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Who owns your block

2000 block of Vista St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $4,450 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 85% since 2016, now about $296K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$296K
$296K–$1.1M
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$220
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$230K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $296K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $15K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1962
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
65%
15 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
22%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
1 of 23 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$206
5 years
+52%
value · tax +$645
10 years
+85%
value · tax +$918

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 $296K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19152Philadelphia
Median home value$296K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied61%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 21 reported crimes (10 violent) and 33 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
21
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
33
11 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults8
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Fraud2
Thefts2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
Aggravated Assault Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle7
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5
Street Defect5
Construction Complaints2
Maintenance Complaint2
Traffic Calming Request2

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
Rhawnhurst
7809 Castor Ave · 584 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$250K$500K$296K2016: $160K2017: $160K2018: $160K2019: $177K2020: $195K2021: $195K2022: $195K2023: $223K2024: $223K2025: $281K2026: $281K2027: $296K2016202020232027

▲ +85% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,7412016: $1,8232017: $1,8232018: $1,8232019: $1,9222020: $2,0962021: $2,0962022: $2,0962023: $1,9952024: $1,9952025: $2,5352026: $2,5352027: $2,7412016202020232027

▲ +50% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 185 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $185 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+85%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
19arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 7 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

20 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$296K$343K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Property Acquisitions Inc117$6.2Mphila.gov ↗
Triple Realty Llc12$528Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 23 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 VISTA ST Absentee individual $343K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2002 VISTA ST Absentee individual $350K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2004 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2006 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2008 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2010 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 1
2012 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $196K in 2008 → $220K in 2019 (+12%). Absentee individual $296K —/— 1,344 1962 2 rented
2014 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2016 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $106K in 2002 → $212K in 2005 (+100%). Absentee individual $296K —/— 1,344 1962 2
2018 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2020 VISTA ST Absentee individual $296K —/— 1,344 1962 1 rented
2022 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 1 rented
2024 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 1
2026 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 1
2028 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2030 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2031 VISTA ST sold $290K (2010); Appeal approved (2010). Absentee individual $1.1M —/— 10,850 1950 1
2032 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $103K in 2002 → $167K in 2007 (+62%). Absentee individual $296K —/— 1,344 1962 2
2034 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 1
2036 VISTA ST Traded 4×: $60K in 2003 → $230K in 2025 (+283%). Owner-occupied $296K 3/2 1,344 1962 4 rented
2038 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 0
2040 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $203K in 2005 → $200K in 2019 (-1%). Investor / LLC $296K —/— 1,344 1962 2 rented
2042 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,344 1962 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.