Who owns your block
2000 block of S 2nd St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 4 homes behind $37,355 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $235K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year.
- 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 $235K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19148 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $235K | $261K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 32% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (34 violent) and 316 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
- $235K typical home, up +93% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,373 to $1,902 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.9M assessed, $47,376/yr to the city, about $2,493 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +93% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +39% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2026 S 2nd St is assessed at $335K but pays $1,373 a year — about 29% of the $4,695 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% 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 $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2015. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2044 De Al Inc | 2 | 2 | $575K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-10 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $481K | —/1 | 4,072 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 2012 S 2ND ST ImprovedBought for $177K in 2016. Owner pulled a masonry facade replacement permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $221K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2014 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $228K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2016 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $228K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2018 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $228K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2020 S 2ND ST ImprovedBought for $130K in 2025. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $228K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2022 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $228K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2024 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $228K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2026 S 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $335K | 3/1 | 1,824 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2028 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $228K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2030 S 2ND ST ImprovedBought for $260K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $235K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2032 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2034 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $237K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2036 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2038 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $235K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2040 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $244K | 3/1 | 1,094 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2042 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | 3 violtax lien |
| 2044 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $225K | —/— | 1,460 | — | 0 | |
| 2046 S 2ND ST HistoryL&I violation (2017). | Owner-occupied | $350K | —/— | 1,968 | 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)