Who owns your block
200 block of E Tusculum St
A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 12% investor-held, with 14 open code violations and 5 homes behind $12,401 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $61K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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 $61K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19134 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $61K | $113K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 123 reported crimes (45 violent) and 177 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
- $61K typical home, up +87% since 2016
- Tax bill $38 to $177 a year, +15%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.7M assessed, $11,658/yr to the city, about $448 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +87% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +366% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
261 E Tusculum St is assessed at $84K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,174 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% 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 $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 37 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Np Has Llc | 1 | 4 | $461K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Yaacomer Llc | 1 | 4 | $459K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Dollies Enterprises Llc | 1 | 1 | $76K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 E TUSCULUM ST HistoryAppeal moot (2017). | Vacant | $242K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 239 E TUSCULUM ST | Vacant | $10K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 241 E TUSCULUM ST | Vacant | $10K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 243 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $60K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 245 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $60K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 247 E TUSCULUM ST | Absentee individual | $65K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 249 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $4K in 1999 → $9K in 2005 (+125%). | Owner-occupied | $65K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 251 E TUSCULUM ST | Vacant | $15K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 253 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $65K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 255 E TUSCULUM ST | Investor / LLC | $65K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 257 E TUSCULUM ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $6K in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $65K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 1 | abated8 viol |
| 259 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $31K in 2008 → $55K in 2023 (+77%). | Owner-occupied | $65K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 261 E TUSCULUM ST New constructionBought for $46K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $105K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $84K | 3/1 | 672 | 1920 | 3 | abated |
| 263 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $44K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 265 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $65K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 267 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $65K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 269 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $21K in 2005 → $115K in 2025 (+458%). | Investor / LLC | $76K | 2/1 | 812 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 271 E TUSCULUM ST New constructionBought for $15K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $10K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $60K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 3 | abated2 viol |
| 273 E TUSCULUM ST TradedTraded 2×: $48K in 2010 → $46K in 2022 (-4%). | Owner-occupied | $62K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 275 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $2K in 2000 → $82K in 2022 (+3627%). | Absentee individual | $60K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 6 | rented |
| 277 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $60K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 279 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $60K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 0 | abated4 viol |
| 281 E TUSCULUM ST | Vacant | $10K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 283 E TUSCULUM ST | Absentee individual | $60K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 285 E TUSCULUM ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $1K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $60K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 287 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $29K in 2018 → $61K in 2022 (+110%). | Investor / LLC | $94K | 2/1 | 672 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)