Philadelphia property report
200 block of Washington Ave
A corridor block: 2 business properties among 4 homes, 25% of the homes owner-occupied, with 2 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 49% since 2016, now about $307K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $307K — about 1.3× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19147 median of $464K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $307K | $464K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 25% | 44% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 35 reported crimes (about 3 a month, 20% of them violent) and 171 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
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
- $307K typical home, up +49% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $2,671 to $3,725 a year through 2027, +3%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $15,270/yr from taxable assessments, or $3,818 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +49% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +39% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.7% 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 $149 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 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 11 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Phila (city agency) | 2 | 3871 | $6.6B | phila.gov ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
Parcel by parcel
All 11 parcels on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).
Every parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200-10 WASHINGTON AVE Museum New constructionbuilt new (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Absentee individual | $1.2M | 20,797 | 1980 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 212-22 WASHINGTON AVE Commercial New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Absentee individual | $1.2M | 7,069 | 1958 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 221 WASHINGTON AVE Vacant lot TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2015 → $400K in 2016 (+220%). | Vacant | $76K | — | — | 2 | 2 viol |
| 226 WASHINGTON AVE ImprovedBought for $180K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $237K | 1,305 | 1915 | 3 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 227-35 WASHINGTON AVE Industrial building ImprovedOwner pulled a sign permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $436K | 4,544 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 228 WASHINGTON AVE Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $295K | 1,305 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 230 WASHINGTON AVE HistoryL&I violation (2015); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2015); 3 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025). | Owner-occupied | $320K | 1,305 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 232 WASHINGTON AVE Historysold $195K (2013); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2022); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2022). | Absentee individual | $339K | 1,568 | 1915 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 234 WASHINGTON AVE Industrial building | Absentee individual | $268K | 1,575 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 236-40 WASHINGTON AVE Store | Absentee individual | $411K | 2,415 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 237 WASHINGTON AVE Industrial building | Absentee individual | $112K | 1,171 | 1930 | 0 |
Neighborhood
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This is the 200 block of Washington Ave,
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11 parcels. The deeds, permits, L&I rows, assessments and sales fetched for this report — with links back to official sources.
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Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)