2100 block of S Simpson St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $118K — about 0.5× 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.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 328 reported crimes (119 violent) and 151 resident 311 requests to the city.

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.

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

• $118K typical home, up +91% since 2016
• Tax bill $866 to $1,655 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $5.4M assessed, $68,766/yr to the city, about $1,599 per home

Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 38 of 43 homes pay that full rate — and 5 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.

The starkest example: 2102 S Simpson St is assessed at $179K but pays $1,094 a year — about 44% of the $2,499 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $191 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

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 85 arm's-length sales since 1992. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 43 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

Worth a look

New construction

2102 S Simpson St

$179K · Bought for $5.2M in 2005, built new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2021.

New construction

2119 S Simpson St

$118K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $40K in 2008.

New construction

2136 S Simpson St

$118K · Bought for $4K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2003.

Frequently traded

2142-44 S Simpson St

$264K · Traded 4×: $40K in 2002 → $66K in 2018 (+64%).

Frequently traded

2108 S Simpson St

$118K · Traded 4×: $52K in 2001 → $35K in 2005 (-32%).

Frequently traded

2111 S Simpson St

$118K · Traded 4×: $12K in 2016 → $130K in 2024 (+983%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.