Who owns your block
200 block of W Atlantic St
A mixed-ownership block: 31% owner-occupied, 23% investor-held, with 10 open code violations and 4 homes behind $13,088 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 141% since 2016, now about $68K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $68K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $68K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 15% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 143 reported crimes (38 violent) and 151 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
- $68K typical home, up +141% since 2016
- Tax bill $364 to $636 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $813K assessed, $7,997/yr to the city, about $615 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +141% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +75% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
231 W Atlantic St is assessed at $121K but pays $407 a year — about 24% of the $1,690 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 +8.3% 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 $241 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 24 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Ram Phila Propco 2 Llc, carries 6 open violations across 9 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ram Phila Propco 2 Llc | 1 | 9 | $792K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Athr Investments Llc | 1 | 3 | $279K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Heavy Weight Management L | 1 | 1 | $77K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228 W ATLANTIC ST TradedTraded 2×: $2K in 2003 → $2K in 2018 (+0%). | Investor / LLC | $77K | 2/1 | 874 | 1920 | 2 | 10 violtax lien |
| 229 W ATLANTIC ST Improved | Vacant | $6K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 230 W ATLANTIC ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $2K in 2002 → $17K in 2021 (+750%). | Owner-occupied | $45K | 2/1 | 676 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 231 W ATLANTIC ST New constructionBought for $28K in 2007, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $15K in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $121K | 2/1 | 818 | 1920 | 5 | rentedabated |
| 232 W ATLANTIC ST ImprovedBought for $25K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $113K | 2/1 | 856 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 233 W ATLANTIC ST History2 L&I violations (2007); L&I: VACANT PROP UNSAFE (2010); L&I violation (2011); 3 L&I violations (2013). | Investor / LLC | $101K | 3/1 | 1,008 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 234 W ATLANTIC ST | Owner-occupied | $45K | 2/1 | 676 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 236 W ATLANTIC ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2015 → $117K in 2025 (+368%). | Absentee individual | $45K | 2/1 | 676 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 238 W ATLANTIC ST | Absentee individual | $68K | 2/1 | 676 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 240 W ATLANTIC ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $68K | 2/1 | 676 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 242 W ATLANTIC ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $5K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $45K | 2/1 | 676 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 244 W ATLANTIC ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $18K in 2000 → $43K in 2024 (+139%). | Absentee individual | $72K | 2/1 | 766 | 1920 | 6 | |
| 246 W ATLANTIC ST TradedTraded 2×: $1K in 1999 → $10K in 2025 (+900%). | Vacant | $6K | —/— | — | — | 2 | tax 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)