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Who owns your block

7500 block of Torresdale Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 52% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $3,123 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 106% since 2016, now about $196K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$196K
$189K–$459K
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$136
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$187K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $196K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1953
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
52%
11 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
10%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
1 of 21 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$275
5 years
+75%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+106%
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 $196K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19136 median of $251K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19136 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19136Philadelphia
Median home value$196K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied19%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 120 reported crimes (46 violent) and 198 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
120
46 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
198
38 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults31
All Other Offenses20
Motor Vehicle Theft17
Theft from Vehicle9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint55
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Abandoned Vehicle21
Illegal Dumping17
Shoveling12
Dangerous Sidewalk9

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$196K2016: $95K2017: $95K2018: $95K2019: $108K2020: $112K2021: $112K2022: $112K2023: $133K2024: $133K2025: $181K2026: $181K2027: $196K2016202020232027

▲ +106% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,7462016: $1,3312017: $1,3312018: $1,3312019: $1,5102020: $1,5732021: $1,5732022: $1,5732023: $1,8582024: $1,8582025: $2,4712026: $2,4712027: $2,7462016202020232027

▲ +106% 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 206 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $206 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+106%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.3 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 40 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
40arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 7 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

13 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels2 parcels
$189K$342K+

The block's largest owner, Chindu Investments Llc, carries 3 open violations across 7 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Chindu Investments Llc17$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Ff50k Llc12$527Kphila.gov ↗
Prasadi Llc11$459Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 21 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
7500 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $342K —/— 2,854 1925 0
7501 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $35K in 2001 → $220K in 2026 (+529%). Absentee individual $244K —/— 1,734 1953 3 2 viol
7503 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $92K in 2006 → $85K in 2018 (-8%). Absentee individual $190K 3/1 1,440 1950 2
7505 TORRESDALE AVE Investor / LLC $190K 3/1 1,440 1950 1 rented
7507 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $110K in 2005 → $110K in 2006 (+0%). Absentee individual $192K 3/1 1,440 1950 2
7509 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $47K in 2000 → $82K in 2009 (+75%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,440 1950 3
7511 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,440 1953 0
7513 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $55K in 2016 → $170K in 2024 (+209%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,440 1953 2
7515 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $15K in 2001 → $125K in 2022 (+733%). Absentee individual $189K 3/1 1,440 1953 2
7517 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $175K in 2017 → $175K in 2017 (+0%). Investor / LLC $319K —/— 2,472 1953 2 rented
7519 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $15K in 2002 → $225K in 2021 (+1400%). Absentee individual $318K —/— 2,613 1953 2
7521 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $105K in 2024 → $299K in 2025 (+185%). Owner-occupied $252K 3/2 1,426 1953 2
7523 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $56K in 2009 → $200K in 2023 (+257%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,426 1953 3 1 viol
7525 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $196K 3/1 1,426 1953 1
7527 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,426 1953 1
7529 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $65K in 2006 → $199K in 2021 (+206%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,426 1953 2
7531 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $40K in 2018 → $70K in 2019 (+75%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,426 1953 2
7533 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 4×: $60K in 2001 → $195K in 2023 (+225%). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,440 1953 4
7535 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 4×: $8K in 2004 → $150K in 2023 (+1775%). Absentee individual $231K —/— 1,495 1953 4
7540 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $312K —/— 1,387 1945 0
7560 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $250K in 2003 → $550K in 2016 (+120%). Investor / LLC $459K —/— 2,674 1995 2

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

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