200 block of N 54th St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $136K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 150 reported crimes (58 violent) and 341 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

• $136K typical home, up +194% since 2016
• Tax bill $645 to $1,897 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $5.2M assessed, $45,573/yr to the city, about $1,628 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 224-50 N 54th Sttax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $1.4M
• 225 N 54th Stexemption0.00%$0/yr on $34K
• 231 N 54th Stexemption0.37%$497/yr on $136K
• 233 N 54th Stexemption0.37%$497/yr on $136K
• 237 N 54th Stexemption0.37%$497/yr on $136K
• …and 2 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 224-50 N 54th St is assessed at $1.4M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $19,417 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.3% 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 $294 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 33 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Appletree Realty Group LLC, carries 13 open violations across 14 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 28 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

New construction

224-50 N 54th St

$1.4M · built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.0M in 2007.

Renovated & sold on

229 N 54th St

$221K · Bought for $80K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2019, sold for $269K in 2022 (+236%).

Renovated & sold on

220 N 54th St

$185K · Bought for $14K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $133K in 2018 (+885%).

Renovated & sold on

216 N 54th St

$173K · Bought for $62K in 2007, electrical permit in 2009, sold for $145K in 2018 (+134%).

Renovated & sold on

218 N 54th St

$173K · Bought for $78K in 2007, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $145K in 2018 (+87%).

Improved

205 N 54th St

$201K · Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.