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Who owns your block

2100 block of N 59th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 homes behind $59,314 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 88% since 2016, now about $193K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$193K
$133K–$285K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$137
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
88%
29 of 33
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$59K
6 of 33 behind
▲ block 18% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-6%
value · tax −$123
5 years
+81%
value · tax +$395
10 years
+88%
value · tax +$322

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 $193K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$193K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied76%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 51 reported crimes (15 violent) and 182 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
51
15 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
182
34 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults11
Theft from Vehicle9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts5
Fraud4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection69
Maintenance Complaint27
Illegal Dumping18
Abandoned Vehicle17
Street Defect8
Other (Streets)7

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 Gompers
5701 Wynnefield Ave · 236 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$193K2016: $103K2017: $103K2018: $103K2019: $103K2020: $107K2021: $107K2022: $107K2023: $171K2024: $171K2025: $204K2026: $204K2027: $193K2016202020232027

▲ +88% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3382016: $1,0162017: $1,0162018: $1,0162019: $8782020: $9432021: $9432022: $9432023: $1,2922024: $1,2922025: $1,5202026: $1,4612027: $1,3382016202020232027

▲ +32% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 188 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $188 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+88%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.6 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
23arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
22homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 33 parcels

Owner-occupied: 29Absentee individual: 4 33parcels
  • Owner-occupied 29
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels19 parcels9 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$133K$238K+

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

House by house

All 33 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
2101 N 59TH ST Bought for $225K in 2011. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2012. Absentee individual $197K —/— 1,584 1925 2 tax lien
2103 N 59TH ST sold $114K (2008); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,414 1925 1
2105 N 59TH ST Traded 4×: $30K in 2019 → $310K in 2025 (+937%). Owner-occupied $285K 3/1 1,414 1925 4 tax lien
2107 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,414 1925 0
2109 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,414 1925 0
2111 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,414 1925 0
2113 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,414 1925 0
2115 N 59TH ST Traded 2×: $68K in 2000 → $120K in 2015 (+78%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 2
2116 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $238K 3/1 1,430 1925 0 tax lien
2117 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 1
2118 N 59TH ST Absentee individual $189K 3/1 1,438 1925 0 tax lien
2119 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
2120 N 59TH ST 2 L&I violations (2018). Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
2121 N 59TH ST Traded 3×: $30K in 2002 → $118K in 2014 (+293%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 3
2122 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
2123 N 59TH ST Bought for $95K in 2023. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 1 rented
2124 N 59TH ST Traded 3×: $87K in 2006 → $130K in 2012 (+50%). Owner-occupied $252K 3/2 1,338 1925 3
2125 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
2126 N 59TH ST Absentee individual $198K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
2127 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
2128 N 59TH ST Bought for $156K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $207K 3/2 1,504 1925 1
2129 N 59TH ST Bought for $80K in 2006. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 4 tax lien
2130 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
2131 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
2132 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
2133 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
2134 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
2135 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
2136 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
2137 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
2139 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
2141 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
2143 N 59TH ST Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,472 1925 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.