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Who owns your block

2200 block of N 53rd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 87% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $118,372 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 107% since 2016, now about $379K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$379K
$112K–$635K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$129
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$348K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $379K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
87%
12 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
7%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$118K
3 of 15 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-10%
value · tax −$535
5 years
+53%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+107%
value · tax +$1K

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.

2027
  • 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 $379K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$379K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied60%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 21 reported crimes (8 violent) and 56 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
21
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
56
11 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults7
All Other Offenses4
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Aggravated Assault Firearm1
Burglary Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
Maintenance Complaint11
Salting5
Dumpster Violation4
Dead Animal in Street3
Abandoned Vehicle2

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.

Elementary
Mastery Charter School At Mann
Middle · K-8
Rudolph Blankenburg
4600 W Girard Ave · 228 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 students

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

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$250K$500K$379K2016: $183K2017: $183K2018: $183K2019: $265K2020: $247K2021: $247K2022: $247K2023: $374K2024: $374K2025: $420K2026: $420K2027: $379K2016202020232027

▲ +107% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,0472016: $2,1422017: $2,5622018: $2,5622019: $3,1452020: $3,1382021: $2,9842022: $2,9842023: $4,1922024: $4,1922025: $4,5822026: $4,5822027: $4,0472016202020232027

▲ +89% since 2016 · ~+6%/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:

6 homes pay the full 1.40%9 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 207 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $207 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+107%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.3 pts
market 6.5%/yr

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 17 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
17arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels5 parcels5 parcels
$112K$476K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Kenneth B Abney (individual)22$406Kphila.gov ↗

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 15 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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2222 N 53RD ST Bought for $190K in 2002, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $415K in 2016 (+118%). Owner-occupied $635K 6/3 5,278 1925 5
2229 N 53RD ST Owner pulled a operations permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $423K —/— 2,500 1925 0
2236-44 N 53RD ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $375K —/— 2,970 1925 0
2239-41 N 53RD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $427K —/— 2,550 1925 0
2247-51 N 53RD ST Bought for $375K in 2018, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $420K in 2024. Vacant $112K —/— 3 tax lien
2250-54 N 53RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $375K 5/2 2,970 1925 0
2253 N 53RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $476K 6/3 2,950 1925 0
2258 N 53RD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $445K —/— 3,744 1925 0
2259-65 N 53RD ST built new under a 2021 permit. Owner-occupied $288K 4/1 2,172 1925 0 tax lien
2262 N 53RD ST Bought for $185K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Absentee individual $434K 5/2 3,330 1925 1 rented
2267-73 N 53RD ST Vacant $118K —/— 0 tax lien
2268 N 53RD ST Bought for $102K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2019, sold for $145K in 2023 (+42%). Owner-occupied $368K —/— 2,850 1925 4
2285 N 53RD ST Bought for $325K in 2026. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $379K —/— 2,935 1925 1 tax lien
2290 N 53RD ST Owner-occupied $328K —/— 1,584 1925 1
2291 N 53RD ST Bought for $275K in 2017. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $389K 6/4 3,068 1925 2

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.