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Who owns your block

1000 block of Buttonwood St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 30% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 137% since 2016, now about $529K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$529K
$113K–$2.1M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$310
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $29K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 10
$27K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
40%
4 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
20%
2 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
6
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 50% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax +$15
5 years
+84%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+137%
value · tax +$4K

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 $529K — about 2.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$529K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied0%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 120 reported crimes (41 violent) and 115 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
120
41 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
115
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults28
All Other Offenses22
Thefts18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Theft from Vehicle9
Motor Vehicle Theft6

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect14
Information Request12
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Illegal Dumping10
Maintenance Complaint9
Shoveling8

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
Spring Garden
1146 Melon St · 247 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$529K2016: $223K2017: $223K2018: $223K2019: $275K2020: $284K2021: $284K2022: $287K2023: $509K2024: $509K2025: $571K2026: $571K2027: $529K2016202020232027

▲ +137% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,8812016: $1,7742017: $2,6332018: $2,6332019: $3,6952020: $3,8192021: $3,5552022: $3,5552023: $4,9312024: $4,9312025: $6,8662026: $6,8662027: $6,8812016202020232027

▲ +288% since 2016 · ~+13%/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 $26,971 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

7 homes pay the full 1.40%3 pay less
$4,177pays now $20,886at the full rate

The starkest example: 1025 Buttonwood St is assessed at $1.5M but pays $4,177 a year — about 20% of the $20,886 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 237 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $237 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+137%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.6 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M20002005201020152020
7arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 3 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels5 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$113K$1.8M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Li Rui Zhong (individual)211$5.3Mphila.gov ↗
Sa 1026 Spring Garden LP13$6.6Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Hunting Park Investment LLC11$991Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Sa 1006 Buttonwood LP11$1.8Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

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

$0$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1001-03 BUTTONWOOD ST built new under a 2017 permit. Investor / LLC $991K —/— 9,512 2019 0
1006 BUTTONWOOD ST Vacant $1.8M —/— 1
1011 BUTTONWOOD ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $417K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 abated
1013 BUTTONWOOD ST Owner-occupied $467K 3/1 1,505 1925 0 abated
1019 BUTTONWOOD ST Bought for $20K in 2004, use permit in 2016, sold for $193K in 2021 (+863%). Vacant $113K —/— 3
1021-23 BUTTONWOOD ST Bought for $5.5M in 2017. Owner pulled a use permit in 2016. Vacant $502K —/— 1
1024-28 BUTTONWOOD ST Owner-occupied $2.1M —/— 11,440 1920 0
1025 BUTTONWOOD ST demolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2020). Absentee individual $1.5M 6/5 2,942 2022 0 rentedabated
1027 BUTTONWOOD ST Bought for $72K in 2000. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $556K 3/1 1,635 1925 1
1029 BUTTONWOOD ST Bought for $45K in 2001. Owner pulled a use permit in 2016. Absentee individual $481K 3/1 2,044 1925 1 rented

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.