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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.

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
$235K
$221K–$481K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$217
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$195K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $235K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 19
$21K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
89%
17 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$37K
4 of 19 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$61
5 years
+37%
value · tax +$93
10 years
+93%
value · tax +$529

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 $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 blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$235K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied32%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.

Crimes · 12mo
92
34 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
316
35 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle21
Other Assaults19
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Thefts14
Weapon Violations7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Salting89
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection68
Street Defect36
Abandoned Vehicle18
Shoveling12
Construction Complaints10

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 · K-8
George Sharswood
2300 S 2nd St · 317 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$125K$250K$235K2016: $122K2017: $122K2018: $122K2019: $159K2020: $172K2021: $172K2022: $172K2023: $199K2024: $199K2025: $231K2026: $231K2027: $235K2016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,9022016: $1,3732017: $1,3732018: $1,3732019: $1,6642020: $1,7812021: $1,7812022: $1,8092023: $1,6642024: $1,5862025: $1,7232026: $1,8412027: $1,9022016202020232027

▲ +39% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

6
6 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 $21,032 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%
$1,373pays now $4,695at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 193 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+6.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+93%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.4 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 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

$0$250K$500K2016201920222025
6arm's-length sales since 2015
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Absentee individual: 2 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

14 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$221K$350K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
2044 De Al Inc22$575Kphila.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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2008-10 S 2ND ST Absentee individual $481K —/1 4,072 1940 1
2012 S 2ND ST Bought 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 Bought 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 built 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 Bought 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 Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $237K 3/1 1,050 1920 0
2036 S 2ND ST Owner 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 Owner 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 L&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)

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.