Who owns your block
8700 block of Torresdale Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 119% since 2016, now about $244K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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 $244K — about 1.1× 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 block | ZIP 19136 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $244K | $251K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 49% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 26 reported crimes (6 violent) and 47 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
- $244K typical home, up +119% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,135 to $3,229 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $191,210/yr to the city, about $11,951 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +119% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +184% since 2016 · ~+10%/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 +7.4% 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 $219 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Investment Corp Numb | 1 | 1 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8701 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $11M | —/— | 214,000 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 8740 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $200K in 2007 → $186K in 2018 (-7%). | Owner-occupied | $318K | 4/3 | 1,600 | 1963 | 2 | |
| 8742 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $248K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 1 | rented |
| 8744 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $248K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 1 | |
| 8746 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2017 → $160K in 2025 (+68%). | Absentee individual | $244K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 8748 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 1 | |
| 8750 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 0 | |
| 8752 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 1 | |
| 8754 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 0 | |
| 8756 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 0 | |
| 8758 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 0 | |
| 8760 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 1 | |
| 8762 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 0 | |
| 8764 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $248K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 0 | |
| 8766 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $257K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 1 | rented |
| 8768 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $128K in 2016 → $260K in 2024 (+103%). | Owner-occupied | $248K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1963 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)