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Who owns your block

2000 block of S 71st St

A mixed-ownership block: 19% owner-occupied, 38% investor-held, with 13 open code violations and 7 homes behind $15,330 on taxes.

The typical home here is down 38% since 2016, now about $49K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$49K
$7K–$1.8M
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$76
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$188
typical · up to $25K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
19%
3 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
13
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$15K
7 of 21 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+75%
value · tax +$60
5 years
-40%
value · tax −$464
10 years
-38%
value · tax −$540

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $49K — about 0.2× 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$49K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied5%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 34 reported crimes (12 violent) and 79 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
34
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
79
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults5
Thefts5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Theft from Vehicle3
All Other Offenses2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Maintenance Complaint12
Abandoned Vehicle11
Illegal Dumping8
Salting5
License Complaint3

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$49K2016: $80K2017: $80K2018: $82K2019: $76K2020: $83K2021: $83K2022: $83K2023: $115K2024: $115K2025: $28K2026: $28K2027: $49K2016202020232027

▼ -38% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1722016: $7122017: $7122018: $9332019: $6112020: $6362021: $6362022: $6362023: $9932024: $1,4782025: $1122026: $1122027: $1722016202020232027

▼ -76% since 2016 · ~-12%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -4.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

3510025020162019202220252027This block 62 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $62 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
-4.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
-38%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
-4.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-7.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-10.8 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20042008201220162020
12arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 8 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 8

Value distribution today

14 parcels4 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$7K$744K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Phila (individual)23871$6561Mphila.gov ↗
Land Ho Llc156$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Concord Express Llc713$2.7Mphila.gov ↗
Phila Auth For Ind Dev (individual)212$63Mphila.gov ↗
Andre Johnson (individual)39$1.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 21 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2000-30 S 71ST ST Bought for $1.6M in 2021. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $1.8M —/— 23,660 1 tax lien
2013-17 S 71ST ST 2 L&I violations (2007). Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,376 1920 0 tax lien
2019 S 71ST ST Owner-occupied $167K 3/1 1,376 1920 0 tax lien
2032-38 S 71ST ST 2 L&I violations (2014); sold $1.6M (2021). Vacant $744K —/— 1 tax lien
2039 S 71ST ST Owner pulled a city demolition permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $100K 4/1 1,505 1920 0 2 violtax lien
2040 S 71ST ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2019 → $1.6M in 2021 (+22757%). Vacant $7K —/— 2 tax lien
2042 S 71ST ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2019 → $1.6M in 2021 (+22757%). Investor / LLC $9K —/— 2
2044 S 71ST ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2019 → $1.6M in 2021 (+22757%). Vacant $8K —/— 2 tax lien
2046 S 71ST ST Investor / LLC $11K —/— 0
2048 S 71ST ST Vacant $10K —/— 0
2050 S 71ST ST Absentee individual $10K —/— 0
2052 S 71ST ST Vacant $11K —/— 0
2054 S 71ST ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2019 → $1.6M in 2021 (+22757%). Investor / LLC $12K —/— 2
2056 S 71ST ST Absentee individual $13K —/— 0
2058-62 S 71ST ST Absentee individual $83K —/— 0
2064-66 S 71ST ST Absentee individual $67K —/— 0
2068 S 71ST ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Absentee individual $265K —/— 4,815 1940 0 11 violtax lien
2068R S 71ST ST Absentee individual $146K —/— 2,652 1920 1 tax lien
2068R S 71ST ST Vacant $134K —/— 0 tax lien
2074 S 71ST ST 2 L&I violations (2008); sold $15K (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2017). Vacant $49K —/— 1 tax lien
2076 S 71ST ST 2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2014). Vacant $7K —/— 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)

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