Who owns your block
200 block of S 42nd St
An investor-heavy block: 54% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.
The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $910K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $910K — about 4.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $910K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 4% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 66 reported crimes (12 violent) and 117 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
- $910K typical home, up +78% since 2016
- Tax bill $7,007 to $12,742 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $23M assessed, $320,048/yr to the city, about $13,335 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +78% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +82% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
229 S 42nd St is assessed at $1.4M but pays $18,475 a year — about 96% of the $19,309 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 +5.4% 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 $178 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 13
- Absentee individual 9
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Simon Associates_limited, carries 13 open violations across 55 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associates_limited Simon (individual) | 5 | 55 | $63M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Campus Realty Properties- | 4 | 35 | $25M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Simon Associates | 2 | 8 | $7.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sisko Inc | 1 | 5 | $3.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pine Corner Properties Ll | 1 | 4 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Trs Of The Univ Of Penna (individual) | 2 | 2 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 216 218 Llc | 2 | 2 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Xq Llc | 1 | 2 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 205s 42nd St Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Penn Shah Llc | 1 | 1 | $529K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 S 42ND ST | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | 6,280 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 202 S 42ND ST | Investor / LLC | $683K | 3,840 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 203 S 42ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. | Investor / LLC | $910K | 4,200 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 204 S 42ND ST | Absentee individual | $813K | 4,020 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 205 S 42ND ST | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | 5,740 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 206 S 42ND ST | Absentee individual | $709K | 4,020 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 207-09 S 42ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | 8,400 | 1870 | 0 | rented |
| 208 S 42ND ST | Absentee individual | $1.1M | 4,020 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 210 S 42ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. | Investor / LLC | $910K | 4,000 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 211 S 42ND ST | Absentee individual | $738K | 4,200 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 212 S 42ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $939K | 4,000 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 213 S 42ND ST | Investor / LLC | $810K | 4,200 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 214 S 42ND ST History4 L&I violations (2017). | Absentee individual | $971K | 4,000 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 215 S 42ND ST | Investor / LLC | $810K | 4,200 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 216 S 42ND ST Historysold $1.6M (2024); Appeal filed (2026). | Investor / LLC | $780K | 4,746 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 217 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $600K in 2014. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $529K | 2,609 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 218 S 42ND ST | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | 7,728 | 1890 | 1 | |
| 223 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $1.4M in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | 4,830 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 225 S 42ND ST | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | 6,005 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 227 S 42ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $1.3M | 6,005 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 229 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 5,880 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 231 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $1.3M in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $680K | 5,980 | 1885 | 1 | |
| 233 S 42ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $759K | 3,825 | 1885 | 0 | rented |
| 235 S 42ND ST HistoryL&I violation (2018). | Absentee individual | $910K | 3,825 | 1885 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)