Who owns your block
200 block of W Walnut Ln
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 22% investor-held, with 47 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 59% since 2016, now about $741K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year.
- 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 $741K — about 3.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19144 median of $201K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19144 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $741K | $201K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 39% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (27 violent) and 115 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
- $741K typical home, up +59% since 2016
- Tax bill $6,306 to $8,588 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $33M assessed, $432,373/yr to the city, about $24,021 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +59% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +36% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
203 W Walnut Ln is assessed at $1.7M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $23,252 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 +4.3% 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 $159 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, 270 W Walnut Lane Llc, carries 8 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270 W Walnut Lane Llc | 2 | 2 | $2.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Boardwalk Realty Llc | 1 | 1 | $538K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lennox Apartments Gem Llc | 1 | 1 | $14M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200-02 W WALNUT LN HistoryAppeal withdrawn (2022); sold $805K (2022). | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 5/4 | 3,859 | 1856 | 1 | |
| 203 W WALNUT LN | Absentee individual | $1.7M | —/— | 27,940 | 1900 | 0 | abated |
| 215 W WALNUT LN TradedTraded 2×: $2.6M in 2007 → $7.3M in 2025 (+182%). | Absentee individual | $7.1M | —/— | 60,524 | 1929 | 2 | rented21 viol |
| 218 W WALNUT LN ImprovedBought for $385K in 2013. | Investor / LLC | $538K | —/— | 7,154 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 224 W WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $448K | —/— | 6,171 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 229 W WALNUT LN | Absentee individual | $542K | 5/3 | 4,956 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 232-42 W WALNUT LN ImprovedBought for $5.8M in 2011. | Investor / LLC | $14M | —/— | 112,800 | 1930 | 4 | 13 viol |
| 239 W WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $594K | —/— | 4,914 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 246 W WALNUT LN TradedTraded 2×: $340K in 2007 → $405K in 2017 (+19%). | Owner-occupied | $284K | —/— | 4,749 | 1875 | 2 | |
| 251 W WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $538K | —/— | 9,160 | 1900 | 0 | abated |
| 254R W WALNUT LN | Absentee individual | $442K | 3/2 | 2,030 | 2009 | 0 | 2 viol |
| 254 W WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $870K | 7/4 | 6,175 | 1889 | 1 | |
| 260 W WALNUT LN TradedTraded 2×: $347K in 2006 → $385K in 2010 (+11%). | Owner-occupied | $733K | 5/3 | 3,394 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 261 W WALNUT LN | Absentee individual | $748K | —/— | 10,306 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 264 W WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $476K | —/— | 7,601 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 269 W WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $996K | —/— | 12,550 | 1898 | 0 | rented3 viol |
| 270 W WALNUT LN Historysold $345K (2015); Appeal granted with conditions (2016). | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | 5/3 | 6,333 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 280 W WALNUT LN HistoryAppeal moot (2019); Appeal city affirmed (2019); sold $800K (2026). | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 10,309 | 1920 | 1 | 8 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)