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Who owns your block

2200 block of N 59th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 78% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 109% since 2016, now about $185K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$185K
$180K–$236K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$144
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$205K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $185K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
78%
7 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax −$902
5 years
+101%
value · tax +$529
10 years
+109%
value · tax +$367

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 $185K — about 0.8× 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$185K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied78%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 61 reported crimes (17 violent) and 208 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
61
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
208
32 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults16
Theft from Vehicle10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Fraud5
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection90
Illegal Dumping23
Maintenance Complaint21
Abandoned Vehicle20
Street Defect16
Other (Streets)8

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 & Middle · K-8
Samuel Gompers
5701 Wynnefield Ave · 236 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$100K$200K$185K2016: $89K2017: $89K2018: $89K2019: $89K2020: $92K2021: $92K2022: $92K2023: $103K2024: $103K2025: $199K2026: $199K2027: $185K2016202020232027

▲ +109% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,1912016: $8242017: $8242018: $8242019: $6852020: $6622021: $6622022: $6622023: $3182024: $3182025: $1,3862026: $2,0932027: $1,1912016202020232027

▲ +45% since 2016 · ~+3%/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:

2 homes pay the full 1.40%7 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 209 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $209 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+109%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
7arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Absentee individual: 2 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

7 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$180K$216K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2213 N 59TH ST 2 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $184K 3/1 1,302 1925 0 2 viol
2215 N 59TH ST Bought for $99K in 2004. Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,284 1925 1
2217 N 59TH ST Bought for $205K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,284 1925 2
2219 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,284 1925 0
2221 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $180K 3/1 1,284 1925 0
2223 N 59TH ST Bought for $107K in 2016. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,284 1925 2
2225 N 59TH ST Traded 2×: $65K in 2010 → $139K in 2011 (+113%). Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 1,284 1925 2
2227 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,284 1925 0 tax lien
2229 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Absentee individual $185K 3/1 1,284 1925 0

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.