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Who owns your block

200 block of St James Pl

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 50% since 2016, now about $1.2M. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$1.2M
$1.1M–$1.4M
ZIP median $419K
Price / sq ft
$489
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
5.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$16K
typical · up to $18K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1970
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
7 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+10%
value · tax +$800
10 years
+50%
value · tax +$5K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $1.2M — about 5.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19106 median of $419K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19106 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19106Philadelphia
Median home value$1.2M$419K$223K
Owner-occupied100%33%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 23 reported crimes (3 violent) and 129 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
23
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
129
16 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud6
Thefts6
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Other Assaults3
Theft from Vehicle2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2

Top 311 complaints

Salting21
Shoveling17
Graffiti Removal15
Other (Streets)9
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Information Request7

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
General George A Mccall
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$1.0M$2.0M$1.2M2016: $819K2017: $819K2018: $819K2019: $1.1M2020: $1.1M2021: $1.1M2022: $1.1M2023: $1.1M2024: $1.1M2025: $1.2M2026: $1.2M2027: $1.2M2016202020232027

▲ +50% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$15,8442016: $11,0492017: $11,0492018: $11,0492019: $14,6082020: $15,0442021: $15,0442022: $15,0442023: $14,5542024: $14,5542025: $14,8292026: $14,8292027: $15,8442016202020232027

▲ +43% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 150 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $150 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+50%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.7 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels6 parcels
$1.1M$1.2M+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 7 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
284 SAINT JAMES PL Owner-occupied $1.1M 4/3 2,520 1970 0
286 SAINT JAMES PL Owner-occupied $1.2M 4/3 2,520 1970 0
288 SAINT JAMES PL Owner-occupied $1.2M 4/3 2,520 1970 0
290 SAINT JAMES PL Owner-occupied $1.2M 4/3 2,520 1970 0
292 SAINT JAMES PL Owner-occupied $1.4M 4/3 2,520 1970 0
294 SAINT JAMES PL Owner-occupied $1.2M 4/3 2,520 1970 0
296 SAINT JAMES PL Owner-occupied $1.2M 4/3 2,520 1970 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.