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Who owns your block

7200 block of Torresdale Ave

An investor-heavy block: 42% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $129 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 74% since 2016, now about $223K. 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
$223K
$600–$2.9M
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$151
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $40K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1945
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
37%
7 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
21%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$129
1 of 19 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 21% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+29%
value · tax +$607
5 years
+57%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+74%
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 $223K — 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$223K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied5%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (34 violent) and 126 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
95
34 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
126
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults20
Thefts14
All Other Offenses11
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint39
Abandoned Vehicle20
Illegal Dumping11
Construction Complaints9
Street Defect7
Salting6

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
Edwin Forrest
7300 Cottage St · 798 students
Middle · K-8
Northeast Community Propel Academy
7500 Rowland Ave · 1715 students
High · 9-12
Abraham Lincoln
3201 Ryan Ave · 2332 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$223K2016: $128K2017: $128K2018: $114K2019: $136K2020: $142K2021: $142K2022: $142K2023: $154K2024: $154K2025: $172K2026: $172K2027: $223K2016202020232027

▲ +74% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,0192016: $1,7542017: $1,7542018: $1,5992019: $1,9042020: $1,9842021: $1,9842022: $1,9842023: $2,1612024: $2,1612025: $2,4122026: $2,4122027: $3,0192016202020232027

▲ +72% 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 +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8910025020162019202220252027This block 174 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $174 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+74%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
23arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 6 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

8 parcels8 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$600$1.3M+

The block's largest owner, Sunoco Llc, carries 45 open violations across 39 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Sunoco Llc139$34Mphila.gov ↗
Jnw Forever Llc17$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Officially Her Llc12$333Kphila.gov ↗
L&H Investment Llc22$371Kphila.gov ↗
Nadylux Investor Llc11$163Kphila.gov ↗
K&M Realty Llc11$246Kphila.gov ↗
7240 Torresdale Realty Llc11$2.9Mphila.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

$0$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7200 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $85K in 2009 → $235K in 2022 (+176%). Investor / LLC $270K 4/1 1,350 1945 2 2 viol
7201 TORRESDALE AVE Investor / LLC $223K —/— 1,920 1950 1
7203 TORRESDALE AVE Investor / LLC $148K —/— 1,280 1947 1
7204 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $124K in 2016 → $60K in 2019 (-52%). Owner-occupied $302K 3/1 1,692 1945 3
7205 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $70K in 2015 → $140K in 2021 (+100%). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,280 1945 2
7206 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $277K 3/3 1,535 1945 0
7207 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 4×: $16K in 2001 → $80K in 2020 (+397%). Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,280 1945 4
7208 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $239K 4/1 1,582 1945 1 rented
7209 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $145K in 2007 → $220K in 2021 (+52%). Owner-occupied $163K —/— 1,408 1945 3 rented
7210 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $216K —/— 1,242 1945 1 rented
7211 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,280 1945 0
7213 TORRESDALE AVE Appeal withdrawn (2016); sold $110K (2017). Absentee individual $175K 3/1 1,280 1945 1 rented
7215 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $107K in 2002 → $107K in 2016 (+0%). Investor / LLC $276K —/— 1,696 1945 2
7217 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,280 1945 0
7219 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $165K in 2007 → $270K in 2022 (+64%). Owner-occupied $246K —/— 1,280 1945 2
7220 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $600 —/— 278 2007 0
7221-39 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $1.3M —/— 1,849 1988 0
7240 TORRESDALE AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $2.9M —/— 3,178 1995 0
7241-51 TORRESDALE AVE Appeal granted (2011); Appeal city affirmed (2017). Investor / LLC $561K —/— 1,650 1972 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)

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