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Who owns your block

1100 block of S 2nd St

A mixed-ownership block: 46% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 1 home behind $2,789 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $500K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$500K
$368K–$1.6M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$231
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
46%
6 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
8%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
1 of 13 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$24
5 years
+28%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+76%
value · tax +$3K

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 $500K — 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$500K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied39%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 47 reported crimes (5 violent) and 187 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
47
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
187
38 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle15
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Thefts6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Fraud4
Other Assaults3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection58
Abandoned Vehicle30
Street Defect17
Maintenance Complaint13
Illegal Dumping11
Shoveling7

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
Vare-Washington ES
1198 S 5th St · 370 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$500K2016: $284K2017: $284K2018: $284K2019: $359K2020: $389K2021: $389K2022: $389K2023: $420K2024: $420K2025: $498K2026: $498K2027: $500K2016202020232027

▲ +76% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,0282016: $2,9062017: $2,9062018: $3,0382019: $3,6652020: $3,9712021: $3,9712022: $3,9712023: $4,6592024: $5,1542025: $6,0042026: $6,0042027: $6,0282016202020232027

▲ +107% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 176 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+76%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20042008201220162020
14arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 1 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels3 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$368K$711K+

The block's largest owner, Mccullagh Martin, carries 4 open violations across 10 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Martin Mccullagh (individual)210$6.7Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 13 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1101 S 2ND ST Bought for $504K in 2013, built new under a 2012 permit. Absentee individual $711K 4/2 2,512 2014 1 tax lien
1103 S 2ND ST Bought for $504K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit. Absentee individual $711K 4/— 2,512 2014 1 rentedtax lien
1107 S 2ND ST demolished in 2012 and rebuilt (2011), then sold for $200K in 2011. Absentee individual $548K —/— 3,225 1915 1
1112-16 S 2ND ST L&I: EXTERIOR STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE (2016). Vacant $1.6M —/— 0
1113 S 2ND ST 2 L&I violations (2017). Absentee individual $431K —/— 1,863 1915 0 tax lien
1115 S 2ND ST L&I violation (2007). Owner-occupied $384K —/— 1,926 1915 0
1117-21 S 2ND ST built new under a 2018 permit. Owner-occupied $500K —/— 2,940 1915 0 tax lien
1118 S 2ND ST Traded 2×: $225K in 2015 → $385K in 2022 (+71%). Owner-occupied $368K —/— 1,440 1915 2
1120 S 2ND ST Owner-occupied $447K —/— 2,160 1915 1
1122 S 2ND ST Bought for $155K in 2017, demolition permit in 2017, sold for $490K in 2019 (+216%). Owner-occupied $577K 3/2 1,705 1915 2
1124 S 2ND ST built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $255K in 2023. Absentee individual $388K —/— 1,760 1915 1 6 violtax lien
1126 S 2ND ST Traded 5×: $150K in 2004 → $420K in 2021 (+180%). Owner-occupied $501K 3/2 1,760 1915 5
1128 S 2ND ST Absentee individual $477K —/— 2,496 1915 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)

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.