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Who owns your block

2100 block of Afton St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 1 home behind $3,094 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 81% since 2016, now about $287K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$287K
$287K–$352K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$274
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$292K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $287K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
89%
34 of 38
city 41%
Rentals
13%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
1 of 38 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$252
5 years
+54%
value · tax +$637
10 years
+81%
value · tax +$818

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 $287K — 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$287K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied74%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 30 reported crimes (7 violent) and 53 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
30
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
53
13 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Other Assaults6
All Other Offenses2
Theft from Vehicle2
Thefts2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint20
Abandoned Vehicle8
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8
Information Request4
Other (Streets)2
Smoke Detector2

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$287K2016: $158K2017: $158K2018: $158K2019: $170K2020: $186K2021: $186K2022: $186K2023: $216K2024: $216K2025: $269K2026: $269K2027: $287K2016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6152016: $1,7972017: $1,7972018: $1,7972019: $1,8142020: $1,9782021: $1,9782022: $1,9782023: $1,9022024: $1,9022025: $2,3632026: $2,3632027: $2,6152016202020232027

▲ +46% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

10 homes pay the full 1.40%28 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 181 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $181 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+81%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-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 43 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
43arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 38 parcels

Owner-occupied: 34Absentee individual: 4 38parcels
  • Owner-occupied 34
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

30 parcels3 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$287K$316K+

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

House by house

All 38 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
2100 AFTON ST Owner-occupied $316K —/— 1,046 1960 0
2101 AFTON ST Bought for $172K in 2004. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $322K —/— 1,097 1960 1
2102 AFTON ST Bought for $140K in 2007. Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 2
2103 AFTON ST Bought for $165K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2104 AFTON ST Absentee individual $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2105 AFTON ST Bought for $235K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $352K 3/— 1,046 1960 2 tax lien
2106 AFTON ST Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 0
2107 AFTON ST Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 0
2108 AFTON ST Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 0
2109 AFTON ST Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2110 AFTON ST Bought for $141K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $294K —/— 1,046 1960 2 rented
2111 AFTON ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $292K —/— 1,046 1960 0
2112 AFTON ST Traded 2×: $146K in 2010 → $143K in 2015 (-2%). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 2 rented
2113 AFTON ST Bought for $160K in 2008. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Absentee individual $287K —/— 1,046 1960 2
2114 AFTON ST Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2115 AFTON ST Bought for $84K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 2
2116 AFTON ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 0
2117 AFTON ST Bought for $95K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2118 AFTON ST Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1 rented
2119 AFTON ST Absentee individual $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2120 AFTON ST Bought for $145K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $270K in 2023 (+86%). Absentee individual $287K —/— 1,046 1960 2 rented2 viol
2121 AFTON ST Bought for $133K in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1 1 viol
2122 AFTON ST Bought for $91K in 2002, fast form building permit in 2009, sold for $251K in 2021 (+175%). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 2
2123 AFTON ST Bought for $133K in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2124 AFTON ST Owner-occupied $292K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2125 AFTON ST Traded 2×: $130K in 2014 → $158K in 2015 (+22%). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 2
2126 AFTON ST Bought for $128K in 2008, fast form building permit in 2009, sold for $186K in 2016 (+45%). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 3
2127 AFTON ST Traded 2×: $150K in 2012 → $200K in 2018 (+33%). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 2
2128 AFTON ST built new under a 2014 permit. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 0 1 violtax lien
2129 AFTON ST Traded 2×: $225K in 2020 → $292K in 2026 (+30%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/1 1,046 1960 2
2130 AFTON ST 2 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 0
2131 AFTON ST sold $91K (2001); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2132 AFTON ST L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 0
2133 AFTON ST Bought for $150K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1
2134 AFTON ST Bought for $88K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $290K in 2025 (+231%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,046 1960 2
2135 AFTON ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2003 → $280K in 2021 (+155%). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 2 rented
2136 AFTON ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 0
2137 AFTON ST sold $199K (2007); 2 L&I violations (2015). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,046 1960 1

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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