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Who owns your block

2100 block of S 68th St

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $35,980 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 98% since 2016, now about $140K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$140K
$128K–$276K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$95
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$3.9M
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $140K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
56%
9 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
25%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$36K
2 of 16 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$345
5 years
+93%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+98%
value · tax +$1K

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 $140K — about 0.6× 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$140K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied50%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (38 violent) and 136 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
114
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
136
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts25
Other Assaults23
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
All Other Offenses6

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping38
Maintenance Complaint20
Abandoned Vehicle16
Salting16
License Complaint7
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection6

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
Joseph Catharine
6600 Chester Ave · 377 students
Middle · 5-8
William Tilden
6601 Elmwood Ave · 230 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$100K$200K$140K2016: $71K2017: $71K2018: $71K2019: $67K2020: $73K2021: $73K2022: $73K2023: $92K2024: $92K2025: $128K2026: $128K2027: $140K2016202020232027

▲ +98% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,8512016: $8412017: $8412018: $8412019: $8202020: $9322021: $7572022: $7572023: $9212024: $9212025: $1,6552026: $1,5062027: $1,8512016202020232027

▲ +120% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 198 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $198 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+98%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.1 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M200020052010201520202025
14arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 3 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

6 parcels5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$128K$201K+

The block's largest owner, Wps Realty Llc, carries 49 open violations across 75 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Wps Realty Llc275$9.5Mphila.gov ↗
Infinity Realty Group Llc14$667Kphila.gov ↗
Revocable Living Trust Of Eric C Jones13$535Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 16 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
2101 S 68TH ST sold $16K (2000); 6 L&I violations (2010); 6 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $172K —/— 1,504 1920 1 tax lien
2103 S 68TH ST Bought for $66K in 2014. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $175K 3/2 1,504 1920 1
2105 S 68TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $143K 4/1 1,504 1920 0 tax lien
2107 S 68TH ST 3 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2018). Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,410 1920 0
2109 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,410 1920 0 tax lien
2111 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 4/1 1,504 1920 0
2113 S 68TH ST Traded 4×: $50K in 2003 → $50K in 2015 (-1%). Investor / LLC $175K —/— 1,504 1920 4 rented
2115 S 68TH ST 2 L&I violations (2026). Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,380 1920 0 2 viol
2117 S 68TH ST Absentee individual $130K 3/1 1,410 1920 1 rented
2119 S 68TH ST Investor / LLC $140K 4/1 1,504 1920 1 rented
2121 S 68TH ST Bought for $3.9M in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $140K 4/1 1,504 1920 1 rented
2123 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,504 1920 1
2128 S 68TH ST 4 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2016); 5 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8 (2019). Investor / LLC $201K —/— 1,600 1960 0
2130 S 68TH ST Bought for $25K in 2001, use permit in 2010, sold for $261K in 2023 (+944%). Owner-occupied $276K 5/2 1,600 1920 3
2132 S 68TH ST Bought for $10K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $135K 3/1 1,260 1920 1
2134 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,260 1920 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.