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Who owns your block

2000 block of Chestnut St

An investor-heavy block: 47% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 15 open code violations and 3 homes behind $16,967 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 32% since 2016, now about $1.5M. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
    Abatements

    Four homes forgo $180K in annual taxes while three homes owe $17K in back taxes on the same block.

  2. 02
    Ownership

    Investors own 47% of homes but 18 of 34 properties have never sold since 2000, indicating long holding periods.

  3. 03
    Licensing

    Half of all homes are rentals but only 17 of 34 are licensed, creating a compliance gap on the block.

By the Numbers

Median value
$1.5M
$153K–$47M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$305
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
6.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$20K
typical · up to $660K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 34
$180K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
18%
6 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
50%
17 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
15
L&I code
▲ block 21% · city 5%
Back taxes
$17K
3 of 34 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
9
8 homes · ZBA & boards
block 24% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$199
5 years
+4%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+32%
value · tax +$5K

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 $1.5M — about 6.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19103Philadelphia
Median home value$1.5M$608K$223K
Owner-occupied6%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 247 reported crimes (37 violent) and 474 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
247
37 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
474
59 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts147
Other Assaults29
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief16
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Burglary Non-Residential9
All Other Offenses8

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping70
Salting50
Maintenance Complaint45
Street Light Outage42
Other (Streets)36
Information Request35

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$2.5M$5.0M$1.5M2016: $1.1M2017: $1.1M2018: $1.4M2019: $1.4M2020: $1.4M2021: $1.4M2022: $1.4M2023: $1.5M2024: $1.5M2025: $1.5M2026: $1.5M2027: $1.5M2016202020232027

▲ +32% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$19,5342016: $13,7102017: $14,2862018: $18,0102019: $16,9692020: $17,0962021: $17,0962022: $17,0962023: $19,7362024: $19,7362025: $19,3352026: $19,3352027: $19,5342016202020232027

▲ +42% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 $179,516 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

29 homes pay the full 1.40%5 pay less
$0pays now $77,342at the full rate

The starkest example: 2025-29 Chestnut St is assessed at $5.5M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $77,342 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 132 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $132 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+32%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M200020052010201520202025
30arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Investor / LLC: 14Absentee individual: 12Vacant: 2 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Investor / LLC 14
  • Absentee individual 12
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels17 parcels6 parcels2 parcels1 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$153K$5.7M+

The block's largest owner, Phila Housing Authority, carries 29 open violations across 92 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Phila Housing Authority (individual)292$48Mphila.gov ↗
Honey Nuts LLC111$30Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Robin Apts INC38$16Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Agas Holdings LLC22$2.7Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
2000 Chestnut Property Ll11$2.7Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
2008 Chestnut LLC11$1.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Penn Park Investments LLC11$2.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Aquinas Realty Investors11$47Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Robin Apartments INC11$890Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
A & J Park Place LLC11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
2030 Rk LLC11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
2031 Chestnut LLC11$1.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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).

House by house

All 34 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$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2000-02 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $2.7M 6,080 1920 0
2001 CHESTNUT ST built new under a 2016 permit. Investor / LLC $2.0M 6,360 1920 0
2003-05 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $4.2M 13,132 1920 0 rented
2004 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $217K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $800K in 2014 (+269%). Investor / LLC $1.2M 4,055 1890 3 rented3 viol
2006 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $1.1M in 2008, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $1.2M in 2014. Investor / LLC $1.5M 3,840 1980 2
2007 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2008. Absentee individual $3.5M 10,300 1920 0 rented
2008 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $268K in 2001. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $1.4M 5,504 1920 3 rented
2009 CHESTNUT ST Traded 2×: $450K in 2003 → $850K in 2005 (+89%). Investor / LLC $2.4M 10,257 1953 2
2010 CHESTNUT ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated), sold for $395K in 2001. Owner-occupied $1.1M 5,504 1920 1 abated
2011 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2011. Investor / LLC $1.3M 6,868 1920 0 rented
2012-14 CHESTNUT ST demolished in 2024 and rebuilt (2017). Absentee individual $2.8M 18,400 1927 0 abated1 viol
2013 CHESTNUT ST built new under a 2012 permit. Owner-occupied $1.3M 8,370 1865 0
2015 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Absentee individual $1.5M 4,786 1920 0 rented
2016-18 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2010. Vacant $1.8M 0 1 viol
2017-23 CHESTNUT ST demolished and rebuilt (2018). Investor / LLC $47M 115,299 2015 1 1 violtax lien
2020-22 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $2.0M in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Absentee individual $2.2M 11,130 1940 1
2024 CHESTNUT ST L&I violation (2017). Investor / LLC $890K 4,035 1920 0 rented
2025-29 CHESTNUT ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $5.5M 78,771 1911 0 rentedabated6 viol
2026 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $725K in 2009. Owner pulled a sign permit in 2022. Absentee individual $773K 2,536 1900 3 rented
2028 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $1.8M in 2020, use permit in 2018, sold for $1.8M in 2020 (+339%). Investor / LLC $1.2M 4,270 1920 2 rented
2030 CHESTNUT ST Traded 4×: $500K in 2000 → $1.2M in 2016 (+140%). Investor / LLC $1.2M 4,820 1900 4
2031 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $1.6M in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $1.5M 7,096 1920 2 rented
2032 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $400K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $1.5M 4,760 1920 1 1 viol
2033 CHESTNUT ST built new under a 2025 permit. Absentee individual $1.4M 4,635 1920 0 2 viol
2034 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $625K in 2011. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $1.1M 3,624 1920 2 rented
2035 CHESTNUT ST Absentee individual $2.5M 7,767 1900 0 rented
2036-42 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a sign permit in 2025. Absentee individual $6.0M 1 0
2037-39 CHESTNUT ST Owner-occupied $1.4M 8,820 1950 0 abated
2041-43 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Absentee individual $5.7M 13,581 1920 0 rented
2044 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $235K in 2000. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $1.5M 4,264 1930 1
2045 CHESTNUT ST Investor / LLC $1.2M 4,390 1920 0 rented
2046 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $1.8M in 2025. Owner pulled a general earth disturbance only permit in 2025. Vacant $984K 1
2047 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2013. Absentee individual $153K 6,060 1900 0 rented
2049 CHESTNUT ST Bought for $158K in 2013. Owner pulled a use permit in 2017. Absentee individual $1.7M 7,626 1920 1 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.