Philadelphia property report
2200 block of Island Ave
An investor-heavy block: 44% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 15 open code violations and 2 parcels behind $23,709 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 7% since 2016, now about $833K. Property taxes are climbing about 21% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 $833K — about 3.7× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19142 median of $131K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19142 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19142 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $833K | $131K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 34% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 43 reported crimes (19 violent) and 39 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
- $833K typical home, up +7% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,291 to $10,970 a year, +21%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $19M assessed, $242,003/yr to the city, about $26,889 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +7% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +750% since 2016 · ~+21%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 2209-11 Island Avetax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $73K
- 2227 Island Avetax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $833K
- 2251 Island Aveexemption0.00%$0/yr on $436K
The starkest example: 2227 Island Ave is assessed at $833K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $11,663 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +0.6% 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 $107 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 9 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Montessori Initiative For, carries 7 open violations across 4 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montessori Initiative For (individual) | 2 | 4 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Syan Investment LLC | 1 | 3 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Emdanco LLC | 1 | 1 | $140K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Cobbs Creek Property L P | 1 | 1 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Esp Holdco IV-P LLC | 1 | 1 | $10M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
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 9 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2200 ISLAND AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.7M in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 575 | 1990 | 2 | 3 viol |
| 2205-07 ISLAND AVE ImprovedBought for $7K in 2009. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. | Investor / LLC | $140K | 800 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2209-11 ISLAND AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $17K in 2001. | Absentee individual | $73K | 1,140 | 1925 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 2210 ISLAND AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $1.9M | 10,125 | 1995 | 0 | 4 viol |
| 2215 ISLAND AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $55K in 2000, alteration permit in 2012, sold for $625K in 2023 (+1036%). | Absentee individual | $784K | 2,232 | 1955 | 4 | |
| 2227 ISLAND AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $833K | 18,027 | 1930 | 1 | abated7 viol |
| 2230 ISLAND AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $2.9M | 55,488 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 2240 ISLAND AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $7.9M in 2006, zoning/use permit in 2008, sold for $11M in 2025 (+2431%). | Investor / LLC | $10M | 92,544 | 1960 | 6 | 1 viol |
| 2251 ISLAND AVE | Vacant | $436K | — | — | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)