Who owns your block
100 block of S 57th St
A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 26% investor-held, with 5 open code violations and 3 homes behind $3,464 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 121% since 2016, now about $174K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $174K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19139 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $174K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 214 reported crimes (55 violent) and 264 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
- $174K typical home, up +121% since 2016
- Tax bill $859 to $1,862 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.8M assessed, $37,399/yr to the city, about $1,626 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +121% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +117% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
133 S 57th St is assessed at $506K but pays $2,045 a year — about 29% of the $7,084 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.5% 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 $221 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Akal Investments Llc, carries 16 open violations across 39 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akal Investments Llc | 1 | 39 | $9.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cba Development Group Llc | 1 | 10 | $4.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bg Realty Llc | 1 | 9 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Syan Investment Llc | 1 | 3 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Flash Management Llc | 1 | 1 | $137K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Conway & Costantino Llc | 1 | 1 | $133K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 23 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 S 57TH ST ImprovedBought for $65K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 114 S 57TH ST ImprovedBought for $18K in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 116 S 57TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 118 S 57TH ST ImprovedBought for $49K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $174K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 120 S 57TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 122 S 57TH ST ImprovedBought for $40K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 124 S 57TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit, sold for $95K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $133K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 1 | 5 viol |
| 126 S 57TH ST ImprovedBought for $24K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $133K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 128 S 57TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $142K | 3/1 | 1,216 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 132 S 57TH ST ImprovedBought for $144K in 2019. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. | Absentee individual | $187K | 4/1 | 1,698 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 133 S 57TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $110K in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $506K | 6/6 | 2,496 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 134 S 57TH ST | Owner-occupied | $180K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 135 S 57TH ST History5 L&I violations (2017). | Owner-occupied | $183K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 136 S 57TH ST ImprovedBought for $78K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $180K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 137 S 57TH ST | Absentee individual | $183K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 138 S 57TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2014 and rebuilt (2020). | Investor / LLC | $43K | 8/4 | 3,936 | 2023 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 139 S 57TH ST | Owner-occupied | $183K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 140 S 57TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $45K in 2007 → $123K in 2008 (+173%). | Owner-occupied | $185K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 141 S 57TH ST ImprovedBought for $10K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $108K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 142 S 57TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit, sold for $75K in 2022. | Absentee individual | $185K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 143 S 57TH ST History2 L&I violations (2017); 3 L&I violations (2021). | Absentee individual | $189K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 144-50 S 57TH ST ImprovedBought for $150K in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $206K | —/— | 3,025 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 145 S 57TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $650K in 2003 → $661K in 2020 (+2%). | Investor / LLC | $48K | —/— | 600 | 1925 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)