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Who owns your block

1100 block of S 21st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $3 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 11% since 2016, now about $498K. Property taxes are climbing about 40% a year.

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
$498K
$486K–$549K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$224
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$752K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $498K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2015
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
7 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3
1 of 7 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-32%
value · tax −$3K
5 years
-1%
value · tax +$5K
10 years
+11%
value · tax +$5K

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 $498K — about 2.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$498K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied57%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 108 reported crimes (20 violent) and 225 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
108
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
225
36 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses25
Thefts19
Offenses Against Family and Children12
Other Assaults12
Theft from Vehicle11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection68
Maintenance Complaint23
Illegal Dumping21
Abandoned Vehicle14
Other (Streets)12
Street Defect12

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
Edwin M Stanton
901 S 17th St · 316 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$498K2016: $450K2017: $450K2018: $450K2019: $450K2020: $502K2021: $502K2022: $502K2023: $733K2024: $733K2025: $733K2026: $733K2027: $498K2016202020232027

▲ +11% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,2802016: $1542017: $1,6402018: $1,6402019: $1,6402020: $1,6872021: $1,6872022: $1,6872023: $2,0532024: $2,0532025: $2,0522026: $9,5762027: $6,2802016202020232027

▲ +3978% since 2016 · ~+40%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +0.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 111 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $111 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+0.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+11%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+0.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-2.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.6 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2015. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2016201920222025
11arm's-length sales since 2015
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$486K$508K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 7 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1187 S 21ST ST Bought for $600K in 2015, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $780K in 2024. Owner-occupied $549K 3/3 2,553 2015 2
1189 S 21ST ST Bought for $475K in 2015, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $723K in 2026. Owner-occupied $486K 3/2 2,223 2015 3
1191 S 21ST ST Bought for $620K in 2021, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $695K in 2024. Owner-occupied $494K 3/— 2,323 2015 2
1193 S 21ST ST built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $629K in 2022. Owner-occupied $498K 3/2 2,223 2015 1
1195 S 21ST ST built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $615K in 2021. Owner-occupied $498K 3/— 2,223 2015 1
1197 S 21ST ST built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $641K in 2022. Owner-occupied $498K 3/2 2,223 2015 1
1199 S 21ST ST built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $515K in 2015. Owner-occupied $508K 3/2 2,220 2015 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)

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.