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Who owns your block

200 block of W Stella St

A mixed-ownership block: 32% owner-occupied, 4% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $7,600 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 404% since 2016, now about $13K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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
$13K
$11K–$66K
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$89
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$174
typical · up to $922
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 25
$4K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
32%
4 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
3 of 25 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+20%
value · tax +$51
5 years
+56%
value · tax +$58
10 years
+404%
value · tax +$129

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 $13K — about 0.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19133Philadelphia
Median home value$13K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied8%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 113 reported crimes (39 violent) and 104 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
113
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
104
9 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults22
All Other Offenses18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Thefts7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection26
Maintenance Complaint16
Abandoned Vehicle11
Illegal Dumping11
Street Light Outage10
Street Defect6

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
Julia Deburgos
401 W Lehigh Ave · 512 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$50K$100K$13K2016: $3K2017: $3K2018: $8K2019: $8K2020: $8K2021: $8K2022: $8K2023: $16K2024: $16K2025: $11K2026: $11K2027: $13K2016202020232027

▲ +404% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$100$200$1642016: $352017: $352018: $1042019: $1062020: $1062021: $1062022: $1062023: $1162024: $1162025: $1162026: $1132027: $1642016202020232027

▲ +369% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr

4
4 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 $3,933 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%
$0pays now $908at the full rate

246 W Stella St is assessed at $65K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $908 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 +15.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 504 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $504 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+15.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+404%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+15.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+12.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+9.3 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$10K$20K20002005201020152020
11arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 16 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 16

Value distribution today

16 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels8 parcels
$11K$65K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Yiras Realty Llc13$1.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 25 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$50K$100K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
236 W STELLA ST Vacant $12K —/— 0
238 W STELLA ST Vacant $13K —/— 0
239 W STELLA ST Vacant $13K —/— 1
240 W STELLA ST Vacant $13K —/— 1
241 W STELLA ST Vacant $12K —/— 0
242 W STELLA ST Absentee individual $66K 2/1 728 1920 1 tax lien
243 W STELLA ST Absentee individual $65K 3/1 728 1920 1
244 W STELLA ST Vacant $11K —/— 0
245 W STELLA ST Owner-occupied $30K —/— 494 2010 0 tax lien
246 W STELLA ST Bought for $1K in 2009, built new (tax-abated), sold for $7K in 2023. Owner-occupied $65K 2/1 728 1920 3 abated
247 W STELLA ST Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
248 W STELLA ST Absentee individual $65K 2/1 728 1920 0 abated
249 W STELLA ST Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
250 W STELLA ST Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
251 W STELLA ST Vacant $12K —/— 0 tax lien
252 W STELLA ST Absentee individual $65K 2/1 728 1920 0 abated
253 W STELLA ST Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
254 W STELLA ST Absentee individual $65K 2/1 728 1920 1 tax lien
255 W STELLA ST Vacant $12K —/— 0
256 W STELLA ST Vacant $13K —/— 0
257 W STELLA ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $3K in 2000. Owner-occupied $65K 2/1 728 1920 1 abated
258 W STELLA ST Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
259 W STELLA ST Traded 2×: $500 in 2001 → $3K in 2005 (+500%). Owner-occupied $65K 2/1 728 1920 2
260 W STELLA ST Vacant $13K —/— 0
261 W STELLA ST Vacant $12K —/— 0 tax lien

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.