Who owns your block
200 block of Shurs Ln
A mixed-ownership block: 42% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $343K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year.
- 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 $343K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19128 median of $368K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19128 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $343K | $368K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 58% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 29 reported crimes (9 violent) and 143 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
- $343K typical home, up +93% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,042 to $4,630 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.7M assessed, $55,731/yr to the city, about $4,644 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +93% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +127% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
229 Shurs Ln is assessed at $502K but pays $2,868 a year — about 41% of the $7,028 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% 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 $193 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 34 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 3 times in that window.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls River Capital Llc | 1 | 1 | $285K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ctkjb Llc | 1 | 1 | $343K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 SHURS LN LandVacant land, last sold for $73K in 2004. | Owner-occupied | $515K | 3/2 | 1,950 | 2008 | 2 | |
| 211 SHURS LN LandVacant land, last sold for $70K in 2004. | Owner-occupied | $515K | 3/2 | 1,950 | 2008 | 2 | |
| 213 SHURS LN TradedTraded 2×: $308K in 2013 → $525K in 2024 (+70%). | Owner-occupied | $515K | 3/2 | 1,950 | 2008 | 4 | |
| 215 SHURS LN TradedTraded 2×: $315K in 2013 → $275K in 2023 (-13%). | Absentee individual | $515K | 3/2 | 1,950 | 2008 | 4 | |
| 217 SHURS LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $108K in 2011 → $271K in 2019 (+151%). | Owner-occupied | $296K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 219 SHURS LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $120K in 2016 → $385K in 2025 (+221%). | Owner-occupied | $343K | 2/1 | 1,284 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 221 SHURS LN | Absentee individual | $306K | 3/1 | 1,284 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 223 SHURS LN Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $57K in 2000 → $145K in 2016 (+154%). | Absentee individual | $319K | 3/1 | 1,284 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 225 SHURS LN TradedTraded 2×: $220K in 2007 → $198K in 2019 (-10%). | Investor / LLC | $285K | 3/1 | 1,284 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 227 SHURS LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $119K in 2014 → $310K in 2022 (+161%). | Investor / LLC | $343K | 3/1 | 1,284 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 229 SHURS LN New constructionBought for $74K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $375K in 2021. | Absentee individual | $502K | 4/2 | 2,031 | 1925 | 4 | abated |
| 231 SHURS LN TradedTraded 2×: $270K in 2012 → $860K in 2024 (+219%). | Vacant | $225K | —/— | — | — | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)