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Who owns your block

9500 block of Torresdale Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 72% since 2016, now about $395K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$395K
$76K–$483K
ZIP median $326K
Price / sq ft
$274
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
86%
12 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$443
5 years
+60%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+72%
value · tax +$1K

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 $395K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19114 median of $326K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19114 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19114Philadelphia
Median home value$395K$326K$223K
Owner-occupied79%66%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 5 reported crimes (0 violent) and 18 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
5
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
18
2 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud2
Liquor Law Violations2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect6
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection2
Stop Sign Repair2
Dangerous Sidewalk1
Information Request1
Maintenance Complaint1

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
Thomas Holme
9125 Academy Rd · 787 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$250K$500K$395K2016: $230K2017: $230K2018: $230K2019: $237K2020: $247K2021: $247K2022: $247K2023: $316K2024: $316K2025: $364K2026: $364K2027: $395K2016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,2672016: $2,8772017: $2,9172018: $2,9172019: $2,8052020: $2,8842021: $2,8842022: $2,8842023: $3,3932024: $3,3932025: $3,8242026: $3,8242027: $4,2672016202020232027

▲ +48% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 172 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $172 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+72%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004200820122016
8arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Vacant: 2 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels6 parcels6 parcels
$76K$465K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 14 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
9500 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $415K —/— 1,694 1925 0
9501 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $483K —/— 2,720 1925 0 1 viol
9505 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $361K 4/2 1,358 1925 0
9506 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $459K 3/2 1,726 1950 0
9507 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $395K —/— 1,443 1925 1
9510 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $465K —/— 1,793 1950 1
9511 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $260K in 2013 → $340K in 2019 (+31%). Owner-occupied $462K 2/1 1,596 1965 2
9515 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $448K —/— 1,596 1965 0
9516 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $220K in 2003 → $142K in 2012 (-35%). Owner-occupied $394K 3/2 1,260 1925 2
9519 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $373K —/— 1,152 1925 1
9520 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $382K 3/— 1,176 1925 1
9521 TORRESDALE AVE Owner-occupied $381K 3/1 1,484 1925 0
9530 TORRESDALE AVE Vacant $76K —/— 0
9550 TORRESDALE AVE Vacant $84K —/— 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)

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.