2200 block of N 21st St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $138K — about 0.6× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $84K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 197 reported crimes (about 16 a month, 50% of them violent) and 216 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $138K typical home, up +220% since 2016
• Tax bill $603 to $1,790 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $3.0M assessed, $35,290/yr to the city, about $2,076 per home

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:

• 2236 N 21st Sttax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $89K
• 2252 N 21st Sttax-abated new construction0.07%$77/yr on $106K
• 2256 N 21st Sttax-abated new construction0.34%$760/yr on $226K
• 2258 N 21st Stexemption0.78%$1,743/yr on $225K

The starkest example: 2256 N 21st St is assessed at $226K but pays $760 a year — about 24% of the $3,165 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.2% 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 $320 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 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 58 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

2227 N 21st St

$247K · built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $75K in 2017.

New construction

2256 N 21st St

$226K · built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

2252 N 21st St

$106K · built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

2236 N 21st St

$89K · built new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

2246 N 21st St

$33K · Bought for $23K in 2020, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $110K in 2025.

Renovated & sold on

2221 N 21st St

$323K · Bought for $500 in 2007, use permit in 2007, sold for $715K in 2024 (+142900%).

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