7900 block of Bustleton Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $331K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 44 reported crimes (11 violent) and 54 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $331K typical home, up +56% since 2016
• Tax bill $2,967 to $4,630 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $23M assessed, $321,337/yr to the city, about $7,651 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

Every home on this block pays the standard rate — no abatements in effect.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.1% 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 $156 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 57 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Yaos Realty LLC, carries 7 open violations across 6 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 42 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

New construction

7947-65 Bustleton Ave

$2.2M · built new under a 2012 permit.

New construction

7930-32 Bustleton Ave

$867K · built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $515K in 2011.

Renovated & sold on

7919 Bustleton Ave

$338K · Bought for $85K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $310K in 2020 (+265%).

Renovated & sold on

7942 Bustleton Ave

$321K · Bought for $245K in 2018, change of use permit in 2025, sold for $350K in 2025 (+43%).

Renovated & sold on

7958 Bustleton Ave

$229K · Bought for $115K in 2003, use permit in 2009, sold for $300K in 2024 (+161%).

Renovated & sold on

7960 Bustleton Ave

$203K · Bought for $186K in 2018, addition and/or alteration permit in 2021, sold for $283K in 2021 (+52%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.