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Who owns your block

2100 block of 74th Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 91% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 4 homes behind $35,764 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 64% since 2016, now about $201K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$201K
$186K–$323K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$165
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
91%
29 of 32
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$36K
4 of 32 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax −$68
5 years
+68%
value · tax +$606
10 years
+64%
value · tax +$436

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 $201K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above 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$201K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied66%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (17 violent) and 197 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
59
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
197
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Fraud7
All Other Offenses6
Theft from Vehicle6
Thefts6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection57
Abandoned Vehicle40
Maintenance Complaint18
Salting15
Illegal Dumping13
Smoke Detector9

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$125K$250K$201K2016: $122K2017: $122K2018: $122K2019: $125K2020: $120K2021: $120K2022: $120K2023: $163K2024: $163K2025: $197K2026: $197K2027: $201K2016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,8762016: $1,4402017: $1,4402018: $1,4402019: $1,3772020: $1,2252021: $1,2252022: $1,2702023: $1,5892024: $1,5922025: $2,0352026: $1,9442027: $1,8762016202020232027

▲ +30% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 +4.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 164 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $164 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+64%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.9 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 40 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
40arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 32 parcels

Owner-occupied: 29Absentee individual: 3 32parcels
  • Owner-occupied 29
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

7 parcels10 parcels1 parcels2 parcels3 parcels4 parcels5 parcels
$186K$250K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 32 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
2103 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,280 1950 1
2105 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,280 1950 0
2107 74TH AVE Traded 3×: $71K in 2009 → $141K in 2011 (+99%). Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,280 1950 3
2109 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,280 1950 0
2111 74TH AVE Traded 2×: $60K in 2000 → $120K in 2008 (+100%). Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,280 1950 2
2113 74TH AVE Bought for $135K in 2007. Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,294 1950 1
2115 74TH AVE Traded 3×: $75K in 2004 → $145K in 2013 (+93%). Owner-occupied $243K 3/2 1,266 1950 3
2117 74TH AVE Traded 4×: $30K in 2009 → $125K in 2011 (+317%). Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,280 1950 4
2119 74TH AVE Traded 3×: $65K in 2012 → $256K in 2021 (+293%). Owner-occupied $245K 4/2 1,266 1950 3
2121 74TH AVE Absentee individual $198K 3/1 1,280 1950 0 tax lien
2123 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,274 1950 1
2125 74TH AVE Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,280 1950 0
2127 74TH AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,280 1950 0
2129 74TH AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,360 1950 0 tax lien
2150 74TH AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $232K 3/1 1,536 1950 0
2151 74TH AVE sold $75K (2004); L&I violation (2007); L&I violation (2008). Owner-occupied $221K 3/1 1,398 1950 1
2152 74TH AVE Traded 2×: $52K in 2001 → $140K in 2008 (+169%). Absentee individual $234K 3/— 1,428 1950 2
2153 74TH AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,084 1950 0
2154 74TH AVE Bought for $20K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $290K 3/2 1,392 1950 3 1 viol
2155 74TH AVE Bought for $80K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $229K in 2020 (+186%). Owner-occupied $250K 3/1 1,090 1950 2 tax lien
2156 74TH AVE sold $94K (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $231K 3/1 1,422 1950 1
2157 74TH AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,084 1950 0
2158 74TH AVE L&I violation (2012); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 1,398 1950 0
2159 74TH AVE Traded 4×: $44K in 2003 → $95K in 2014 (+116%). Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,084 1950 4
2160 74TH AVE Bought for $81K in 2008, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $148K in 2015 (+84%). Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 1,428 1950 4
2161 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,084 1950 0
2162 74TH AVE sold $120K (2007); 2 L&I violations (2018); 3 L&I violations (2019); 3 L&I violations (2022). Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 1,398 1950 1
2163 74TH AVE Bought for $187K in 2022. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,084 1950 1
2164 74TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2018); sold $33K (2019). Owner-occupied $232K 3/1 1,428 1950 1
2165 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,084 1950 0
2166 74TH AVE Bought for $66K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $323K 3/1 1,510 1950 2
2167 74TH AVE Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Absentee individual $190K 3/1 1,084 1950 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)

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