Who owns your block
2000 block of S 59th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 79% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 homes behind $53,754 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 133% since 2016, now about $119K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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 $119K — about 0.5× 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 | $119K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 64% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 88 reported crimes (32 violent) and 76 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
- $119K typical home, up +133% since 2016
- Tax bill $291 to $259 a year, -1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.8M assessed, $64,984/yr to the city, about $1,969 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +133% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -11% since 2016 · ~-1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2002 S 59th St is assessed at $121K but pays $288 a year — about 17% of the $1,688 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 $233 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 23 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 33 parcels
- Owner-occupied 26
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Pride Builders Llc | 1 | 1 | $119K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 S 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $138K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $127K | 4/2 | 1,400 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2001 S 59TH ST New constructionBought for $433K in 2004, built new under a 2023 permit, sold for $3.0M in 2023. | Absentee individual | $3.1M | —/— | 59,626 | 2005 | 2 | rented |
| 2002 S 59TH ST New constructionBought for $49K in 2002, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $123K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $121K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 3 | abated |
| 2004 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2006 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $75K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 2008 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2010 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2012 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2014 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2016 S 59TH ST New constructionBought for $44K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $95K in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 2 | abated |
| 2018 S 59TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $5K in 2015 → $105K in 2017 (+2000%). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2020 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2022 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2024 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $70K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 2026 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2028 S 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2030 S 59TH ST | Absentee individual | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2032 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2034 S 59TH ST History3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2019). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2036 S 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a city demolition permit in 2024. | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2038 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2040 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2042 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2044 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2046 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2048 S 59TH ST | Absentee individual | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2050 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2052 S 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $21K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2054 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2056 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2058 S 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $30K in 2020. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2060 S 59TH ST | Absentee individual | $119K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2062 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $114K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)