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.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 block | ZIP 19136 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $335K | $251K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 14% | 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.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $335K typical home, up +123% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,100 to $4,690 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $197,225/yr to the city, about $8,965 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +123% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +123% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rg Torresdale Llc | 1 | 3 | $8.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sperduto Investments Llc | 1 | 2 | $746K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Big Joes Auto Sales Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8300 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $46K | —/— | 1,160 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 8301 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $8.7M in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $6.3M | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 8303 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 HistoryAppeal 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $334K | 4/2 | 2,464 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 8349 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 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)