Who owns your block
1300 block of S 28th St
A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 7% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 235% since 2016, now about $217K. Property taxes are climbing about 17% 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 $217K — about 1.0× 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 | $217K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 15% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 156 reported crimes (43 violent) and 394 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
- $217K typical home, up +235% since 2016
- Tax bill $239 to $1,398 a year, +17%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.1M assessed, $50,020/yr to the city, about $1,853 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +235% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +485% since 2016 · ~+17%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1308 S 28th St is assessed at $475K but pays $1,331 a year — about 20% of the $6,653 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 +11.6% 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 $335 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 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 27 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 10
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Phila (individual) | 2 | 3871 | $6561M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philadelphia Land Bank (individual) | 6 | 2498 | $133M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tcs Anika Homes Acquisitions 6 Llc | 1 | 24 | $5.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Levi R Matthews (individual) | 2 | 10 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Michael Kennedy (individual) | 2 | 9 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Equity Trust Company Custodian Fbo Cliff | 1 | 3 | $714K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Michael P Kenny (individual) | 2 | 2 | $484K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 27 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300 S 28TH ST ImprovedBought for $140K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $224K | —/— | 1,952 | 1923 | 2 | |
| 1302 S 28TH ST New constructionBought for $95K in 2021, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $530K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $466K | 4/— | 1,890 | 2023 | 2 | abated |
| 1304 S 28TH ST History2 L&I violations (2023); 4 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); 4 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $99K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1306 S 28TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022). | Vacant | $99K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1308 S 28TH ST New constructionBought for $60K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $418K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $475K | 3/— | 2,001 | 2020 | 2 | abated |
| 1310 S 28TH ST History2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2022). | Vacant | $100K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1312 S 28TH ST New constructionBought for $90K in 2021, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $535K in 2024. | Vacant | $100K | —/— | — | — | 3 | tax lien |
| 1314 S 28TH ST History2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2020); 4 L&I violations (2022). | Vacant | $94K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1316 S 28TH ST History2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2020). | Vacant | $94K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1318 S 28TH ST History2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2020). | Vacant | $94K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1320 S 28TH ST History2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2020). | Vacant | $94K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1322 S 28TH ST New constructionBought for $55K in 2025, built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $80K in 2025. | Vacant | $100K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1324 S 28TH ST ImprovedBought for $115K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $315K | 3/1 | 1,418 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1326 S 28TH ST New constructionBought for $30K in 2016, built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $405K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $495K | 3/— | 2,127 | 2020 | 3 | |
| 1328 S 28TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $216K | 3/1 | 1,418 | 1923 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1330 S 28TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $216K | 3/1 | 1,418 | 1923 | 0 | abated |
| 1332 S 28TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $168K | 3/1 | 858 | 1923 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1334 S 28TH ST | Owner-occupied | $224K | 4/1 | 1,548 | 1923 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1336 S 28TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $263K | 3/2 | 1,452 | 1923 | 0 | |
| 1338 S 28TH ST History3 L&I violations (2010); sold $129K (2022). | Absentee individual | $217K | —/— | 1,601 | 1923 | 1 | |
| 1340 S 28TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Absentee individual | $222K | 4/1 | 1,595 | 1923 | 0 | |
| 1341-43 S 28TH ST ImprovedBought for $155K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Absentee individual | $248K | —/— | 2,916 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1342 S 28TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $272K | 3/2 | 1,595 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1344 S 28TH ST | Absentee individual | $213K | 3/1 | 1,452 | 1923 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1345-49 S 28TH ST | Vacant | $498K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1346 S 28TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $240K | 3/1 | 1,848 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1348 S 28TH ST | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,656 | 1923 | 0 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)