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Who owns your block

100 block of S 23rd St

A mixed-ownership block: 20% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 4 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 37% since 2016, now about $996K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$996K
$906K–$3.5M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$305
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
4.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$14K
typical · up to $49K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
20%
1 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
60%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 20% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$47
5 years
+21%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+37%
value · tax +$4K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $996K — about 4.5× 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$996K$608K$223K
Owner-occupied20%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 105 reported crimes (21 violent) and 366 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
105
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
366
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts18
Fraud15
Other Assaults15
Theft from Vehicle14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Burglary Non-Residential7

Top 311 complaints

Sanitation Violation65
Illegal Dumping55
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection53
Graffiti Removal41
Other (Streets)21
Maintenance Complaint17

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$1.3M$2.5M$996K2016: $729K2017: $729K2018: $826K2019: $825K2020: $825K2021: $825K2022: $825K2023: $1.0M2024: $1.0M2025: $993K2026: $993K2027: $996K2016202020232027

▲ +37% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$13,9482016: $10,2092017: $10,2092018: $11,5652019: $11,5512020: $11,5512021: $11,5512022: $10,9212023: $14,3832024: $14,3832025: $13,9012026: $13,9012027: $13,9482016202020232027

▲ +37% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 137 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $137 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+37%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.6 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M2004200720102013
5arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$906K$1.6M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Marc H Ginsburg (individual)317$24Mphila.gov ↗
Mref Ii 2300 Ionic Lp11$1.6Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 5 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
108-14 S 23RD ST Bought for $1.0M in 2002. Owner pulled a sign permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $1.6M 4,620 1950 3
116-20 S 23RD ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $961K 5,022 1900 0 4 viol
123 S 23RD ST sold $69K (2011); 7 L&I violations (2014). Absentee individual $906K 2,969 1800 1 rented
125-31 S 23RD ST 2 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2012); 3 L&I violations (2015). Absentee individual $3.5M 10,736 1920 0 rented
133 S 23RD ST sold $60K (2011); L&I violation (2011); 3 L&I violations (2017). Absentee individual $996K 3,267 1920 1 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.