571 Shawmont Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19128-4027 $229,900

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Beds/Baths: 1/1.0
Interior Sq. Ft: 700
Acreage: 0.03
Age:85 years
Style:
Cottage, Colonial
MLS#: PAPH2548526
Subdivision: Roxborough
Design/Type:
Twin/Semi-Detached

Description

Welcome to 571 Shawmont Avenue — a rare find in the heart of Upper Roxborough, just steps from the Ridge Avenue/Shawmont intersection and public transportation. Whether you’re looking for your first home or a smart investment property, this beautifully refreshed twin home combines comfort, value, and convenience in one of Philadelphia’s most desirable neighborhoods. Inside, you’ll find a bright and open first floor featuring a totally remodeled kitchen with stainless steel appliances, updated cabinetry, and modern finishes. The living room and staircase are newly carpeted, and the entire interior and exterior have been freshly painted. Upstairs, the spacious bedroom offers excellent natural light and storage, while the updated full bathroom features a new vanity, sink, toilet, faucet set, and refinished tub. This charming two-story home also features a brand-new roof (2025) rebuilt down to the frame, in-home laundry with full-size washer and dryer, and a newer water heater. The PECO electric service has been professionally inspected and serviced, with components cleaned and minor repairs completed to ensure safe, reliable operation and improved performance. Enjoy the benefits of a private yard on a double-sized lot, with off-street parking and space to garden, relax, or entertain outdoors. The unfinished basement provides convenient storage or hobby space, with easy access from the exterior. Situated in a quiet residential pocket yet moments from Ridge Avenue’s shops, cafés, and major routes, 571 Shawmont Avenue delivers an unbeatable combination of location, updates, and long-term potential. Perfect for owner-occupants seeking affordability in Roxborough—or investors looking for a turn-key rental in a high-demand area.

Bedroom 1: Upper 1
Bathroom 1: Upper 1
Taxes: $2,575
Home Assoc: No
Condo Assoc: No
Garage: N
Basement: Y
Pool: No Pool
School Dist: The School District Of Philadelphia

Features

Utilities
Forced Air Heating, Natural Gas, None, None, Hot Water - Natural Gas, Public Water, Public Sewer

Garage/Parking
Driveway

Interior
Full Basement

Exterior
Stone Foundation, Frame Exterior

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Public Elementary (46 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Shawmont School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.11 mi
Green Woods Charter School Green Woods Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 0.65 mi
Dobson James School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 1.49 mi
Belmont Hills Elementary School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 2.02 mi
Henry Charles W School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.18 mi
Houston Henry E School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.29 mi
John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts an Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.37 mi
Gladwyne School Lower Merion School District K–4 Gladwyne 2.56 mi
Penn Valley School Lower Merion School District K–4 Narberth 2.58 mi
Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.61 mi
Lingelbach Anna L School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.71 mi
Cynwyd School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 2.8 mi
Springfield Township Elementary School-Enfield Springfield Township School District K–2 Erdenheim 3.04 mi
Emlen Eleanor C School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 3.12 mi
Roosevelt Theodore Middle School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 3.3 mi
Whitemarsh Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Lafayette Hill 3.32 mi
Mifflin Thomas School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.61 mi
Merion Elementary School Lower Merion School District K–4 Merion Station 3.67 mi
Day Anna B School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.68 mi
Colonial Elementary School Colonial School District 4–5 Plymouth Meeting 3.77 mi
Franklin S Edmonds School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.78 mi
Conshohocken Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 3.82 mi
McCloskey John F School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.84 mi
Kelly John B School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 3.9 mi
West Oak Lane Charter School West Oak Lane Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 3.93 mi
Mastery Charter School John Wister Elementary Mastery Charter School John Wister Elementary K–5 Philadelphia 3.93 mi
Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School K–4 Philadelphia 3.96 mi
Mastery Cs-Francis D. Pastorius Elementa Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary K–8 Philadelphia 4.02 mi
Samuel Gompers School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.12 mi
Fitler Academics Plus Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.16 mi
Springfield Township Elementary School-Erdenhm Springfield Township School District 3–5 Flourtown 4.18 mi
Ridge Park Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 4.2 mi
Samuel Pennypacker School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.23 mi
Wissahickon Charter School Wissahickon Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 4.3 mi
Pennell Joseph School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.62 mi
Mastery Charter School - Mann Campus Mastery CS-Mann Campus K–6 Philadelphia 4.62 mi
Rhodes E Washington School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.64 mi
Prince Hall Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.66 mi
Ad Prima Charter School Ad Prima Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 4.7 mi
Rowen William School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 4.72 mi
Allen Dr Ethel School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.74 mi
Logan James School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.75 mi
Steel Edward School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.83 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.88 mi
Overbrook Elementary School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.89 mi
Glenside Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Glenside 4.92 mi

Public Middle (7 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Welsh Valley Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Narberth 1.88 mi
Amy NW Philadelphia City School District 6–8 Philadelphia 1.96 mi
Bala-Cynwyd Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Bala Cynwyd 2.71 mi
Springfield Township Middle School Springfield Township School District 6–8 Oreland 4.21 mi
Cedarbrook Middle School Cheltenham School District 7–8 Wyncote 4.6 mi
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School Philadelphia City School District 6–8 Philadelphia 4.74 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.88 mi

Public High (20 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Saul W B Agricultural School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 0.85 mi
Lankenau High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 1.07 mi
Roxborough High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 1.27 mi
Mastery Cs-Pickett Campus Mastery CS-Pickett Campus 6–12 Philadelphia 3.31 mi
Hill Freedman World Academy Philadelphia City School District 6–12 Philadelphia 3.54 mi
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School Colonial School District 9–12 Plymouth Meeting 3.68 mi
Lower Merion High School Lower Merion School District 9–12 Ardmore 3.69 mi
Parkway Northwest Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 3.81 mi
King Martin Luther High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.01 mi
Springfield Township High School Springfield Township School District 9–12 Erdenheim 4.07 mi
Harriton Senior High School Lower Merion School District 9–12 Bryn Mawr 4.25 mi
Randolph A. Philip AVT High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.29 mi
Imhotep Institute Charter High School Imhotep Institute Charter High School 9–12 Philadelphia 4.36 mi
Building 21 Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.48 mi
The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber Philadelphia City School District 5–12 Philadelphia 4.55 mi
Cheltenham High School Cheltenham School District 9–12 Wyncote 4.71 mi
Central High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.72 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.88 mi
Girls High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.91 mi
Overbrook High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.92 mi

Private (94 schools)

School Grades Place Distance
Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Nonsectarian Preschool–K Philadelphia 0.58 mi
Immaculate Heart Of Mary School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.85 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy-Middle Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 1.35 mi
Roxborough Christian School Presbyterian Preschool–6 Philadelphia 1.44 mi
Aim Academy Nonsectarian 1–12 Conshohocken 1.5 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 1.66 mi
Noreen Cook Center For Ece Of Har Zion Temple Jewish Preschool–K Penn Valley 1.73 mi
The Miquon School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Conshohocken 1.92 mi
The Crefeld School Nonsectarian 7–12 Philadelphia 2.03 mi
Y.A.L.E. School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian 1–12 Philadelphia 2.1 mi
Wetherill School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Gladwyne 2.14 mi
Cb Community Schools Nonsectarian Ungraded Philadelphia 2.23 mi
Norwood-Fontbonne Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.25 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Parish School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.33 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.33 mi
Holy Cross Catholic School Roman Catholic K–8 Philadelphia 2.62 mi
The Gladwyne Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Gladwyne 2.67 mi
Jesus Is The Way Christian Academy Christian (no specific denomination) K–7 Philadelphia 2.71 mi
Evan Thomas Institute Nonsectarian 1–4 Wyndmoor 2.73 mi
B.C.A. And Childcare Center Inc. Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.73 mi
St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Lafayette Hill 2.8 mi
Project Learn School Nonsectarian K–8 Philadelphia 2.85 mi
Phil-Mont Christian Academy Presbyterian K–12 Erdenheim 2.88 mi
The Gateway School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Wynnewood 3.06 mi
The Waldorf School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.09 mi
Waldron Mercy Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Merion Station 3.1 mi
Gan Chabad Of The Main Line Jewish Preschool–K Merion Station 3.1 mi
Childrens School At St Johns Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 3.11 mi
Merion Mercy Academy Roman Catholic 9–12 Merion Station 3.17 mi
The Mesivta High School Of Greater Phila Jewish 9–12 Bala Cynwyd 3.18 mi
Mount St Joseph Academy Roman Catholic 9–12 Flourtown 3.24 mi
I S Kosloff Torah Academy High School For Girls Jewish 9–12 Bala Cynwyd 3.26 mi
Small World Discovery Center Nonsectarian K Philadelphia 3.28 mi
St Margaret School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Narberth 3.28 mi
Bala Cynwyd School For Young Children Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 3.37 mi
William Penn Charter Mennonite Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.38 mi
Main Line Reform Temple School For Early Childhood Jewish Preschool–K Wynnewood 3.39 mi
Anthony Wayne Academy Nonsectarian 6–12 Philadelphia 3.41 mi
The Bala House Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 3.45 mi
Camelot Education Nonsectarian K–7 Philadelphia 3.47 mi
Kohelet Yeshiva High School Jewish 9–12 Merion Station 3.48 mi
French International School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian Preschool–8 Bala Cynwyd 3.5 mi
Lotus Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–4 Philadelphia 3.51 mi
Carson Valley Childrens Aid Nonsectarian 8–12 Flourtown 3.55 mi
Temple Adath Israelearlychildhood Center Jewish Preschool–K Merion Station 3.56 mi
Greene Street Friends School Friends Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.57 mi
St Genevieve School Roman Catholic K–8 Flourtown 3.6 mi
Pennsylvania School For The Deaf Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.6 mi
Ivy Hill Christian Academy Seventh-Day Adventist K–4 Philadelphia 3.71 mi
Germantown Friends School Friends Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.71 mi
Green Tree School Nonsectarian 1–12 Philadelphia 3.73 mi
Gfs Friends K–12 Philadelphia 3.75 mi
Chelten Christian Crusade Little People Day School Roman Catholic Preschool–K Philadelphia 3.76 mi
La Salle College High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Wyndmoor 3.87 mi
St Raymond Of Penafort School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.94 mi
Methodist Services Nonsectarian K Philadelphia 3.94 mi
St Raymond's Independence Mission Schools Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.99 mi
Plymouth Meeting Friends School Friends Preschool–6 Plymouth Meeting 4.09 mi
Fusion Academy - Ardmore Nonsectarian 6–12 Ardmore 4.12 mi
Jameson Christian Academy Christian (no specific denomination) 7–11 Philadelphia 4.17 mi
Woodbine Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–4 Philadelphia 4.17 mi
Regina Angelorum Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Ardmore 4.2 mi
Ancona Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Wynnewood 4.22 mi
Smart Center Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–3 Philadelphia 4.22 mi
Cambridge School Nonsectarian Preschool–4 Ardmore 4.25 mi
Excelsior School Philadelphia Nonsectarian K–5 4.28 mi
St Katherine School Roman Catholic K–10 Wynnewood 4.28 mi
Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El Early Childhood Center Jewish K Wynnewood 4.29 mi
The Depaul Catholic School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.3 mi
New Medina Learning Institute Islamic K–12 Philadelphia 4.3 mi
Adelaide Educational Center Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–4 Philadelphia 4.31 mi
Bethel Christian Academy Of Wyncote African Methodist Episcopal K Philadelphia 4.33 mi
New Hope Christian Academy Baptist Preschool–12 Philadelphia 4.39 mi
St James School Episcopal 4–8 Philadelphia 4.39 mi
Hyman Korman High School-Talmudical Yeshiva Of Phi Jewish 9–12 Philadelphia 4.4 mi
Phila Yeshiva Jewish 9–12 Philadelphia 4.4 mi
Talmudical Yeshiva Of Philadelphia Jewish 9–12 Philadelphia 4.4 mi
Prodigy Learning Center Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Philadelphia 4.42 mi
The Baldwin School Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Bryn Mawr 4.42 mi
St Athanasius School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.44 mi
Caskey Torah Academy Of Greater Philadelphia Jewish Preschool–8 Wynnewood 4.46 mi
Ijoba Shule Other Preschool–11 Philadelphia 4.47 mi
The Haverford School Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Haverford 4.5 mi
Overbrook Preschool And Kindergarten Nonsectarian Preschool–K Philadelphia 4.51 mi
Mercy Career & Technical High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Philadelphia 4.53 mi
The Shipley School Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Bryn Mawr 4.55 mi
New Life Alternatives Christian Academy Christian (no specific denomination) K–7 Philadelphia 4.65 mi
Mt Airy Christian Day School Church of God in Christ Preschool–K Philadelphia 4.65 mi
Friends School Haverford Friends Preschool–5 Haverford 4.68 mi
Phebe Anna Thorne Kindergarten Nonsectarian Preschool–K Haverford 4.71 mi
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes Bryn Mawr Nonsectarian 6–12 Bryn Mawr 4.79 mi
Friends Central School Friends Preschool–12 Wynnewood 4.86 mi
Westwood School Nonsectarian Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.95 mi
Holy Child School At Rosemont Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Bryn Mawr 4.96 mi

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This report is a detailed community overview for Philadelphia (19128), Pennsylvania.

Community Quick Facts

  • Average travel time to work for people in this community: 32
  • Average salary of people in this community: $57,876

Community Summary

  • Population Density (ppl / mile): 5,258
  • Household Size (ppl): 2.29
  • Households w/ Children: 35%

Housing Inventory

  • Owned: 9,518 (54.5%)
  • Rented: 6,818 (39.0%)
  • Vacant: 1,142 (6.5%)
  • Total: 17,478

Population Demographics

The population of the community broken down by age group. The numbers at the top of each bar indicate the number of people in the age bracket below.

Total: 37,644
Households: 16,336
Median Age: 35.30

Climate and Weather

The Temperature chart displays average high and low values for January and July, and is designed to provide an indication of both seasonal and daily temperature variability. The Weather Risk Index indicates the calculated risk of each type of weather event occurring in the future. This risk is based on historical localized storm events and weather patterns. The national average for each type of weather event equals a score of 100, so a score of 200 would represent twice the risk as the national average, and a score of 50 would represent half the risk of the national average.

Temperature

Education

Highest Level of Education Attained

  • Less than 9th Grade: 1.1%
  • Some High School: 4.7%
  • High School Graduate: 23.0%
  • Some College: 13.8%
  • Associate Degree: 6.1%
  • Bachelor's Degree: 31.0%
  • Graduate Degree: 20.4%

Income by dollar range

Median Income: $74,564

Fair Market Rents

The Fair Market Rents show average gross rent estimates based on figures provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

  • Studio: $984
  • One Bedroom: $1,129
  • Two Bedroom: $1,381
  • Three Bedroom: $1,840
  • Four Bedroom: $2,175

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571 Shawmont Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19128-4027

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