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Who owns your block

2000 block of S 26th St

An investor-heavy block: 50% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 65% since 2016, now about $408K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$408K
$41K–$829K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$73
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $12K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1930
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
25%
1 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 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 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-25%
value · tax −$2K
5 years
+20%
value · tax +$935
10 years
+65%
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 $408K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$408K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied0%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (20 violent) and 114 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
59
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
114
35 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft12
Other Assaults12
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Robbery Firearm3
Theft from Vehicle3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Abandoned Vehicle22
Maintenance Complaint18
Illegal Dumping12
Salting6
Construction Complaints4

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-5
Stephen Girard
1800 Snyder Ave · 304 students
Middle
Eh Universal Institute Charter School At Vare
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$500K$1.0M$408K2016: $247K2017: $247K2018: $339K2019: $340K2020: $341K2021: $341K2022: $341K2023: $403K2024: $403K2025: $546K2026: $546K2027: $408K2016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,7082016: $3,4512017: $3,4512018: $4,7482019: $4,7532020: $4,7732021: $4,7732022: $4,7732023: $5,6452024: $5,6452025: $7,6422026: $7,6422027: $5,7082016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 165 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $165 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+65%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.8 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2009. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M200920102011
3arm's-length sales since 2009
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$41K$448K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
2019 Partners Lp22$488Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 4 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2001 S 26TH ST Bought for $1.8M in 2011. Owner pulled a use permit in 2017. Absentee individual $829K 11,319 1930 1
2019R-39 S 26TH ST Bought for $475K in 2009. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Vacant $41K 1
2019-39 S 26TH ST Owner-occupied $448K 6,106 1940 1
2034-36 S 26TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $368K 3,200 1920 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.