6926 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $222K | —/— | 1,915 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 6928 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $114K in 2006 → $160K in 2017 (+40%). | Absentee individual | $188K | —/— | 2,000 | 1935 | 2 | 1 viol |
| 6930-32 TORRESDALE AVE Improved | Absentee individual | $576K | —/— | 4,536 | 2014 | 0 | rented |
| 6934 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $25K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $308K | —/— | 2,426 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 6936 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $202K | —/— | 1,744 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 6938 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $202K | —/— | 1,744 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 6939 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $279K | —/— | 2,438 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 6940 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $154K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $263K | —/— | 2,264 | 1935 | 4 | rented |
| 6941 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $292K | 4/2 | 2,125 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 6942 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $130K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $270K | —/— | 2,329 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 6943 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $118K in 2001 → $270K in 2012 (+129%). | Absentee individual | $405K | —/— | 4,325 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 6944-46 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $454K | —/— | 4,124 | 1935 | 0 | 4 viol |
| 6945 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $414K | —/— | 4,494 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 6948-50 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $319K in 2011 → $715K in 2024 (+124%). | Investor / LLC | $922K | —/— | 6,480 | 1910 | 3 | 15 violtax lien |
| 6958-64 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $2.0M | —/— | 13,824 | 1945 | 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)