Who owns your block
2000 block of N Van Pelt St
An investor-heavy block: 45% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 6 open code violations and 7 homes behind $47,491 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 522% since 2016, now about $92K. Property taxes are climbing about 23% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $92K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $92K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 10% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 201 reported crimes (65 violent) and 116 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
- $92K typical home, up +522% since 2016
- Tax bill $78 to $789 a year, +23%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.8M assessed, $35,713/yr to the city, about $1,786 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +522% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +912% since 2016 · ~+23%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2015 N Van Pelt St is assessed at $113K but pays $181 a year — about 11% of the $1,580 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +18.1% 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 $622 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2010. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 9
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Bcm Investments Llc, carries 9 open violations across 75 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bcm Investments Llc | 1 | 75 | $2.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ceraphik Properties Llc | 3 | 5 | $606K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 2023 N 23rd St Lp | 3 | 4 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Dunbar Strategic Realty Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $113K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Van Pelt Investments Llc | 1 | 1 | $62K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $32K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2007 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2008 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2009 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2010 N VAN PELT ST LandVacant land, last sold for $65K in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 10,432 | 2012 | 1 | |
| 2011 N VAN PELT ST TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2018 → $165K in 2021 (+843%). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 2013 N VAN PELT ST Improved | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2014 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $51K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 2015 N VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $113K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2017 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2018 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $89K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 2019 N VAN PELT ST Historysold $35K (2020); Appeal filed (2026). | Investor / LLC | $113K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2021 N VAN PELT ST Historysold $20K (2019); Appeal filed (2026). | Owner-occupied | $113K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2023 N VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $113K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2025 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2027 N VAN PELT ST | Absentee individual | $109K | 3/1 | 1,088 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 2038 N VAN PELT ST ImprovedBought for $275K in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $62K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1915 | 1 | 6 viol |
| 2040 N VAN PELT ST | Investor / LLC | $113K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 2042 N VAN PELT ST | Investor / LLC | $94K | —/— | 1,249 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 2046 N VAN PELT ST | Investor / LLC | $94K | —/— | 1,249 | 1915 | 1 | 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)