200 block of N 2nd St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $21K — about 0.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19106 median of $419K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19106 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (7 violent) and 105 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $21K typical home, up +54% since 2016
• Tax bill $195 to $300 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $74M assessed, $679,525/yr to the city, about $2,137 per home

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

248 N 2nd St is assessed at $1.6M but pays $4,346 a year — about 20% of the $21,737 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 +4% 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 $154 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 310 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

House by house

All 318 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

Torn down & rebuilt

244 N 2nd St

$1.6M · demolished and rebuilt (2022), then sold for $1.6M in 2025.

New construction

253-55 N 2nd St

$5.1M · built new under a 2013 permit.

New construction

240-42 N 2nd St

$2.1M · built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $4.5M in 2017.

New construction

246 N 2nd St

$1.6M · built new under a 2021 permit.

New construction

248 N 2nd St

$1.6M · built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

250 N 2nd St

$1.6M · built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $1.5M in 2026.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.