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Who owns your block

2000 block of E Sterner St

An investor-heavy block: 45% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 17 homes behind $38,880 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 523% since 2016, now about $30K. Property taxes are climbing about 18% 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
$30K
$24K–$70K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$83
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$419
typical · up to $974
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
29%
1 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$39K
17 of 31 behind
▲ block 55% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-37%
value · tax −$245
5 years
+367%
value · tax +$331
10 years
+367%
value · tax +$331

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $30K — about 0.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$30K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied0%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 199 reported crimes (40 violent) and 201 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
199
40 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
201
40 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses59
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations28
Other Assaults17
Disorderly Conduct13
Vagrancy/Loitering11
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint57
Illegal Dumping16
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Homeless Encampment Request13
Abandoned Vehicle11
Information Request10

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 · K-4
Frances Willard
1930 E Elkhart St · 352 students
Middle
Memphis St Charter At Jp Jones
High
Kensington Campus

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$25K$50K$30K2016: $5K2017: $6K2018: $6K2019: $6K2020: $6K2021: $6K2022: $6K2023: $47K2024: $47K2025: $47K2026: $47K2027: $30K2016202020232027

▲ +523% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$4192016: $662017: $882018: $882019: $882020: $882021: $882022: $882023: $6642024: $6642025: $6642026: $6642027: $4192016202020232027

▲ +535% since 2016 · ~+18%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +18.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 623 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $623 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+18.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+523%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+18.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+15.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+11.6 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 21 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20052010201520202025
12arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
21homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 1Vacant: 29 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Vacant 29

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels27 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$24K$33K+

The block's largest owner, Open Air Concepts Llc, carries 1 open violation across 29 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Open Air Concepts Llc129$706Kphila.gov ↗
Land And Chill Llc215$408Kphila.gov ↗
Ward Two Five Llc313$399Kphila.gov ↗
Kensington Investments Llc210$212Kphila.gov ↗
Gtmo Llc49$564Kphila.gov ↗
Goodfin Llc13$67Kphila.gov ↗
5 Points Collision Llc12$78Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 31 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
2000 E STERNER ST Appeal withdrawn (2025). Vacant $33K —/— 0 tax lien
2001 E STERNER ST Vacant $24K —/— 0 tax lien
2002 E STERNER ST Bought for $2K in 2001. Vacant $30K —/— 1
2003 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2004 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 1 tax lien
2005 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0
2006 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2007 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2008 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0
2009 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2010 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2011 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2012 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2013 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0
2014 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2015 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2016 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 1 tax lien
2017 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0
2018 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2019 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 1 tax lien
2020 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2021 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2022 E STERNER ST Owner-occupied $70K 3/1 840 1920 1
2023 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 1 tax lien
2024 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2025 E STERNER ST Bought for $2K in 2002. Investor / LLC $48K 3/1 896 1920 3 tax lien
2026 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 1 tax lien
2027 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 1
2028 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 1 tax lien
2029 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2030 E STERNER ST Vacant $30K —/— 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.