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Who owns your block

2100 block of S 9th St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $7,887 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 164% since 2016, now about $350K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$350K
$240K–$546K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$209
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 21
$19K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
33%
7 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
43%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
2 of 21 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 24% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$230
5 years
+91%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+164%
value · tax +$2K

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 $350K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$350K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied19%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 138 reported crimes (38 violent) and 355 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
138
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
355
45 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts27
Other Assaults25
Theft from Vehicle19
All Other Offenses14
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12

Top 311 complaints

Salting63
Illegal Dumping61
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection58
Abandoned Vehicle32
Street Defect23
Shoveling15

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-8
Francis Scott Key
8500 Pickering St · 217 students
Middle · K-8
Southwark
1835 S 9th St · 889 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$250K$500K$350K2016: $133K2017: $133K2018: $142K2019: $165K2020: $183K2021: $183K2022: $183K2023: $244K2024: $244K2025: $327K2026: $327K2027: $350K2016202020232027

▲ +164% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,9422016: $1,7182017: $1,7182018: $1,7182019: $2,0402020: $2,2102021: $2,2102022: $2,5042023: $3,2802024: $3,2802025: $3,6032026: $3,7122027: $3,9422016202020232027

▲ +129% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 $18,862 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%
$2,792pays now $7,649at the full rate

2125 S 9th St is assessed at $546K but pays $2,792 a year — about 37% of the $7,649 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 +9.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 264 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $264 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+164%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.7 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 33 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
33arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Absentee individual: 14 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Absentee individual 14

Value distribution today

7 parcels3 parcels2 parcels2 parcels2 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$240K$531K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Danny Chiu (individual)23$1.3Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 21 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2100 S 9TH ST Bought for $71K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $418K —/— 2,784 1915 1 rented
2101 S 9TH ST Bought for $125K in 2003. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. Absentee individual $531K 4/4 3,078 1960 1 2 viol
2102 S 9TH ST Bought for $62K in 2004. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Absentee individual $459K 3/3 2,559 1915 1 rented
2103 S 9TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2003. Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,230 1925 1 abatedtax lien
2104 S 9TH ST Bought for $45K in 2001, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $120K in 2015. Absentee individual $476K 5/4 2,559 1925 2 rentedabated
2105 S 9TH ST Bought for $82K in 2004. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,230 1925 2
2106 S 9TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $414K 3/1 2,559 1925 0 rented
2107 S 9TH ST Traded 3×: $95K in 2004 → $168K in 2018 (+77%). Absentee individual $288K 3/1 1,380 1925 3
2109 S 9TH ST Traded 3×: $70K in 2009 → $249K in 2021 (+255%). Absentee individual $350K 3/1 1,230 1925 3
2111 S 9TH ST 3 L&I violations (2016). Absentee individual $269K 3/1 1,230 1925 0 rented
2113 S 9TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $282K 3/1 1,350 1925 0
2115 S 9TH ST Bought for $9K in 2001, electrical permit in 2016, sold for $200K in 2021 (+2147%). Absentee individual $354K 3/2 1,552 1925 3 rented
2117 S 9TH ST Bought for $63K in 2002, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $140K in 2018. Absentee individual $388K 3/3 1,856 1925 3 abated
2119 S 9TH ST Traded 2×: $68K in 2004 → $140K in 2005 (+106%). Absentee individual $271K 3/1 1,230 1925 2
2121 S 9TH ST Traded 2×: $66K in 2002 → $85K in 2004 (+30%). Absentee individual $311K 3/2 1,494 1925 2 rented
2123 S 9TH ST Owner-occupied $299K 3/1 1,494 1925 1
2125 S 9TH ST Bought for $95K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $510K in 2024. Owner-occupied $546K 4/2 2,150 1925 2 abated
2127 S 9TH ST Traded 3×: $34K in 2000 → $208K in 2005 (+521%). Owner-occupied $379K 3/1 1,600 1925 3
2129 S 9TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Absentee individual $518K 5/3 3,465 1925 0 rented
2131 S 9TH ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 990 1925 1
2133 S 9TH ST Bought for $102K in 2009, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $130K in 2023 (+27%). Absentee individual $240K 3/1 990 1925 2 rented

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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