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Who owns your block

2000 block of W Venango St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 62% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $3,133 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 174% since 2016, now about $119K. 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
$119K
$110K–$407K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$81
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$693
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 21
$15K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
62%
13 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
14%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
2 of 21 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$354
5 years
+168%
value · tax +$260
10 years
+174%
value · tax +$293

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 $119K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$119K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied48%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (35 violent) and 126 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
82
35 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
126
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults25
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Thefts9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint26
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Illegal Dumping17
Abandoned Vehicle16
Alley Light Outage7
Smoke Detector7

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 & Middle
Mastery Charter School At Cleveland
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$119K2016: $43K2017: $43K2018: $43K2019: $43K2020: $44K2021: $44K2022: $44K2023: $82K2024: $82K2025: $120K2026: $120K2027: $119K2016202020232027

▲ +174% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$6932016: $4002017: $4002018: $4002019: $2092020: $4332021: $4332022: $4332023: $4332024: $1,0472025: $1,1112026: $1,0472027: $6932016202020232027

▲ +73% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

10
10 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 $15,231 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%
$266pays now $1,666at the full rate

2020 W Venango St is assessed at $119K but pays $266 a year — about 16% of the $1,666 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 +9.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 274 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $274 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+174%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.1 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2005201020152020
18arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 6 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

9 parcels9 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$110K$150K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Purple Acre Llc17$563Kphila.gov ↗
Comfort Rentals Llc16$835Kphila.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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2000 W VENANGO ST sold $25K (2018); Appeal granted (2025). Owner-occupied $407K —/— 6,394 1915 1
2016 W VENANGO ST Absentee individual $129K 2/2 1,632 1920 1
2018 W VENANGO ST Absentee individual $119K 3/1 1,468 1925 1 rented
2020 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $119K 4/1 1,468 1925 0 abated
2021 W VENANGO ST Traded 3×: $57K in 2008 → $25K in 2017 (-56%). Absentee individual $121K 3/1 1,476 1930 3 tax lien
2022 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $119K 3/1 1,468 1925 0 abated
2023 W VENANGO ST Absentee individual $114K 3/1 1,476 1930 1
2024 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $119K 3/1 1,468 1925 0 abated
2025 W VENANGO ST Traded 3×: $21K in 2016 → $38K in 2019 (+79%). Investor / LLC $114K 3/1 1,476 1930 3 rented
2026 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $119K 4/1 1,468 1925 0 abatedtax lien
2027 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,476 1930 1
2028 W VENANGO ST Bought for $85K in 2023, built new (tax-abated), sold for $220K in 2024. Owner-occupied $119K 3/1 1,468 1925 2 abated
2029 W VENANGO ST Absentee individual $114K 3/1 1,476 1930 1
2030 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $119K 3/1 1,468 1925 0 abated
2031 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,476 1930 0 abated
2032 W VENANGO ST Investor / LLC $119K 3/1 1,468 1925 1 rented
2033 W VENANGO ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $60K in 2008. Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,476 1930 1 abated
2034 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $110K 3/1 1,256 1925 0 abatedtax lien
2035 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,476 1930 0
2036 W VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $18K in 2005 → $106K in 2006 (+506%). Absentee individual $110K 3/1 1,256 1925 2
2037 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $115K 3/1 1,476 1930 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)

Where this comes from

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