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Who owns your block

100 block of S 59th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 3 homes behind $14,847 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 120% since 2016, now about $149K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$149K
$5K–$202K
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$111
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$767
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 37
$34K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
81%
30 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
11%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$15K
3 of 37 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax −$25
5 years
+107%
value · tax +$316
10 years
+120%
value · tax +$82

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 $149K — about 0.7× 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 blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$149K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied65%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 109 reported crimes (28 violent) and 230 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
109
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
230
70 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses18
Thefts18
Other Assaults15
Fraud12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Motor Vehicle Theft8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint49
Illegal Dumping43
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection32
Abandoned Vehicle26
Sanitation Violation11
License Complaint7

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
Andrew Hamilton
6801 Cottage St · 686 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$100K$200K$149K2016: $68K2017: $68K2018: $68K2019: $69K2020: $72K2021: $72K2022: $72K2023: $119K2024: $119K2025: $149K2026: $149K2027: $149K2016202020232027

▲ +120% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$7112016: $6292017: $6292018: $6292019: $4692020: $4382021: $4382022: $3952023: $5872024: $5812025: $7362026: $7362027: $7112016202020232027

▲ +13% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

2
2 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 $33,548 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%
$0pays now $1,376at the full rate

126 S 59th St is assessed at $98K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,376 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 +7.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 220 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $220 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+120%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.9 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 36 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M200020052010201520202025
36arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 30Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 1 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 30
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels0 parcels32 parcels
$5K$158K+

The block's largest owner, Jh Ventures 57 Llc, carries 16 open violations across 57 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jh Ventures 57 Llc157$6.9Mphila.gov ↗
Vision Quest Investments 3 Llc142$5.4Mphila.gov ↗
Blue Hill Properties Lp119$3.3Mphila.gov ↗
Pnhgs Investments Llc13$143Kphila.gov ↗
Hip Brothers Realty Llc22$160Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 37 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
103 S 59TH ST Traded 2×: $17K in 2015 → $103K in 2020 (+506%). Investor / LLC $5K —/— 180 1925 2
105 S 59TH ST Traded 4×: $17K in 2014 → $103K in 2020 (+506%). Investor / LLC $155K 3/1 1,350 1925 4 rented
106 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,242 1925 0 rented
107 S 59TH ST Bought for $44K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $155K 3/1 1,350 1925 1
108 S 59TH ST Bought for $18K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $72K in 2010 (+311%). Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,242 1925 4
109 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $155K 3/1 1,350 1925 0
110 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,384 1925 0 tax lien
111 S 59TH ST Bought for $104K in 2018. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $155K 3/1 1,350 1925 1
112 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,384 1925 0
113 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,350 1925 0
114 S 59TH ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2010 → $105K in 2010 (+425%). Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,384 1925 2
115 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,350 1925 0
116 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,384 1925 0
117 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $158K 3/1 1,470 1925 0 tax lien
118 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,384 1925 0
119 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $158K 3/1 1,470 1925 0 2 violtax lien
120 S 59TH ST Traded 3×: $1.1M in 2013 → $5.1M in 2023 (+373%). Investor / LLC $148K 4/1 1,504 1925 3 8 viol
121 S 59TH ST Bought for $27K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,260 1925 2
122 S 59TH ST Bought for $40K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $100K in 2017 (+153%). Owner-occupied $148K 4/1 1,504 1925 2
123 S 59TH ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2015 → $187K in 2022 (+70%). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,260 1925 2
124 S 59TH ST built new under a 2018 permit. Owner-occupied $137K 3/1 1,290 1925 0
125 S 59TH ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2006 → $29K in 2010 (-28%). Investor / LLC $149K 3/1 1,260 1925 2 rented
126 S 59TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $98K 3/1 1,290 1925 0 abated
127 S 59TH ST Traded 2×: $26K in 2003 → $47K in 2003 (+78%). Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,260 1925 2
128 S 59TH ST built new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $98K 3/1 1,290 1925 0 abated
129 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,260 1925 0
130 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,290 1925 0
131 S 59TH ST Bought for $100K in 2013. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,260 1925 1
132 S 59TH ST Bought for $49K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $98K 3/1 1,290 1925 1
133 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,260 1925 0
134 S 59TH ST Bought for $33K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Investor / LLC $142K 3/1 1,290 1925 2 rentedtax lien
135 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,260 1925 0
136 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,458 1925 0
137 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,260 1925 1
139 S 59TH ST Bought for $110K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,260 1925 1
141 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,260 1925 0
143-45 S 59TH ST Bought for $35K in 2012. Owner pulled a sign permit in 2013. Investor / LLC $57K —/— 254 1925 3

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

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