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Who owns your block

2100 block of S 61st St

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 11% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 2 homes behind $17,496 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 170% since 2016, now about $151K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$151K
$44K–$1000K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$115
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$808
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 9
$8K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
56%
5 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 22% · city 5%
Back taxes
$17K
2 of 9 behind
▲ block 22% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+25%
value · tax +$419
5 years
+89%
value · tax −$173
10 years
+170%
value · tax +$327

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 $151K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19142 median of $131K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19142 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19142Philadelphia
Median home value$151K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied33%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 183 reported crimes (43 violent) and 89 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
183
43 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
89
14 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts85
Other Assaults23
All Other Offenses22
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint25
Illegal Dumping24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection11
Salting5
Abandoned Vehicle3
Alley Light Outage2

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
Weir Mitchell
5500 Kingsessing Ave · 271 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$151K2016: $56K2017: $56K2018: $56K2019: $74K2020: $80K2021: $80K2022: $80K2023: $95K2024: $95K2025: $121K2026: $121K2027: $151K2016202020232027

▲ +170% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$7192016: $3922017: $3922018: $3922019: $4772020: $4942021: $4942022: $8922023: $1,2632024: $1,2632025: $1,6012026: $3002027: $7192016202020232027

▲ +83% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

2
2 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 $8,224 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%
$0pays now $4,024at the full rate

2135-37 S 61st St is assessed at $288K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,024 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 +9.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 270 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $270 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+170%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.5%/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 10 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
10arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels1 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$44K$288K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Zs Investment Llc14$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Church Of Living God (individual)23$692Kphila.gov ↗
Mountain William (individual)22$89Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 9 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2100 S 61ST ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $1000K —/— 8,545 1926 1
2101 S 61ST ST Bought for $85K in 2024. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $151K —/— 1,316 1920 1
2103 S 61ST ST sold $25K (2001); L&I violation (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2014). Owner-occupied $158K —/— 1,316 1920 1 tax lien
2125 S 61ST ST 2 L&I violations (2023); 4 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $44K —/— 0 2 violtax lien
2127 S 61ST ST 2 L&I violations (2023); 4 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $45K —/— 0 2 violtax lien
2129 S 61ST ST Traded 5×: $24K in 2005 → $189K in 2022 (+688%). Owner-occupied $166K 3/2 1,290 1930 5
2131 S 61ST ST Bought for $17K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $118K 3/1 1,418 1920 1
2133 S 61ST ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $225K in 2004. Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,290 1920 1 abated
2135-37 S 61ST ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $288K —/— 10,663 0 abated

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

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