Who owns your block
1000 block of S 2nd St
A mixed-ownership block: 42% owner-occupied, 3% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 65% since 2016, now about $495K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $495K — about 2.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $495K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 26% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 38 reported crimes (5 violent) and 191 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
- $495K typical home, up +65% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,824 to $2,280 a year, -5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $17M assessed, $127,778/yr to the city, about $4,122 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +65% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -40% since 2016 · ~-5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1018 S 2nd St is assessed at $1.0M but pays $13,492 a year — about 94% of the $14,361 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.7% 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 $165 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 31 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 21 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 31 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 16
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V&B Homes Llc | 1 | 1 | $902K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 S 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $902K | 4/3 | 1,836 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1002 S 2ND ST New constructionBought for $575K in 2017, built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated), sold for $610K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $773K | 4/3 | 2,132 | 1915 | 2 | abated |
| 1004 S 2ND ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017), then sold for $795K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $815K | 3/2 | 1,894 | 2017 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 1005-07 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 3/4 | 5,640 | 1923 | 0 | rented |
| 1006 S 2ND ST New constructionBought for $135K in 2012, built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $717K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $731K | 4/3 | 1,735 | 2014 | 6 | |
| 1008 S 2ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $59K in 2000, use permit in 2009, sold for $423K in 2017 (+616%). | Owner-occupied | $521K | 3/2 | 1,212 | 1905 | 7 | |
| 1009 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $610K | —/— | 2,205 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1010 S 2ND ST ImprovedBought for $102K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $528K | —/— | 1,680 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 1011 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $394K | —/— | 1,218 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1012 S 2ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $425K in 2018, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2020, sold for $859K in 2021 (+102%). | Owner-occupied | $927K | 4/2 | 2,688 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1013 S 2ND ST ImprovedBought for $385K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $417K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1014 S 2ND ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $178K in 2000 → $600K in 2017 (+238%). | Owner-occupied | $574K | —/— | 2,556 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1015-17 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $618K | 6/3 | 2,325 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1016 S 2ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $250K in 2003 → $430K in 2016 (+72%). | Owner-occupied | $579K | —/— | 1,958 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1018 S 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | —/— | 4,794 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1020 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $462K | 2/2 | 973 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1020 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $419K | 2/2 | 882 | 2018 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1020 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $495K | 3/3 | 1,954 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1020 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $413K | 2/2 | 838 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1020 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $413K | 2/2 | 838 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1020 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $479K | 2/2 | 1,736 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1020 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $419K | 2/2 | 882 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1022-24 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $322K | 1/1 | 963 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1022-24 S 2ND ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017). | Absentee individual | $334K | 2/1 | 1,264 | 2018 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1022-24 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $479K | 3/2 | 1,820 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1022-24 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $484K | 3/2 | 1,894 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1022-24 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $361K | 2/2 | 1,411 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1022-24 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $323K | 1/1 | 1,026 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1022-24 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $533K | 3/2 | 2,176 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1022-24 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $544K | 3/2 | 2,421 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1026 S 2ND ST | Vacant | $176K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)