2200 block of Benson St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $398K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 38 reported crimes (7 violent) and 66 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

• $398K typical home, up +102% since 2016
• Tax bill $2,733 to $5,414 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $15M assessed, $190,368/yr to the city, about $5,010 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, 23 of 38 homes pay that full rate — and 15 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: 2218 Benson St is assessed at $405K but pays $5,172 a year — about 91% of the $5,664 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 +6.6% 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 $202 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 41 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 38 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

2218 Benson St

$405K · Bought for $81K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $210K in 2008.

New construction

2225 Benson St

$391K · built new (tax-abated).

Renovated & sold on

2215 Benson St

$409K · Bought for $200K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $335K in 2021 (+68%).

Renovated & sold on

2206 Benson St

$405K · Bought for $197K in 2012, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $288K in 2021 (+46%).

Renovated & sold on

2224 Benson St

$387K · Bought for $214K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $274K in 2018 (+28%).

Improved

2201 Benson St

$423K · Bought for $760K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.