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Who owns your block

7200 block of Vandike St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 2 homes behind $8,458 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 117% since 2016, now about $188K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$188K
$21K–$474K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$152
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$135K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $188K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1955
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
68%
21 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
26%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
2 of 31 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$142
5 years
+85%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+117%
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 $188K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below 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$188K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied36%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 81 reported crimes (30 violent) and 88 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
81
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
88
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults16
Thefts12
All Other Offenses8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Fraud6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint33
Abandoned Vehicle18
Salting5
Illegal Dumping4
Other (Streets)4
Traffic Signal Emergency4

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$125K$250K$188K2016: $87K2017: $87K2018: $87K2019: $97K2020: $101K2021: $101K2022: $101K2023: $140K2024: $140K2025: $181K2026: $181K2027: $188K2016202020232027

▲ +117% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3942016: $1,1202017: $1,1202018: $1,1202019: $1,2492020: $1,3192021: $1,3192022: $1,3192023: $1,7532024: $1,7532025: $2,2512026: $2,2522027: $2,3942016202020232027

▲ +114% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 217 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $217 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+117%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.8 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 35 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20002005201020152020
35arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 2 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels11 parcels9 parcels8 parcels
$21K$240K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Vmw Properties Llc112$2.4Mphila.gov ↗
Marsden Llc13$468Kphila.gov ↗
Jrz Creek Properties Llc11$240Kphila.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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7201 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,360 1955 1
7203 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $206K —/— 1,275 1955 0
7205 VANDIKE ST sold $90K (2014); Appeal granted (2015). Investor / LLC $240K —/— 1,350 1955 1 rented1 viol
7209 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $225K 3/1 1,800 1955 1
7210-14 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $474K —/— 4,783 1955 1
7211 VANDIKE ST Absentee individual $174K 3/1 1,120 1955 1
7213 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,120 1955 1
7215 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,120 1955 1
7217 VANDIKE ST Absentee individual $174K 3/1 1,120 1955 1 rented
7219 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,120 1955 1
7221 VANDIKE ST Traded 4×: $60K in 2005 → $135K in 2020 (+125%). Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,120 1955 4
7223 VANDIKE ST Absentee individual $171K 3/1 1,120 1955 1
7225 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $29K —/— 720 1925 0
7227 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,312 1955 0
7229 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,148 1955 0
7230 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $211K —/— 1,500 1955 0
7231 VANDIKE ST Traded 2×: $93K in 2014 → $100K in 2016 (+7%). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,168 1955 2
7232 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $222K —/— 1,773 1955 1
7233 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,168 1955 0
7234 VANDIKE ST Traded 2×: $57K in 2002 → $57K in 2014 (+1%). Owner-occupied $201K —/— 1,350 1955 2 rented
7235 VANDIKE ST Traded 2×: $69K in 2013 → $66K in 2017 (-5%). Investor / LLC $172K 3/1 1,168 1955 2 rented
7236 VANDIKE ST Traded 2×: $135K in 2019 → $222K in 2021 (+64%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/— 1,480 1955 2
7237 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,434 1965 0 tax lien
7240 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/2 1,200 1955 1
7241 VANDIKE ST Owner-occupied $233K 3/2 1,380 1955 0 rented
7242 VANDIKE ST Traded 2×: $56K in 2003 → $81K in 2016 (+45%). Owner-occupied $188K —/— 1,200 1955 2 tax lien
7243 VANDIKE ST Bought for $65K in 2001. Vacant $27K —/— 3
7244 VANDIKE ST Traded 3×: $134K in 2006 → $113K in 2021 (-15%). Absentee individual $188K 3/1 1,228 1955 3 rented
7246 VANDIKE ST Absentee individual $188K —/— 1,200 1955 1 rented
7248 VANDIKE ST Traded 2×: $35K in 2000 → $50K in 2018 (+43%). Investor / LLC $213K —/— 1,248 1955 2 rented
7250 VANDIKE ST Vacant $21K —/— 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)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.