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Who owns your block

2100 block of S 72nd St

A mixed-ownership block: 16% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 9 homes behind $72,103 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 4% since 2016, now about $66K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$66K
$8K–$181K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$111
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$5K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $66K
Tax / yr
$831
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 19
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
16%
3 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
11%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$72K
9 of 19 behind
▲ block 47% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$111
5 years
+163%
value · tax +$164
10 years
+15%
value · tax −$141

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 $66K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below 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$66K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied16%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 75 reported crimes (24 violent) and 104 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
75
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
104
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults17
Thefts11
Burglary Residential8
All Other Offenses6
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint19
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Abandoned Vehicle13
Salting13
Illegal Dumping11
License Complaint6

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$66K2016: $63K2017: $57K2018: $57K2019: $25K2020: $25K2021: $25K2022: $25K2023: $46K2024: $46K2025: $61K2026: $61K2027: $66K2016202020232027

▲ +4% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$4232016: $5752017: $5642018: $4662019: $2602020: $2592021: $2592022: $2592023: $3502024: $1992025: $3122026: $3122027: $4232016202020232027

▼ -26% since 2016 · ~-3%/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 $4,748 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%
$831pays now $1,547at the full rate

2112 S 72nd St is assessed at $111K but pays $831 a year — about 54% of the $1,547 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +0.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

3910025020162019202220252027This block 104 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $104 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+0.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+4%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+0.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-6.1 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K200420082012201620202024
6arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 9 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 9

Value distribution today

6 parcels3 parcels1 parcels2 parcels2 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$8K$150K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)22498$133Mphila.gov ↗
Propped Up Llc16$168Kphila.gov ↗
Under Agreement Llc15$490Kphila.gov ↗
Itamar Real Estate Holdings Llc13$391Kphila.gov ↗
Growing Homes Llc11$8Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 19 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2100 S 72ND ST Traded 2×: $15K in 2016 → $80K in 2019 (+432%). Investor / LLC $150K 3/1 1,344 1960 2 rented
2101 S 72ND ST L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $14K —/— 0
2102 S 72ND ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2020. Vacant $18K —/— 0 tax lien
2103 S 72ND ST L&I violation (2019); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $18K —/— 0
2104 S 72ND ST Vacant $31K —/— 0
2105 S 72ND ST 6 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $17K —/— 0 tax lien
2107 S 72ND ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2019. Vacant $14K —/— 0 tax lien
2108 S 72ND ST Bought for $4K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $138K —/— 1,302 1925 1
2109 S 72ND ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2019. Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
2110 S 72ND ST Traded 2×: $72K in 2018 → $125K in 2022 (+74%). Absentee individual $181K 4/2 1,635 1925 2 rented
2112 S 72ND ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $111K —/— 1,650 1925 0 abated
2113 S 72ND ST L&I violation (2019); 9 L&I violations (2023); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $66K 3/1 930 1920 0 4 violtax lien
2115 S 72ND ST Owner-occupied $79K 2/1 690 1925 0 abated
2117 S 72ND ST Owner-occupied $79K 2/1 690 1925 0 abated
2119 S 72ND ST 4 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021); 4 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $8K —/— 0 tax lien
2121 S 72ND ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 886 1925 0 abatedtax lien
2122 S 72ND ST Absentee individual $97K —/— 1,135 1925 0
2125 S 72ND ST 2 L&I violations (2022); 4 L&I violations (2024); sold $25K (2024); L&I violation (2025); 3 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $37K —/— 1
2126 S 72ND ST 3 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2022); 4 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $128K —/— 2,567 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

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