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Who owns your block

2000 block of N 52nd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 128% since 2016, now about $224K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$224K
$203K–$324K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$130
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
67%
4 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
17%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$60
5 years
+119%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+128%
value · tax +$2K

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 $224K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$224K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied33%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 107 reported crimes (31 violent) and 207 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
107
31 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
207
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft22
Other Assaults21
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Theft from Vehicle12
All Other Offenses10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection67
Maintenance Complaint28
Abandoned Vehicle24
Salting19
Information Request10
Other (Streets)9

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
Mastery Charter School At Mann
Middle · K-8
Rudolph Blankenburg
4600 W Girard Ave · 228 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$250K$500K$224K2016: $98K2017: $98K2018: $98K2019: $98K2020: $102K2021: $102K2022: $102K2023: $148K2024: $148K2025: $220K2026: $220K2027: $224K2016202020232027

▲ +128% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1332016: $1,3762017: $1,3762018: $1,3762019: $1,3762020: $1,4292021: $1,4292022: $1,4292023: $1,9352024: $1,9352025: $3,0732026: $3,0732027: $3,1332016202020232027

▲ +128% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 228 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $228 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+128%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.3 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2010. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2010
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Absentee individual: 2 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$203K$255K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 6 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2001 N 52ND ST 4 L&I violations (2015); 3 L&I violations (2021). Absentee individual $324K —/— 3,114 1925 0
2003 N 52ND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $245K —/— 1,564 1920 0 rented
2005 N 52ND ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $203K 4/1 1,558 1925 0
2007 N 52ND ST sold $90K (2010); L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $203K 4/1 1,558 1925 1
2009 N 52ND ST Owner-occupied $203K 4/1 1,558 1925 0
2011 N 52ND ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $255K 3/1 1,352 1925 0

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.