Who owns your block
8400 block of Torresdale Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $26,581 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 100% since 2016, now about $306K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $306K — about 1.4× 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 | $306K | $251K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 52% | 49% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 31 reported crimes (8 violent) and 76 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
- $306K typical home, up +100% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,925 to $3,278 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $145,383/yr to the city, about $6,923 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +100% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +70% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
8415 Torresdale Ave is assessed at $305K but pays $3,394 a year — about 79% of the $4,275 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.5% 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 $200 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 14 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashburner Associates Llc | 1 | 4 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Js Investments Group Llc | 1 | 4 | $6.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Masters Realty Inc | 1 | 1 | $2.1M | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8400-06 TORRESDALE AVE HistoryAppeal granted (2011). | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | —/— | 7,974 | 2005 | 0 | tax lien |
| 8401 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $2.0M | —/— | 16,873 | 1974 | 0 | rented |
| 8410 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $286K | —/— | 1,440 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 8411 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 1999 → $160K in 2004 (+176%). | Owner-occupied | $324K | —/— | 1,584 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 8412 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $282K | —/— | 1,440 | 1960 | 1 | tax lien |
| 8413 TORRESDALE AVE | Vacant | $93K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 8414 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $630K in 2003 → $630K in 2003 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $2.1M | —/— | 15,498 | 1964 | 2 | rented |
| 8415 TORRESDALE AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 1999. | Owner-occupied | $305K | 4/1 | 1,856 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 8417 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $274K | —/— | 1,958 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 8424 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $371K | —/— | 1,680 | 1955 | 1 | |
| 8425 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $324K | —/— | 1,913 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 8429 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $424K | —/— | 3,040 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8430R TORRESDALE AVE | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 8430 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $296K | —/— | 1,035 | 1955 | 0 | |
| 8432 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $306K | —/— | 1,416 | 1955 | 0 | |
| 8433-35 TORRESDALE AVE HistoryAppeal granted (2012). | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 6,718 | 1966 | 0 | |
| 8434 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $306K | —/— | 1,416 | 1955 | 1 | |
| 8436 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $334K | —/— | 1,440 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 8437 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $285K | —/— | 1,128 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 8439 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $83K in 2001 → $178K in 2014 (+114%). | Owner-occupied | $323K | —/— | 1,128 | 1960 | 3 | |
| 8440 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $304K | —/— | 1,088 | 1988 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)