Who owns your block
100 block of S 42nd St
A mixed-ownership block: 30% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 4 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 106% since 2016, now about $660K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $660K — about 3.0× 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 block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $660K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 273 reported crimes (23 violent) and 149 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $660K typical home, up +106% since 2016
- Tax bill $4,419 to $8,215 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.6M assessed, $82,382/yr to the city, about $8,238 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +106% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +86% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
106 S 42nd St is assessed at $1.6M but pays $7,245 a year — about 31% of the $23,018 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $206 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 9 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 10 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dpl Properties Lp | 1 | 8 | $4.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 106s 42nd St Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 10 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 S 42ND ST | Investor / LLC | $574K | 2,400 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 102 S 42ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $140K in 2003 → $130K in 2003 (-7%). | Owner-occupied | $600K | 2,610 | 1930 | 2 | rented |
| 104 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $103K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $667K | 2,703 | 1930 | 1 | abated |
| 106 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $720K in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $1.6M | 6,112 | 1930 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 108 S 42ND ST | Owner-occupied | $565K | 2,703 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 110 S 42ND ST Historysold $401K (2015); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Absentee individual | $626K | 2,700 | 1890 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 111 S 42ND ST | Absentee individual | $654K | 3,000 | 1930 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 113 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $75K in 2000. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $710K | 3,000 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 115 S 42ND ST | Absentee individual | $710K | 3,000 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 117 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $440K in 2013. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $881K | 3,000 | 1930 | 1 | rented2 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)