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Who owns your block

100 block of S 39th St

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $829K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$829K
$650K–$4.1M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$207
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $57K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 6
$49K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
100%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax −$121
5 years
+33%
value · tax +$320
10 years
+93%
value · tax +$3K

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 $829K — about 3.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$829K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied0%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 112 reported crimes (35 violent) and 38 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
112
35 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
38
6 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts37
Other Assaults23
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Disorderly Conduct7
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal7
Maintenance Complaint7
Information Request5
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Street Defect4
Traffic Signal Emergency4

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 · K-4
Samuel Powel
3610 Warren St · 342 students
Middle · 5-8
Science Leadership Academy Middle School
3610 Warren St · 351 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$1.0M$2.0M$829K2016: $430K2017: $430K2018: $601K2019: $619K2020: $624K2021: $624K2022: $624K2023: $846K2024: $846K2025: $822K2026: $822K2027: $829K2016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$4,5472016: $5,8882017: $1,8062018: $4,0752019: $4,1972020: $4,2272021: $4,2272022: $4,2272023: $4,9432024: $4,9432025: $4,6682026: $4,6682027: $4,5472016202020232027

▼ -23% since 2016 · ~-2%/yr

3
3 properties 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 $49,326 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 193 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+93%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.4 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2011. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2011
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Absentee individual: 6 6parcels
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$650K$2.0M+

The block's largest owner, Trs Univ Of Penn, carries 48 open violations across 108 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Trs Univ Of Penn (individual)3108$1367Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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
119-25 S 39TH ST Owner pulled a major demolition permit in 2024. Absentee individual $4.1M 19,736 1915 0 rented
122 S 39TH ST Bought for $750K in 2011. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Absentee individual $780K 4,065 1900 1 rented
124 S 39TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $878K 3,522 1900 0 rentedabated
126 S 39TH ST Owner pulled a fast form building permit in 2007. Absentee individual $650K 10,566 1900 0 rented
128 S 39TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $683K 10,566 1900 0 rentedabated
130-32 S 39TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $2.0M 3,501 1925 0 rentedabated

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.