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Who owns your block

2100 block of N 31st St

A mixed-ownership block: 23% owner-occupied, 38% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $15,480 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 46% since 2016, now about $42K. Property taxes are climbing about 22% 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
$42K
$30K–$311K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$99
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$55K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $42K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
23%
3 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
23%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$15K
3 of 13 behind
▲ block 23% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-6%
value · tax −$63
5 years
+2%
value · tax +$370
10 years
+46%
value · tax +$335

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $42K — 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$42K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied8%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 150 reported crimes (73 violent) and 268 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
150
73 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
268
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults52
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief16
Thefts15
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Burglary Residential11
All Other Offenses8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint92
Illegal Dumping50
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection37
Abandoned Vehicle15
Salting11
Sanitation Violation11

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
James G Blaine
3001 W Berks St · 299 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$42K2016: $29K2017: $29K2018: $30K2019: $40K2020: $41K2021: $41K2022: $41K2023: $59K2024: $59K2025: $44K2026: $44K2027: $42K2016202020232027

▲ +46% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$4332016: $482017: $982018: $982019: $982020: $632021: $632022: $632023: $6642024: $6642025: $4962026: $4962027: $4332016202020232027

▲ +802% since 2016 · ~+22%/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 +3.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 146 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $146 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+46%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20082012201620202024
12arm's-length sales since 2005
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 7 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

7 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$30K$194K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Redevelopment Authority (individual)41303$240Mphila.gov ↗
Alion Investments Llc148$12Mphila.gov ↗
Community Improvement Fund Llc132$6.4Mphila.gov ↗
Abaymado Llc213$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Crud Llc18$2.1Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 13 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2114 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Vacant $31K —/— 0
2115 N 31ST ST Vacant $40K —/— 0
2116 N 31ST ST sold $32K (2013); L&I violation (2021). Vacant $31K —/— 1
2117 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $159K —/— 1,616 1915 0
2118 N 31ST ST Bought for $50K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $63K 4/1 1,565 1915 2 tax lien
2120 N 31ST ST Traded 2×: $33K in 2019 → $20K in 2024 (-38%). Vacant $30K —/— 2 tax lien
2122 N 31ST ST Traded 3×: $20K in 2005 → $33K in 2014 (+67%). Absentee individual $178K —/— 2,025 1915 3 rented
2124 N 31ST ST 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021). Vacant $36K —/— 0
2126 N 31ST ST Bought for $55K in 2022. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $311K 4/3 1,565 1915 1 rented
2128 N 31ST ST Bought for $23K in 2010. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $194K 3/3 1,565 1915 3 rented
2130 N 31ST ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $168K —/— 1,893 1915 0 tax lien
2132 N 31ST ST Vacant $38K —/— 0
2143-53 N 31ST ST 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $42K —/— 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.