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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

200 block of W George St

An investor-heavy block: 45% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 11 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 24% since 2016, now about $677K. Property taxes are climbing about 29% 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.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Taxes

    Six homes receive $53K in annual tax forgone while block appreciation trails the city by 4.5 points per year.

  2. 02
    Rentals

    The block's rental share is 42% but only 14 rentals are licensed, suggesting many units operate without city registration.

  3. 03
    Ownership

    With investor ownership at 45% and owner-occupied at 48%, investors hold nearly as many homes as residents do.

By the Numbers

Median value
$677K
$289K–$1.5M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$315
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$9K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 33
$53K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
48%
16 of 33
city 41%
Rentals
42%
14 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
11
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 12% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$311
5 years
+13%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+24%
value · tax +$7K

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 $677K — about 3.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$677K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied24%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 286 reported crimes (45 violent) and 253 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
286
45 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
253
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts149
Motor Vehicle Theft30
Other Assaults30
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
All Other Offenses11
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Right of Way Unit33
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
Salting22
Maintenance Complaint20
Illegal Dumping18
Shoveling16

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
James R Ludlow
550 W Master St · 237 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$500K$1.0M$677K2016: $546K2017: $546K2018: $577K2019: $578K2020: $602K2021: $597K2022: $597K2023: $691K2024: $691K2025: $659K2026: $659K2027: $677K2016202020232027

▲ +24% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$9,0752016: $5592017: $1,9662018: $1,9662019: $2,3292020: $2,3562021: $2,4392022: $4,8572023: $6,7402024: $7,5792025: $8,6592026: $8,7642027: $9,0752016202020232027

▲ +1523% since 2016 · ~+29%/yr

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6 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 $52,889 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%
$10,123pays now $21,691at the full rate

219-21 W George St is assessed at $1.5M but pays $10,123 a year — about 47% of the $21,691 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 +2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 124 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $124 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+24%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.5 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 36 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20002005201020152020
36arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 33 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 15Absentee individual: 2 33parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 15
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

4 parcels2 parcels2 parcels11 parcels4 parcels2 parcels8 parcels
$289K$1.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Lw Townhome Partners Llc813$8.5Mphila.gov ↗
George Street Partners Llc55$3.2Mphila.gov ↗
Power 9 Investments Llc13$945Kphila.gov ↗
217 W George St Llc11$740Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 33 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

Worth a look

New construction
219-21 W George St
$1.5M · built new (tax-abated).
New construction
245 W George St
$829K · Bought for $525K in 2019, built new (tax-abated), sold for $845K in 2022.
New construction
243 W George St
$800K · Bought for $525K in 2019, built new (tax-abated), sold for $825K in 2022.
Frequently traded
231 W George St
$1.0M · Traded 3×: $762K in 2015 → $975K in 2023 (+28%).
Frequently traded
213 W George St
$619K · Traded 3×: $95K in 2002 → $500K in 2014 (+426%).
Frequently traded
210 W George St
$289K · Traded 3×: $5K in 1999 → $228K in 2012 (+4460%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
202 W GEORGE ST HistoryL&I violation (2010). Absentee individual $664K 3/2 2,149 2010 0
204 W GEORGE ST Investor / LLC $675K 3/2 2,211 2010 1 rented
206 W GEORGE ST Owner-occupied $362K —/— 1,319 1920 0 abated
208 W GEORGE ST TradedTraded 2×: $36K in 2002 → $215K in 2011 (+495%). Investor / LLC $291K —/— 1,052 1920 2
209 W GEORGE ST Owner-occupied $464K —/— 1,770 1920 0 abated
210 W GEORGE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $5K in 1999 → $228K in 2012 (+4460%). Owner-occupied $289K 2/1 915 1920 3
211 W GEORGE ST Absentee individual $483K —/— 1,890 1920 0 abated
212 W GEORGE ST LandVacant land, last sold for $42K in 2010. Investor / LLC $581K —/— 2,000 2011 1 rented
213 W GEORGE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $95K in 2002 → $500K in 2014 (+426%). Owner-occupied $619K 3/2 1,963 1920 3 rented
214 W GEORGE ST Investor / LLC $643K 3/— 2,040 2010 1 rented
215 W GEORGE ST LandVacant land, last sold for $135K in 2012. Owner-occupied $748K 4/4 2,805 2012 3
216 W GEORGE ST Investor / LLC $589K —/— 2,040 2010 1 rented
217 W GEORGE ST Historysold $505K (2009); Appeal granted with conditions (2009); Appeal approved (2010); 3 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2012); L&I violation (2016); 11 L&I violations (2025). Investor / LLC $740K —/— 3,258 1920 1 11 viol
218 W GEORGE ST Investor / LLC $678K 3/— 2,000 2010 1 rented
219-21 W GEORGE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $1.5M 4/— 4,560 2014 0 abated
220 W GEORGE ST History3 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2017). Investor / LLC $727K 3/— 2,400 2010 0 rented
222 W GEORGE ST History3 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2017). Investor / LLC $635K 3/— 2,000 2010 0 rented
223 W GEORGE ST TradedTraded 2×: $770K in 2015 → $1.0M in 2023 (+32%). Owner-occupied $980K 4/3 2,336 2015 3
224 W GEORGE ST History2 L&I violations (2012). Investor / LLC $689K 3/2 2,284 2010 0 rented
225 W GEORGE ST TradedTraded 2×: $749K in 2015 → $860K in 2020 (+15%). Owner-occupied $980K 4/3 2,336 2015 2
226 W GEORGE ST History3 L&I violations (2025). Investor / LLC $677K 3/2 2,220 2010 0 rented
227 W GEORGE ST LandVacant land, last sold for $760K in 2014. Owner-occupied $980K 3/— 2,336 2015 1
228 W GEORGE ST Investor / LLC $635K 3/— 2,000 2010 0 rented
229 W GEORGE ST LandVacant land, last sold for $720K in 2014. Owner-occupied $979K 4/3 2,336 2015 2
230 W GEORGE ST HistoryL&I violation (2013). Investor / LLC $635K 3/— 2,000 2010 0 rented
231 W GEORGE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $762K in 2015 → $975K in 2023 (+28%). Owner-occupied $1.0M 4/3 2,560 2013 3
232 W GEORGE ST History3 L&I violations (2012). Investor / LLC $635K 3/— 2,000 2010 0 rented
233 W GEORGE ST TradedTraded 2×: $770K in 2013 → $960K in 2023 (+25%). Owner-occupied $1.0M 3/3 2,560 2013 2
234 W GEORGE ST Investor / LLC $710K 3/— 2,400 2010 0 rented
235 W GEORGE ST Owner-occupied $946K 3/3 2,336 2013 1
241 W GEORGE ST Owner-occupied $373K —/— 1,440 1920 1
243 W GEORGE ST New constructionBought for $525K in 2019, built new (tax-abated), sold for $825K in 2022. Owner-occupied $800K 3/3 1,868 2022 2 abated
245 W GEORGE ST New constructionBought for $525K in 2019, built new (tax-abated), sold for $845K in 2022. Owner-occupied $829K —/— 2,269 2021 2 abated

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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