Who owns your block
2000 block of S Simpson St
A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 37% investor-held, with 8 open code violations and 8 homes behind $67,113 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $94K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $94K — about 0.4× 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 block | ZIP 19142 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $94K | $131K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 7% | 34% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 204 reported crimes (84 violent) and 149 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
- $94K typical home, up +76% since 2016
- Tax bill $746 to $1,288 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.5M assessed, $32,299/yr to the city, about $1,196 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +76% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +73% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2021 S Simpson St is assessed at $94K but pays $739 a year — about 56% of the $1,310 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 +5.3% 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 $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 52 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 27 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 10
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Am Property Llc, carries 21 open violations across 36 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Am Property Llc | 2 | 36 | $5.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Na 3 Operating Llc | 1 | 35 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lunvest Llc | 1 | 7 | $461K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rowell Management Company | 1 | 5 | $582K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rwd Realty Llc | 1 | 5 | $482K | phila.gov ↗ |
| D &T Properties Inc | 1 | 3 | $410K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Vmc Reo Llc | 1 | 2 | $422K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philadlephia Cr2 Llc | 1 | 1 | $104K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Valerinn Llc | 1 | 1 | $92K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 27 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 SIMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2001 S SIMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $2K in 2008 → $120K in 2024 (+5900%). | Investor / LLC | $104K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 6 | rented |
| 2002 S SIMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2024 → $155K in 2024 (+520%). | Owner-occupied | $158K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2003 S SIMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2004 S SIMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 2005 S SIMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 2006 S SIMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $5.2M in 2005 → $1K in 2018 (-100%). | Investor / LLC | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2007 S SIMPSON ST HistoryAppeal complete (2025). | Investor / LLC | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | 4 violtax lien |
| 2008 S SIMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $42K in 2004 → $90K in 2019 (+118%). | Investor / LLC | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 4 | rentedtax lien |
| 2009 S SIMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2010 S SIMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | 4 viol |
| 2011 S SIMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $10K in 2018 → $47K in 2020 (+370%). | Absentee individual | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 2012 S SIMPSON ST Improved | Vacant | $8K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2013 S SIMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2021 → $112K in 2021 (+39%). | Investor / LLC | $92K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 2014 S SIMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2015 S SIMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $51K in 1999 → $172K in 2025 (+237%). | Owner-occupied | $158K | 3/1 | 988 | 1920 | 5 | |
| 2016 S SIMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $17K in 2012 → $78K in 2021 (+361%). | Investor / LLC | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 5 | rented |
| 2017 S SIMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $34K in 2008 → $13K in 2015 (-62%). | Absentee individual | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 2018 S SIMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 2019 S SIMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2004 → $35K in 2005 (+43%). | Absentee individual | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2020 S SIMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2021 → $112K in 2021 (+39%). | Investor / LLC | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 2021 S SIMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2022 S SIMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $15K in 2013 → $20K in 2025 (+34%). | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2023 S SIMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 2024 S SIMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $20K in 2000 → $30K in 2021 (+50%). | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 2025 S SIMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $58K in 2001 → $92K in 2021 (+59%). | Absentee individual | $64K | —/— | 1,522 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2026 S SIMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)