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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.

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
$92K
$31K–$1.4M
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$99
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $19K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 20
$4K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
25%
4 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$47K
7 of 20 behind
▲ block 35% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 15% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+74%
value · tax +$132
5 years
+208%
value · tax +$657
10 years
+397%
value · tax +$688

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 $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 blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$92K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied10%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.

Crimes · 12mo
201
65 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
116
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts48
Other Assaults36
All Other Offenses35
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief16
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10
Theft from Vehicle10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint29
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Abandoned Vehicle12
Illegal Dumping9
License Complaint7
Street Defect6

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
Mastery Charter School At Frederick Douglass
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$100K$200K$92K2016: $15K2017: $18K2018: $18K2019: $23K2020: $30K2021: $30K2022: $30K2023: $49K2024: $49K2025: $53K2026: $53K2027: $92K2016202020232027

▲ +522% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$7892016: $782017: $1012018: $1142019: $1152020: $1172021: $1172022: $1322023: $5842024: $5842025: $6572026: $6572027: $7892016202020232027

▲ +912% since 2016 · ~+23%/yr

2
2 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 $4,068 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$181pays now $1,580at the full rate

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

95100100020162019202220252027This block 622 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+18.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+522%
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 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

$0$250K$500K20102013201620192022
11arm's-length sales since 2010
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 9 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 9

Value distribution today

8 parcels1 parcels3 parcels6 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$31K$203K+

The block's largest owner, Bcm Investments Llc, carries 9 open violations across 75 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bcm Investments Llc175$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Ceraphik Properties Llc35$606Kphila.gov ↗
2023 N 23rd St Lp34$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Dunbar Strategic Realty Holdings Llc11$113Kphila.gov ↗
Van Pelt Investments Llc11$62Kphila.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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
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 Vacant land, last sold for $65K in 2010. Investor / LLC $1.4M —/— 10,432 2012 1
2011 N VAN PELT ST Traded 2×: $18K in 2018 → $165K in 2021 (+843%). Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,140 1915 2
2013 N VAN PELT ST 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 sold $35K (2020); Appeal filed (2026). Investor / LLC $113K 3/1 1,140 1915 1 tax lien
2021 N VAN PELT ST sold $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 Bought 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)

Where this comes from

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