Who owns your block
200 block of St Marks Sq
A mostly owner-occupied block: 85% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 39% since 2016, now about $675K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $675K — about 3.0× 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 | $675K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 85% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (14 violent) and 164 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
- $675K typical home, up +39% since 2016
- Tax bill $6,403 to $8,052 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $18M assessed, $215,468/yr to the city, about $8,287 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +39% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +26% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
217 Saint Marks Sq is assessed at $675K but pays $5,073 a year — about 54% of the $9,451 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 +3% 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 $139 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2018. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 22
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 26 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 | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 SAINT MARKS SQ | Absentee individual | $819K | 6/2 | 2,712 | 1879 | 0 | |
| 201 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $675K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 202 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $584K | 4/2 | 2,712 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 203 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $656K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 204 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $584K | 4/1 | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 205 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $675K | 4/1 | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 206 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $584K | 4/1 | 2,712 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 207 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $743K | 4/1 | 2,712 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 208 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $584K | 4/1 | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 209 SAINT MARKS SQ HistoryAppeal moot (2009); sold $975K (2025). | Owner-occupied | $947K | 4/2 | 2,712 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 210 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $584K | 4/1 | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 211 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $743K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 212 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $646K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 213 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $675K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 214 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $823K | 5/2 | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 215 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $675K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 216 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $646K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 217 SAINT MARKS SQ | Absentee individual | $675K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 218 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $646K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 219 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $675K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 220 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $735K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 221 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $698K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 222 SAINT MARKS SQ | Absentee individual | $668K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 223 SAINT MARKS SQ | Absentee individual | $698K | —/— | 2,712 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 224 SAINT MARKS SQ HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2007). | Owner-occupied | $971K | 6/2 | 2,916 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 225 SAINT MARKS SQ | Owner-occupied | $796K | —/— | 2,916 | 1915 | 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)