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Who owns your block

1300 block of N 21st St

A mixed-ownership block: 13% owner-occupied, 38% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 152% since 2016, now about $166K. 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
$166K
$80K–$455K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$233
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 8
$15K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
13%
1 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
38%
3 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
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+31%
value · tax +$48
5 years
+104%
value · tax +$181
10 years
+152%
value · tax +$474

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 $166K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$166K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied0%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (24 violent) and 92 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
95
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
92
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft17
Other Assaults16
Thefts16
All Other Offenses10
Theft from Vehicle8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint22
Street Defect14
Abandoned Vehicle11
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Illegal Dumping7
Sanitation Violation6

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
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$250K$500K$166K2016: $66K2017: $66K2018: $66K2019: $59K2020: $61K2021: $61K2022: $81K2023: $80K2024: $80K2025: $127K2026: $127K2027: $166K2016202020232027

▲ +152% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1852016: $7112017: $7112018: $7112019: $8202020: $8522021: $8522022: $1,0042023: $7172024: $7172025: $1,1372026: $1,1372027: $1,1852016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 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 $15,238 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%
$1,294pays now $6,373at the full rate

1329 N 21st St is assessed at $455K but pays $1,294 a year — about 20% of the $6,373 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9010050020162019202220252027This block 252 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $252 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+152%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.3 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
5arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 4 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$80K$393K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)34773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
Ock Properties Llc11$455Kphila.gov ↗
Nemours Properties Llc11$91Kphila.gov ↗
Diamond Key Properties Llc11$393Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 8 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1325 N 21ST ST built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $20K in 2011. Vacant $155K —/— 1 rented
1329 N 21ST ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated), sold for $135K in 2018. Investor / LLC $455K 3/— 1,956 1915 1 rentedabatedtax lien
1331 N 21ST ST built new under a 2020 permit. Vacant $80K —/— 0
1333 N 21ST ST Bought for $10K in 2001. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Absentee individual $383K 4/3 2,272 1915 2
1335 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $116K —/— 1,806 1915 0
1337 N 21ST ST built new under a 2020 permit. Vacant $177K —/— 0
1338 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021). Vacant $91K —/— 0
1340 N 21ST ST Bought for $152K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $393K 6/2 1,344 2021 1 rentedabated

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.