Who owns your block
2000 block of S 56th St
A mixed-ownership block: 45% owner-occupied, 32% investor-held, with 7 open code violations and 7 homes behind $78,988 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 134% since 2016, now about $85K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $85K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $85K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 18% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (21 violent) and 81 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
- $85K typical home, up +134% since 2016
- Tax bill $422 to $281 a year, -4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $17M assessed, $91,435/yr to the city, about $4,156 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +134% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -33% since 2016 · ~-4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2042-52 S 56th St is assessed at $15M but pays $78,900 a year — about 36% of the $216,417 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 +8% 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 $234 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 14 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 7
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Land Bank (individual) | 2 | 2498 | $133M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lotim 01 Llc | 1 | 75 | $953K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Golden Dwellings Llc | 1 | 16 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| V2 Properties Entity 6 Ll | 2 | 12 | $3.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hometrition Inc | 1 | 5 | $721K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mf 2027 S 56th Llc | 1 | 1 | $85K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philadelphia Storage Solutions Llc | 1 | 1 | $15M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $124K | 2/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 2013 S 56TH ST Improved | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2015 S 56TH ST | Absentee individual | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2017 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2019 S 56TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2021 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2023 S 56TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2025 S 56TH ST ImprovedBought for $120K in 1997. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2027 S 56TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $15K in 2019, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $50K in 2020 (+233%). | Investor / LLC | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 2029 S 56TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2031 S 56TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2033 S 56TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2035 S 56TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2016, then sold for $30K in 2019. | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 2 violtax lien |
| 2037 S 56TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2016, then sold for $30K in 2019. | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 4 violtax lien |
| 2039 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2041 S 56TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 810 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2042-52 S 56TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.5M in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $15M | —/— | 117,000 | 1940 | 4 | abated1 viol |
| 2043 S 56TH ST Historysold $5K (1997); 2 L&I violations (2007); 3 L&I violations (2010); Appeal granted (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011). | Investor / LLC | $90K | 3/1 | 864 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 2045 S 56TH ST Improved | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2047 S 56TH ST Improved | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2049 S 56TH ST Improved | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2051 S 56TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)