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Who owns your block

2100 block of 72nd Ave

An investor-heavy block: 56% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 4 open code violations and 1 home behind $477 on taxes.

The typical home here is down 0% since 2016, now about $163K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$163K
$48K–$615K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$80
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$145K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $163K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 9
$2K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
11%
1 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 22% · city 5%
Back taxes
$477
1 of 9 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+15%
value · tax +$291
5 years
+13%
value · tax +$263
10 years
0%
value · tax −$9

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 $163K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$163K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied0%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 100 reported crimes (30 violent) and 213 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
100
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
213
61 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts24
Other Assaults19
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
All Other Offenses9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle46
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection41
Maintenance Complaint40
Illegal Dumping16
Salting8
Other (Streets)6

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 · K-8
Samuel Pennypacker
1858 E Washington Ln · 302 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$163K2016: $164K2017: $164K2018: $139K2019: $143K2020: $144K2021: $144K2022: $144K2023: $144K2024: $144K2025: $142K2026: $142K2027: $163K2016202020232027

▼ 0% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,2842016: $2,2932017: $2,2932018: $1,9442019: $2,0022020: $2,0212021: $2,0212022: $2,0212023: $2,0092024: $2,0092025: $1,9932026: $1,9932027: $2,2842016202020232027

▼ 0% since 2016 · ~0%/yr

1
1 property 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 $1,579 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%
$0pays now $1,579at the full rate

2127 72nd Ave is assessed at $113K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,579 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 0% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8510025020162019202220252027This block 100 Philadelphia 201

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

Annualized return
0%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
0%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
0%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-6.5 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
14arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$48K$176K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Limpnickey Lp16$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
6th Boro Llc13$364Kphila.gov ↗
Suh & Kim Llc22$343Kphila.gov ↗
2125 72 Ave Llc11$128Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 9 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2100 72ND AVE Absentee individual $615K 30,057 1920 0
2117 72ND AVE Bought for $70K in 2002, zoning/use permit in 2007, sold for $250K in 2024 (+257%). Absentee individual $163K 2,040 1925 4
2119 72ND AVE Bought for $220K in 2008, alteration permit in 2013, sold for $600K in 2022 (+173%). Investor / LLC $167K 2,088 1925 3
2121 72ND AVE Bought for $220K in 2008, alterations permit in 2020, sold for $600K in 2022 (+173%). Investor / LLC $176K 2,196 1925 3
2123 72ND AVE Bought for $50K in 2013. Owner pulled a family daycare permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $168K 2,105 1925 1 2 violtax lien
2125 72ND AVE built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $145K in 2025. Investor / LLC $128K 1,908 1925 1 2 violtax lien
2127 72ND AVE built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 1,711 1920 0 abated
2129 72ND AVE Bought for $130K in 2013. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2016. Absentee individual $136K 1,700 1925 2
2131 72ND AVE built new under a 2020 permit. Vacant $48K 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.