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Who owns your block

2300 block of N 59th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $26,385 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $367K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$367K
$20K–$467K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$175
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 6
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
67%
3 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$26K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-5%
value · tax −$168
5 years
+96%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+79%
value · tax +$2K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $367K — about 1.6× 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$367K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied50%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 19 reported crimes (5 violent) and 72 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
19
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
72
8 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft5
Other Assaults4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Theft from Vehicle3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
Fraud1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection35
Street Defect10
Maintenance Complaint6
Abandoned Vehicle4
Illegal Dumping3
Smoke Detector2

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$250K$500K$367K2016: $205K2017: $205K2018: $205K2019: $205K2020: $187K2021: $187K2022: $187K2023: $356K2024: $356K2025: $388K2026: $388K2027: $367K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,2662016: $2,4472017: $2,4472018: $2,4472019: $2,3072020: $1,9842021: $1,9842022: $1,9842023: $4,4162024: $4,4162025: $4,4342026: $4,4342027: $4,2662016202020232027

▲ +74% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

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1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $4,541 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9110025020162019202220252027This block 179 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $179 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+79%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2012. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2012
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$20K$438K+

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

House by house

All 6 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 & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2301 N 59TH ST 3 L&I violations (2011). Owner-occupied $411K 2,592 1925 0 tax lien
2315 N 59TH ST 2 L&I violations (2011). Vacant $58K 0 tax lien
2325 N 59TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $38K in 2012. Absentee individual $323K 1,847 1925 1 abated
2325R N 59TH ST 4 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2017); 3 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2025). Vacant $20K 0 tax lien
2333-41 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $467K 3,168 1925 0
2345 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $438K 2,488 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.