Who owns your block
2100 block of St James St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations and 2 homes behind $4,054 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 142% since 2016, now about $750K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $750K — about 3.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19103 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $750K | $608K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 28% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 130 reported crimes (27 violent) and 586 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $750K typical home, up +142% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,964 to $10,499 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $17M assessed, $222,031/yr to the city, about $11,102 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +142% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +165% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2124 Saint James St is assessed at $750K but pays $6,810 a year — about 65% of the $10,499 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 +8.4% 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 $242 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2021. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Absentee individual 8
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 20 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2124 SAINT JAMES ST | Absentee individual | $750K | —/— | 1,663 | 1900 | 0 | abated |
| 2125 SAINT JAMES ST | Absentee individual | $750K | 3/2 | 1,520 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 2126 SAINT JAMES ST | Absentee individual | $944K | —/— | 1,585 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2127 SAINT JAMES ST | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | —/— | 1,851 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2128 SAINT JAMES ST | Absentee individual | $952K | —/— | 1,647 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2129 SAINT JAMES ST | Absentee individual | $750K | —/— | 1,430 | 1900 | 0 | 5 viol |
| 2130 SAINT JAMES ST | Owner-occupied | $750K | —/— | 1,647 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2131 SAINT JAMES ST HistoryAppeal granted (2011). | Owner-occupied | $750K | 4/3 | 1,671 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2132 SAINT JAMES ST HistoryAppeal city affirmed (2011). | Owner-occupied | $750K | —/— | 1,647 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2133 SAINT JAMES ST | Owner-occupied | $925K | 2/2 | 1,793 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2134 SAINT JAMES ST | Absentee individual | $651K | 4/2 | 1,647 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2135 SAINT JAMES ST | Owner-occupied | $750K | —/— | 1,539 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 2136 SAINT JAMES ST | Owner-occupied | $995K | 4/— | 1,647 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 2137 SAINT JAMES ST HistoryAppeal granted (2008). | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/— | 1,708 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2138 SAINT JAMES ST HistoryAppeal moot (2009). | Owner-occupied | $750K | 2/2 | 1,647 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2139 SAINT JAMES ST | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/— | 1,804 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 2140 SAINT JAMES ST | Owner-occupied | $879K | 3/2 | 1,736 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2141 SAINT JAMES ST HistoryAppeal continued (2020); Appeal continued (2020). | Absentee individual | $750K | 3/2 | 1,752 | 1920 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 2142 SAINT JAMES ST | Absentee individual | $1.1M | 4/2 | 1,736 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 2144 SAINT JAMES ST | Owner-occupied | $750K | 4/2 | 1,786 | 1900 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)