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Who owns your block

1300 block of N 31st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 85% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $55 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $340K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$340K
$323K–$357K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$263
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2006
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
85%
17 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
15%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$55
1 of 20 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+32%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+100%
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 $340K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above 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$340K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied35%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 185 reported crimes (25 violent) and 203 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
185
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
203
42 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts88
Motor Vehicle Theft21
Theft from Vehicle21
Other Assaults15
Burglary Residential13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint39
Illegal Dumping32
Abandoned Vehicle27
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
Information Request14
Salting14

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
Robert Morris
2600 W Thompson St · 216 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$340K2016: $176K2017: $170K2018: $170K2019: $213K2020: $258K2021: $258K2022: $258K2023: $283K2024: $283K2025: $340K2026: $340K2027: $340K2016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,5272016: $2,3822017: $2,3822018: $2,3822019: $2,9792020: $3,4302021: $3,4302022: $3,4302023: $3,7722024: $3,7722025: $4,5272026: $4,5272027: $4,5272016202020232027

▲ +90% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 193 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+93%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.3 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2016. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20162017
2arm's-length sales since 2016
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

10 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels10 parcels
$323K$357K
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Square Brewerytown (individual)25$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Destef Realty Llc11$357Kphila.gov ↗
1318 N 31st Street Llc11$323Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 20 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1300 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Absentee individual $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 0 rented
1302 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0
1304 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0
1306 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 0
1308 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 0
1310 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0
1312 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0
1314 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 0
1316 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0
1318 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 0
1320 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 0
1322 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0
1324 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 0
1326 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a operations permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0
1328 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0 rented
1330 N 31ST ST Bought for $240K in 2016. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 1
1332 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 0
1334 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0
1336 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $357K 3/3 1,367 2006 0 rented
1338 N 31ST ST Bought for $238K in 2017. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $323K 2/2 1,230 2006 1

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.