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Who owns your block

7600 block of Torresdale Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 90% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $17 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 114% since 2016, now about $200K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$200K
$193K–$301K
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$136
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 10
$10K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
90%
9 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 20% · city 5%
Back taxes
$17
1 of 10 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$275
5 years
+82%
value · tax +$764
10 years
+114%
value · tax +$779

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 $200K — 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$200K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied60%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 111 reported crimes (40 violent) and 200 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
111
40 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
200
34 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults28
Motor Vehicle Theft17
All Other Offenses15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Thefts9
Fraud8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint46
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Abandoned Vehicle25
Information Request19
Shoveling14
Illegal Dumping12

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$200K2016: $93K2017: $93K2018: $93K2019: $106K2020: $110K2021: $110K2022: $110K2023: $132K2024: $132K2025: $181K2026: $181K2027: $200K2016202020232027

▲ +114% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,0822016: $1,3032017: $1,3032018: $1,3032019: $1,4772020: $1,3182021: $1,3182022: $1,3182023: $1,8302024: $1,8302025: $2,5072026: $1,8072027: $2,0822016202020232027

▲ +60% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

1
1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $10,129 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$2,478pays now $4,208at the full rate

7601 Torresdale Ave is assessed at $301K but pays $2,478 a year — about 59% of the $4,208 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 214 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $214 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+114%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.7 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20002005201020152020
17arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Absentee individual: 1 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

6 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$193K$298K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 10 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7601 TORRESDALE AVE built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $75K in 2001. Owner-occupied $301K —/— 2,400 1953 1 abated
7603 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,426 1953 1
7605 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $27K in 2000 → $53K in 2001 (+98%). Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,426 1953 2
7607 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $58K in 2012 → $225K in 2024 (+288%). Owner-occupied $252K 3/1 1,426 1953 3 1 viol
7609 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $53K in 2002 → $195K in 2023 (+266%). Owner-occupied $221K 3/1 1,426 1953 3
7611 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $40K in 2003 → $70K in 2004 (+75%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,426 1953 2 1 viol
7613 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $200K 3/1 1,426 1953 1
7615 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,426 1953 1
7617 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,426 1953 1
7619 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $60K in 2002 → $185K in 2004 (+208%). Owner-occupied $298K —/— 2,592 1953 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

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.