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Who owns your block

8300 block of Torresdale Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 15 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 123% since 2016, now about $335K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$335K
$46K–$6.3M
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$137
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$340K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $335K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $88K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
50%
11 of 22
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
15
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
10
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 18% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+25%
value · tax +$990
5 years
+101%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+123%
value · tax +$3K

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 $335K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above 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$335K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied14%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 31 reported crimes (9 violent) and 74 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
31
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
74
33 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults8
Thefts6
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Theft from Vehicle3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle28
License Complaint7
Information Request6
Maintenance Complaint6
Sanitation Violation4
Shoveling4

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 & Middle · K-8
Joseph H Brown
1946 E Sergeant St · 319 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$500K$1.0M$335K2016: $150K2017: $150K2018: $152K2019: $157K2020: $167K2021: $167K2022: $167K2023: $200K2024: $200K2025: $269K2026: $269K2027: $335K2016202020232027

▲ +123% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,6902016: $2,1002017: $2,1002018: $2,1222019: $2,1652020: $2,2732021: $2,2732022: $2,2732023: $2,7282024: $2,7282025: $3,7002026: $3,7002027: $4,6902016202020232027

▲ +123% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 +7.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 223 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $223 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+123%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.1 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 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M20052010201520202025
17arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 22 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 1 22parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels8 parcels4 parcels0 parcels2 parcels4 parcels
$46K$745K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Rg Torresdale Llc13$8.7Mphila.gov ↗
Sperduto Investments Llc12$746Kphila.gov ↗
Big Joes Auto Sales Llc11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 22 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
8300 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $46K —/— 1,160 1925 0
8301 TORRESDALE AVE Bought for $8.7M in 2022. Investor / LLC $6.3M —/— 2
8303 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 3×: $210K in 2005 → $225K in 2010 (+7%). Absentee individual $225K —/— 1,000 1940 3
8303 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $360K —/— 3,000 1940 0
8305 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $348K —/— 2,900 1925 0
8305 TORRESDALE AVE Vacant $141K —/— 0
8307 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $745K —/— 10,644 1950 1 9 viol
8311 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $235K in 2001 → $235K in 2001 (+0%). Owner-occupied $1.2M —/— 15,256 1934 2
8316 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $284K 4/1 1,536 1965 0
8318 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $295K 4/1 1,536 1965 1
8321 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $661K —/— 11,020 1945 0
8325 TORRESDALE AVE Appeal granted (2011). Owner-occupied $360K —/— 3,000 1925 0 6 viol
8330 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $283K 4/1 1,534 1960 0
8332 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $121K in 2014 → $195K in 2020 (+61%). Owner-occupied $293K 4/2 1,534 1960 2
8333 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $103K —/— 1,512 1939 0
8337 TORRESDALE AVE Investor / LLC $577K —/— 2,921 1950 1
8337R TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $604K —/— 6,040 1950 0
8338 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $68K in 2002 → $144K in 2018 (+112%). Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,344 1925 2
8340 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $268K 4/1 1,344 1925 0
8342 TORRESDALE AVE Absentee individual $336K 4/2 2,464 1925 1 tax lien
8344 TORRESDALE AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Absentee individual $334K 4/2 2,464 1925 0 tax lien
8349 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $115K in 2010 → $340K in 2026 (+195%). Owner-occupied $360K —/— 1,856 1950 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.