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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.

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
$495K
$176K–$1.1M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$314
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
19 of 31
$112K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
42%
13 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
13%
4 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
3
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax −$1
5 years
+16%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+65%
value · tax −$2K

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 $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 blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$495K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied26%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.

Crimes · 12mo
38
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
191
31 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle11
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Fraud6
Thefts6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection45
Abandoned Vehicle19
Maintenance Complaint19
Illegal Dumping17
Street Defect17
Other (Streets)7

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
George W Nebinger
601 Carpenter St · 399 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$500K$1.0M$495K2016: $300K2017: $300K2018: $300K2019: $431K2020: $428K2021: $428K2022: $428K2023: $436K2024: $436K2025: $480K2026: $480K2027: $495K2016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$2,2802016: $3,8242017: $3,8242018: $3,8242019: $5,1512020: $1,0752021: $1,0752022: $1,0752023: $2,0412024: $2,0412025: $2,2812026: $2,2812027: $2,2802016202020232027

▼ -40% since 2016 · ~-5%/yr

19
19 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 $112,254 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%
$13,492pays now $14,361at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 165 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+4.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+65%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.8 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 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

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
31arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
21homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 16Vacant: 1 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 16
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels4 parcels11 parcels6 parcels2 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$176K$927K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
V&B Homes Llc11$902Kphila.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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1000 S 2ND ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $902K 4/3 1,836 1915 0 abated
1002 S 2ND ST Bought 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 demolished 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 Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/4 5,640 1923 0 rented
1006 S 2ND ST Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought for $385K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $417K 3/1 1,350 1915 1
1014 S 2ND ST Traded 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 Traded 2×: $250K in 2003 → $430K in 2016 (+72%). Owner-occupied $579K —/— 1,958 1915 2
1018 S 2ND ST built 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 demolished 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)

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