Who owns your block
100 block of S Van Pelt St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 417% since 2016, now about $1.5M. Property taxes are climbing about 14% 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 $1.5M — about 6.7× 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 block | ZIP 19103 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.5M | $608K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 14% | 28% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 137 reported crimes (33 violent) and 612 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
- $1.5M typical home, up +417% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,859 to $16,145 a year, +14%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $20M assessed, $203,949/yr to the city, about $14,568 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +417% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +318% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
113 S Van Pelt St is assessed at $2.4M but pays $13,289 a year — about 40% of the $33,223 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 +16.1% 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 $517 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 14 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buford Van Pelt Llc | 1 | 1 | $632K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 14 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 | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109-11 S VAN PELT ST New constructionBought for $10K in 2015, built new (tax-abated), sold for $2.3M in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $2.2M | 3/— | 4,087 | 2015 | 2 | abated |
| 113 S VAN PELT ST New constructionBought for $2.2M in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $3.0M in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $2.4M | 4/5 | 4,037 | 2015 | 3 | abated |
| 114 S VAN PELT ST New constructionBought for $400K in 2015, built new (tax-abated), sold for $850K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $788K | 3/2 | 1,353 | 1960 | 3 | abated |
| 115 S VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $1.5M | 3/3 | 2,682 | 2015 | 1 | |
| 116 S VAN PELT ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $275K in 2002 → $640K in 2021 (+133%). | Owner-occupied | $633K | 3/2 | 1,317 | 1960 | 4 | |
| 117 S VAN PELT ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $1.8M in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $1.5M | 3/3 | 2,682 | 2015 | 1 | abated |
| 118 S VAN PELT ST TradedTraded 2×: $250K in 2002 → $602K in 2022 (+141%). | Investor / LLC | $632K | 2/2 | 1,281 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 119 S VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $1.5M | 3/3 | 2,696 | 2015 | 1 | |
| 120 S VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $633K | —/— | 1,311 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 121 S VAN PELT ST TradedTraded 2×: $1.6M in 2016 → $1.9M in 2024 (+19%). | Owner-occupied | $1.8M | 3/4 | 3,416 | 2015 | 2 | |
| 123 S VAN PELT ST New constructionBought for $1.3M in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $1.6M in 2026. | Absentee individual | $1.5M | 3/3 | 2,684 | 2015 | 2 | abated |
| 124 S VAN PELT ST TradedTraded 2×: $1.1M in 2019 → $1.6M in 2024 (+52%). | Owner-occupied | $1.5M | 4/2 | 2,520 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 125 S VAN PELT ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $2.3M in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $2.3M | 3/3 | 4,427 | 2015 | 1 | abated |
| 126 S VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $1.5M | 3/3 | 2,520 | 1960 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)