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Who owns your block

2000 block of S 68th St

A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 19 open code violations and 7 homes behind $25,438 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $120K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$120K
$13K–$266K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$102
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$77K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $120K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 39
$8K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
41%
15 of 39
city 41%
Rentals
28%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
19
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$25K
7 of 39 behind
▲ block 18% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$100
5 years
+60%
value · tax +$612
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$792

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 $120K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19142 median of $131K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19142 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19142Philadelphia
Median home value$120K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied15%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 69 reported crimes (24 violent) and 95 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
69
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
95
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Thefts13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
All Other Offenses5

Top 311 complaints

Salting19
Abandoned Vehicle14
Maintenance Complaint14
Illegal Dumping13
License Complaint9
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8

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
Joseph Catharine
6600 Chester Ave · 377 students
Middle · 5-8
William Tilden
6601 Elmwood Ave · 230 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$100K$200K$120K2016: $67K2017: $67K2018: $67K2019: $69K2020: $75K2021: $75K2022: $75K2023: $92K2024: $92K2025: $111K2026: $111K2027: $120K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6592016: $9222017: $8672018: $8122019: $9662020: $1,0472021: $1,0472022: $1,0472023: $1,1902024: $1,1902025: $1,5592026: $1,5592027: $1,6592016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 $8,399 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%
$291pays now $1,691at the full rate

2012 S 68th St is assessed at $121K but pays $291 a year — about 17% of the $1,691 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 76 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M2004201020162022
76arm's-length sales since 1999
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 39 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 12Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 2 39parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 12
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels11 parcels19 parcels2 parcels4 parcels
$13K$194K+

The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Lotus 09 Llc, carries 3 open violations across 42 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Lotus 09 Llc142$5.5Mphila.gov ↗
Blessing Investment Llc17$687Kphila.gov ↗
Easy Home Buyer 1 Llc17$812Kphila.gov ↗
Amit-Kanarek Llc16$901Kphila.gov ↗
Ngos Enterprise Llc15$567Kphila.gov ↗
Penn Properties Investmen15$611Kphila.gov ↗
Builty Properties Llc15$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Arcord Home Llc24$522Kphila.gov ↗
Turtleneck Llc13$763Kphila.gov ↗
Tal Shahar Lp11$118Kphila.gov ↗
Mz Propertys Llc11$120Kphila.gov ↗
Rowell Mgmt Co11$120Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 39 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
2000 S 68TH ST Traded 3×: $10K in 2002 → $150K in 2025 (+1400%). Owner-occupied $168K —/— 1,408 1925 3
2002 S 68TH ST 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2023); sold $15K (2025). Vacant $13K —/— 1 tax lien
2004 S 68TH ST 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2022). Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
2006 S 68TH ST Bought for $52K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Absentee individual $122K 3/1 1,134 1925 2 rentedtax lien
2008 S 68TH ST Absentee individual $151K —/— 1,110 1920 1
2010 S 68TH ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2006 → $35K in 2020 (-56%). Investor / LLC $151K —/— 1,110 1920 2 1 viol
2012 S 68TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2009. Owner-occupied $121K 3/1 1,110 1925 1 abated
2014 S 68TH ST Bought for $40K in 2012, mechanical permit in 2015, sold for $120K in 2024 (+200%). Absentee individual $121K 3/1 1,110 1925 2 rented
2016 S 68TH ST Bought for $51K in 2019. Owner pulled a use permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $266K —/— 1,110 1920 3 15 viol
2018 S 68TH ST Traded 2×: $16K in 2001 → $48K in 2025 (+202%). Investor / LLC $119K 3/1 1,110 1925 2 rented3 viol
2020 S 68TH ST sold $15K (2003); 9 L&I violations (2009). Owner-occupied $119K 3/1 1,110 1925 1 rented
2022 S 68TH ST Bought for $57K in 2003. Owner pulled a use permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $194K 4/4 1,552 1920 1 rented
2024 S 68TH ST Bought for $68K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $68K —/— 1,020 1925 1 tax lien
2026 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $102K 3/1 1,140 1925 1
2028 S 68TH ST Bought for $56K in 2019, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2019, sold for $150K in 2021 (+168%). Absentee individual $106K 3/1 1,140 1925 3
2030 S 68TH ST Bought for $26K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $75K in 2010. Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 1,140 1925 3 abated
2031 S 68TH ST Bought for $20K in 2007, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $35K in 2018 (+75%). Investor / LLC $118K 3/1 1,170 1925 2 rented
2032 S 68TH ST Traded 3×: $48K in 2005 → $167K in 2024 (+248%). Investor / LLC $104K 3/1 1,140 1925 3 tax lien
2033 S 68TH ST Bought for $22K in 1999, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2000. Owner-occupied $118K 3/1 1,170 1925 2 abated
2034 S 68TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 1,140 1925 0 abated
2035 S 68TH ST Traded 4×: $18K in 2000 → $19K in 2014 (+6%). Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,410 1925 4
2036 S 68TH ST sold $40K (2006); 4 L&I violations (2018); 5 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2025). Absentee individual $104K 3/1 1,140 1925 1 rentedtax lien
2037 S 68TH ST Bought for $10K in 2008, alteration permit in 2009, sold for $170K in 2025 (+1599%). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 3
2038 S 68TH ST Bought for $44K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
2039 S 68TH ST 3 L&I violations (2007). Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 0
2040 S 68TH ST Bought for $55K in 2010. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $104K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
2041 S 68TH ST Bought for $79K in 2021, built new (tax-abated), sold for $30K in 2021. Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 2 abated
2042 S 68TH ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2021 → $80K in 2022 (+300%). Investor / LLC $104K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
2043 S 68TH ST Bought for $42K in 2008, electrical permit in 2008, sold for $88K in 2020 (+110%). Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 2 rented
2044 S 68TH ST Traded 2×: $70K in 2010 → $40K in 2019 (-44%). Investor / LLC $104K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
2045 S 68TH ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2008 → $80K in 2023 (+78%). Investor / LLC $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 2 tax lien
2046 S 68TH ST Bought for $20K in 2004, use permit in 2016, sold for $140K in 2018 (+600%). Investor / LLC $202K 4/2 1,336 1925 3
2047 S 68TH ST Traded 2×: $28K in 2008 → $44K in 2008 (+55%). Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 2 rented
2049 S 68TH ST L&I violation (2011); sold $17K (2012). Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 1
2051 S 68TH ST Traded 3×: $35K in 2004 → $85K in 2024 (+143%). Absentee individual $115K 3/1 1,170 1925 3 rented
2053 S 68TH ST Traded 5×: $90K in 2008 → $25K in 2013 (-72%). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 5 tax lien
2055 S 68TH ST Bought for $55K in 2005, built new (tax-abated), sold for $79K in 2018. Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 3 abated
2057 S 68TH ST Bought for $12K in 2012, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $3.0M in 2020 (+24910%). Investor / LLC $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 3 rented
2059 S 68TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $120K 3/1 1,170 1925 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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