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Who owns your block

200 block of S 59th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 16 open code violations and 4 homes behind $45,620 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 123% since 2016, now about $128K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% a year though the increases have eased lately.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$128K
$35K–$452K
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$103
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 19
$15K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
68%
13 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
21%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
16
L&I code
▲ block 21% · city 5%
Back taxes
$46K
4 of 19 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax −$58
5 years
+92%
value · tax −$139
10 years
+123%
value · tax +$17

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.

2027
  • 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 $128K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$128K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied58%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 110 reported crimes (56 violent) and 182 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
110
56 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
182
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults31
All Other Offenses14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Thefts9
Weapon Violations9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection44
Maintenance Complaint43
Illegal Dumping16
Salting10
Abandoned Vehicle9
Sanitation Violation9

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.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
William Cullen Bryant
6001 Cedar Ave · 332 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 students

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

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$100K$200K$128K2016: $57K2017: $57K2018: $57K2019: $64K2020: $67K2021: $67K2022: $67K2023: $107K2024: $107K2025: $130K2026: $130K2027: $128K2016202020232027

▲ +123% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$4872016: $4702017: $4702018: $4702019: $4872020: $6262021: $6262022: $6262023: $8962024: $8962025: $1,1522026: $5452027: $4872016202020232027

▲ +4% since 2016 · ~+0%/yr

4
4 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $15,451 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $1,848at the full rate

226 S 59th St is assessed at $132K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,848 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 223 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $223 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+123%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.1 pts
market 6.5%/yr

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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K200020042008201220162020
19arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 4 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels7 parcels8 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$35K$211K+

The block's largest owner, A&M Management Llc, carries 1 open violation across 4 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
A&M Management Llc14$482Kphila.gov ↗
S 59 Llc11$452Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 19 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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
208-10 S 59TH ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2000 → $85K in 2013 (+89%). Absentee individual $35K —/— 1,200 1925 2 1 viol
212 S 59TH ST Bought for $47K in 2019. Owner pulled a use permit in 2016. Absentee individual $92K 3/1 1,190 1925 1 rented
214 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,190 1925 0 abatedtax lien
216 S 59TH ST Traded 3×: $26K in 2002 → $115K in 2020 (+342%). Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,190 1925 3
218 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,190 1925 0
220 S 59TH ST Bought for $92K in 2007. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,280 1925 1
222 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,200 1925 0 tax lien
224 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,190 1925 0
226 S 59TH ST built new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,190 1925 0 abated
228 S 59TH ST Bought for $25K in 2001, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $48K in 2017. Absentee individual $95K 3/1 1,190 1925 4 rented
230 S 59TH ST sold $50K (2005); 8 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $91K 3/1 1,190 1925 1 rented
232 S 59TH ST Bought for $21K in 2013. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $169K 3/1 1,200 1925 2
234 S 59TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,200 1925 0 abated10 viol
236 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,190 1925 1
238 S 59TH ST Bought for $21K in 2017. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,398 1925 3
240 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,190 1925 0
242 S 59TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $89K 3/1 1,190 1925 0 abatedtax lien
244 S 59TH ST Bought for $25K in 2007. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $91K 3/1 1,190 1925 1 rented1 violtax lien
246-52 S 59TH ST demolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2019). Investor / LLC $452K —/— 15,600 1925 0 4 violtax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.