200 block of S 52nd St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $190K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above 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: 154 reported crimes (68 violent) and 241 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

• $190K typical home, up +61% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,607 to $2,529 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $13M assessed, $160,334/yr to the city, about $2,672 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:

• 222 S 52nd Sttax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $323K
• 226 S 52nd Sttax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $59K
• 228-36 S 52nd Sttax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $399K
• 271 S 52nd Stexemption0.67%$1,272/yr on $191K
• 217 S 52nd Sttax-abated new construction0.70%$984/yr on $141K
• …and 1 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 277 S 52nd St is assessed at $613K but pays $5,747 a year — about 67% of the $8,578 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.4% 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 $161 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 77 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Shu Chen, carries 1 open violation across 20 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 60 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

277 S 52nd St

$613K · Old house bought for $210K in 2019, demolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2021).

New construction

228-36 S 52nd St

$399K · built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

201 S 52nd St

$324K · built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $850K in 2021.

New construction

222 S 52nd St

$323K · built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

281 S 52nd St

$278K · built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $313K in 2016.

New construction

217 S 52nd St

$141K · built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $130K in 2007.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.