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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

100 block of N 21st St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 26% investor-held, with 1 home behind $15,493 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 74% since 2016, now about $802K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$802K
$456K–$1.1M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$283
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$808K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $802K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $16K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 54
$18K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
33%
18 of 54
city 41%
Rentals
43%
23 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$15K
1 of 54 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$466
5 years
+5%
value · tax +$310
10 years
+74%
value · tax +$5K

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 $802K — about 3.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19103Philadelphia
Median home value$802K$608K$223K
Owner-occupied19%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 39 reported crimes (14 violent) and 236 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
39
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
236
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults9
Theft from Vehicle9
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Fraud3
Thefts3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection60
Salting27
Other (Streets)19
Graffiti Removal18
Traffic Signal Emergency18
Street Light Outage16

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$500K$1.0M$802K2016: $460K2017: $460K2018: $774K2019: $758K2020: $763K2021: $763K2022: $763K2023: $805K2024: $804K2025: $775K2026: $775K2027: $802K2016202020232027

▲ +74% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,9952016: $6,3832017: $6,3832018: $10,8342019: $10,6062020: $10,6852021: $10,6852022: $10,6852023: $11,2492024: $11,2492025: $10,5292026: $10,5292027: $10,9952016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

1
1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $17,857 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$6,383pays now $10,242at the full rate

114 N 21st St is assessed at $732K but pays $6,383 a year — about 62% of the $10,242 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 174 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $174 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+74%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 37 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 34 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M2004201020162022
37arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
34homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 54 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 14Absentee individual: 22 54parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 14
  • Absentee individual 22

Value distribution today

1 parcels12 parcels2 parcels3 parcels9 parcels16 parcels11 parcels
$456K$940K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Wp Commonwealth Lp112$8.4Mphila.gov ↗
117 Property Llc13$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Bernard Chanin (individual)22$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
George D Ziavras (individual)22$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Ooo Investments Llc11$947Kphila.gov ↗
121 Holdings Lp11$863Kphila.gov ↗
123 North 21st Street Llc11$869Kphila.gov ↗
Robins Apartments Inc11$781Kphila.gov ↗
Abovepar2 Holdings Llc11$781Kphila.gov ↗
134 Twenty First De Lp11$832Kphila.gov ↗
144 Twenty First De Lp11$717Kphila.gov ↗
Fang Jing Llc11$887Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 54 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
100 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $543K 3/2 1,565 1980 0
100 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $576K 3/2 1,695 1980 0
102 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Absentee individual $576K 3/2 1,695 1980 0
102 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $543K 3/2 1,565 1980 0
104 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $543K 3/2 1,565 1980 0
104 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $576K 3/2 1,695 1980 0
106 N 21ST ST Absentee individual $543K 3/2 1,565 1980 0
106 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $576K 3/2 1,695 1980 0
108 N 21ST ST Absentee individual $543K 3/2 1,565 1980 0
108 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $576K 3/2 1,695 1980 0
110 N 21ST ST Absentee individual $576K 3/2 1,695 1980 0
110 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $543K 3/2 1,565 1980 0
114 N 21ST ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $732K —/— 2,661 1800 0 abated
116 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $456K —/— 1,040 1950 0
117 N 21ST ST Bought for $810K in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $781K —/— 3,657 1890 1
118 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Absentee individual $798K —/— 3,000 1890 0 rented
119 N 21ST ST Bought for $415K in 2015. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $947K —/— 2,922 1900 1
120 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $780K —/— 2,706 1890 0 rented
121 N 21ST ST Bought for $775K in 2014. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $863K —/— 2,922 1890 1 rented
123 N 21ST ST Traded 3×: $459K in 2003 → $791K in 2015 (+72%). Investor / LLC $869K —/— 2,844 1890 3 rented
125 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Investor / LLC $781K —/— 2,934 1890 0 rented
127 N 21ST ST Bought for $130K in 1999, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $808K in 2025 (+522%). Investor / LLC $781K —/— 3,126 1890 2
129 N 21ST ST Absentee individual $898K —/— 3,264 1900 1
130-32 N 21ST ST 3 L&I violations (2020). Absentee individual $629K —/— 2,157 1800 0
131 N 21ST ST Bought for $1.5M in 2018. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Absentee individual $975K —/— 3,546 1900 1
133 N 21ST ST Bought for $445K in 2003. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $940K —/— 2,884 1905 3
134 N 21ST ST Investor / LLC $832K —/— 3,527 1900 0
135 N 21ST ST Bought for $4.3M in 2012. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $816K —/— 2,898 1890 1 rented
136 N 21ST ST Absentee individual $807K —/— 2,875 1890 0
137 N 21ST ST Bought for $367K in 2000, mechanical permit in 2009, sold for $600K in 2011 (+63%). Owner-occupied $817K 4/2 2,772 1900 3
138 N 21ST ST Absentee individual $879K —/— 3,825 1860 0
139 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Absentee individual $879K —/— 2,898 1890 0 rented
140 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $843K —/— 3,532 1890 0 rented
141 N 21ST ST Absentee individual $811K —/— 2,772 1900 0 rented
142 N 21ST ST sold $666K (2007); 6 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $879K —/— 3,143 1890 1 rented
143 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Absentee individual $770K —/— 2,722 1890 0 rented
144 N 21ST ST Traded 3×: $372K in 2002 → $775K in 2014 (+108%). Investor / LLC $717K —/— 2,664 1890 3
145 N 21ST ST Absentee individual $810K —/— 2,722 1890 1 rented
146 N 21ST ST Traded 4×: $490K in 2003 → $910K in 2019 (+86%). Absentee individual $1.1M 5/4 3,143 1850 4
147 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $778K —/— 2,772 1890 0 rented
148 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $848K —/— 3,143 1890 0 rented
149 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2012. Absentee individual $879K —/— 2,891 1850 2 rented
150 N 21ST ST Bought for $930K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Investor / LLC $887K —/— 3,140 1890 1 rented
151 N 21ST ST Bought for $575K in 2013. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $816K —/— 2,772 1900 1
152 N 21ST ST 3 L&I violations (2008). Absentee individual $869K —/— 3,143 1896 0 rented
153 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Absentee individual $698K —/— 2,772 1890 0 rented
154 N 21ST ST sold $400K (2004); L&I violation (2012); L&I violation (2014). Investor / LLC $816K —/— 3,112 1890 1
155 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $647K —/— 2,772 1900 0 rented
156 N 21ST ST Absentee individual $811K —/— 3,143 1890 0 rented
157 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $745K —/— 2,912 1860 0 rented
158 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2014). Absentee individual $807K —/— 3,143 1890 0 rented
159 N 21ST ST Bought for $520K in 2003, zoning/use permit in 2007, sold for $1.0M in 2020 (+92%). Investor / LLC $790K —/— 3,094 1900 3
160 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2020. Absentee individual $813K —/— 3,673 1890 0 rented
161 N 21ST ST Bought for $200K in 2015. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $911K —/— 3,312 1900 3

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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