Who owns your block
1300 block of S 21st St
A mixed-ownership block: 25% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 630% since 2016, now about $194K. Property taxes are climbing about 27% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $194K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $194K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 6% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 153 reported crimes (43 violent) and 371 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $194K typical home, up +630% since 2016
- Tax bill $221 to $1,937 a year, +27%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.9M assessed, $32,715/yr to the city, about $2,045 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +630% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +776% since 2018 · ~+27%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1300 S 21st St is assessed at $590K but pays $3,747 a year — about 45% of the $8,259 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 +19.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $730 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 19 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Philadelphia (individual) | 5 | 1002 | $444M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jrg Properties Llc | 1 | 14 | $7.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1312-14 Development Llc | 1 | 1 | $460K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Harrys Food Service Llc | 1 | 1 | $222K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ge Kitchen & Bath Llc | 1 | 1 | $176K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300 S 21ST ST New constructionBought for $225K in 2017, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $300K in 2018. | Absentee individual | $590K | —/— | 2,250 | 1923 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1302 S 21ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/1 | 1,334 | 1923 | 0 | |
| 1304 S 21ST ST New constructionBought for $50K in 2015, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $525K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $503K | 3/3 | 1,988 | 2016 | 4 | |
| 1306 S 21ST ST Historysold $1K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $123K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1308 S 21ST ST | Vacant | $117K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1310 S 21ST ST | Vacant | $117K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1312 S 21ST ST Historysold $4K (2001); 2 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $153K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1314-18 S 21ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit. | Investor / LLC | $460K | 6/3 | 2,212 | 2016 | 0 | rented |
| 1320 S 21ST ST | Absentee individual | $219K | —/— | 1,576 | 1923 | 0 | |
| 1322 S 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $155K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $222K | —/— | 1,596 | 1923 | 1 | |
| 1324 S 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $90K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $212K | —/— | 1,526 | 1923 | 1 | |
| 1325 S 21ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $20K in 2004, use permit in 2013, sold for $125K in 2023 (+525%). | Investor / LLC | $176K | —/— | 1,347 | 1920 | 3 | rentedtax lien |
| 1326 S 21ST ST New constructionBought for $120K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $170K in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $413K | 4/— | 1,920 | 1962 | 3 | rentedabated |
| 1327 S 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2009); L&I violation (2021); 6 L&I violations (2023). | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1329 S 21ST ST Historysold $1K (2003); L&I violation (2021); 4 L&I violations (2023). | Vacant | $173K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1331-35 S 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $147K | —/— | 1,608 | 1945 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)