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Who owns your block

2100 block of N 21st St

A mixed-ownership block: 27% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 36 open code violations and 9 homes behind $52,459 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 157% since 2016, now about $47K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$47K
$36K–$450K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$87
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$25K
5 sold in 2yr
assessed $47K
Tax / yr
$662
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 52
$19K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
27%
12 of 52
city 41%
Rentals
6%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
36
L&I code
▲ block 15% · city 5%
Back taxes
$52K
9 of 52 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
8
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-40%
value · tax −$79
5 years
+211%
value · tax +$475
10 years
+103%
value · tax +$429

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 $47K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$47K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied10%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 253 reported crimes (91 violent) and 183 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
253
91 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
183
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults54
All Other Offenses48
Thefts48
Aggravated Assault No Firearm14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Motor Vehicle Theft10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint49
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Illegal Dumping18
Sanitation Violation14
Abandoned Vehicle11
Construction Complaints7

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
William Dick
2498 W Diamond St · 306 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$47K2016: $18K2017: $23K2018: $23K2019: $15K2020: $15K2021: $15K2022: $15K2023: $51K2024: $51K2025: $78K2026: $78K2027: $47K2016202020232027

▲ +157% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6502016: $2212017: $2212018: $2212019: $1752020: $1752021: $1752022: $1752023: $6902024: $6902025: $7082026: $7292027: $6502016202020232027

▲ +194% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

4
4 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 $19,338 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%
$1,274pays now $6,299at the full rate

2113 N 21st St is assessed at $450K but pays $1,274 a year — about 20% of the $6,299 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% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8010050020162019202220252027This block 257 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $257 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+157%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.5 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 44 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 29 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
44arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
29homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 52 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 28 52parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 28

Value distribution today

28 parcels5 parcels0 parcels12 parcels3 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$36K$328K+

The block's largest owner, Bcm Investments Llc, carries 9 open violations across 75 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bcm Investments Llc175$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Five Town Llc145$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Bulk Boy Llc119$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Infiniti Properties Llc112$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Crud Llc18$2.1Mphila.gov ↗
Whitekat Revocable Living Trust37$917Kphila.gov ↗
Copostatic Real Estate Llc16$932Kphila.gov ↗
He Estate Llc16$746Kphila.gov ↗
Gcg Investments Llc13$64Kphila.gov ↗
Rca Development Llc13$397Kphila.gov ↗
Warehouse Junction Llc22$91Kphila.gov ↗
Aye Dee Holdings Llc11$328Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 52 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
2113 N 21ST ST Bought for $53K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $525K in 2022. Owner-occupied $450K 4/3 2,016 1915 3 rentedabated3 viol
2114 N 21ST ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $94K —/— 2,604 1915 0 abated
2115 N 21ST ST Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
2116 N 21ST ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $84K —/— 2,184 1915 0 abated
2117 N 21ST ST 12 L&I violations (2020). Owner-occupied $175K —/— 2,016 1915 0
2118 N 21ST ST Bought for $17K in 2014, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $400K in 2022. Owner-occupied $362K 6/4 2,490 1915 3
2119 N 21ST ST Bought for $7K in 2006, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $39K in 2021 (+457%). Vacant $37K —/— 2 tax lien
2120 N 21ST ST Bought for $27K in 2019, major alteration permit in 2019, sold for $380K in 2022 (+2231%). Owner-occupied $330K 6/4 2,064 1915 3
2121 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
2122 N 21ST ST demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017), then sold for $6K in 2018. Vacant $47K —/— 1 tax lien
2123 N 21ST ST demolished in 2021 and rebuilt (2020), then sold for $2K in 2017. Vacant $37K —/— 1 tax lien
2124 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $47K —/— 0
2125 N 21ST ST Traded 3×: $85K in 2007 → $15K in 2016 (-82%). Absentee individual $106K —/2 2,016 1915 3
2126 N 21ST ST Bought for $22K in 2014. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2025. Absentee individual $89K —/— 2,364 1915 4 1 viol
2127 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
2128 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $200K —/— 2,454 1915 0
2129 N 21ST ST demolished in 2021 and rebuilt (2021), then sold for $90K in 2021. Vacant $38K —/— 5 4 viol
2130 N 21ST ST Bought for $8K in 2009, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $18K in 2015 (+140%). Vacant $47K —/— 2 tax lien
2131 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $175K —/— 2,016 1915 0
2132 N 21ST ST Bought for $110K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $328K 6/3 2,454 1915 1 rentedtax lien
2133 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); 4 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
2134 N 21ST ST 4 L&I violations (2023); 4 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); sold $23K (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $47K —/— 1 2 violtax lien
2135 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2024); sold $25K (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $37K —/— 1 tax lien
2136 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $186K —/— 2,116 1915 0
2137 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2007. Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
2138 N 21ST ST built new under a 2019 permit. Investor / LLC $200K —/— 2,454 1915 0 rented1 viol
2139 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2019); 4 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
2140 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $47K —/— 0 tax lien
2141 N 21ST ST 4 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2019); 4 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
2142 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $47K —/— 0
2143 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $175K —/— 2,016 1915 0
2144 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $192K —/— 2,246 1915 0
2145 N 21ST ST Traded 2×: $4K in 2013 → $15K in 2018 (+239%). Vacant $36K —/— 2
2146 N 21ST ST Bought for $18K in 2018. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Vacant $45K —/— 1 tax lien
2147 N 21ST ST Vacant $37K —/— 0
2148 N 21ST ST Bought for $37K in 2018. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2021. Vacant $46K —/— 1 5 viol
2149 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); 4 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013). Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
2150 N 21ST ST 3 L&I violations (2021). Vacant $44K —/— 0
2151 N 21ST ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $7K in 2000. Investor / LLC $205K —/— 2,016 1915 1 abatedtax lien
2152 N 21ST ST built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $1K in 2019. Absentee individual $234K —/— 2,364 1915 1 11 violtax lien
2153 N 21ST ST Bought for $66K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $171K 3/3 1,950 1915 1
2154 N 21ST ST 4 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2023); sold $23K (2025). Vacant $44K —/— 1 tax lien
2155 N 21ST ST Bought for $1K in 2004. Vacant $37K —/— 1
2156 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. Absentee individual $180K —/— 2,026 1915 0 9 violtax lien
2157 N 21ST ST Vacant $37K —/— 0
2158 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2013). Vacant $44K —/— 0
2159 N 21ST ST Bought for $5K in 2019, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $40K in 2024. Investor / LLC $84K 3/3 1,929 1915 2 tax lien
2160 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2013). Vacant $44K —/— 0
2161 N 21ST ST 8 L&I violations (2013). Investor / LLC $186K —/— 1,929 1915 0
2162 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $180K —/— 2,026 1915 0 tax lien
2163 N 21ST ST Bought for $15K in 2000, use permit in 2015, sold for $30K in 2017 (+100%). Owner-occupied $189K —/— 3,158 1915 3
2164 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $240K —/— 3,200 1915 0

Neighborhood

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

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