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Who owns your block

2400 block of N 59th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $3,598 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $462K. 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
$462K
$232K–$591K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$191
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$359K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $462K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
71%
4 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
1 of 7 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax −$317
5 years
+97%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+79%
value · tax +$3K

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 $462K — about 2.1× 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$462K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied43%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 3 reported crimes (0 violent) and 33 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
3
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
33
2 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Abandoned Vehicle3
Information Request3
Dead Animal in Street2
Traffic (Other)2
Manhole Cover1

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$500K$1.0M$462K2016: $258K2017: $258K2018: $258K2019: $258K2020: $235K2021: $235K2022: $235K2023: $440K2024: $440K2025: $497K2026: $497K2027: $462K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,7692016: $3,2352017: $3,2352018: $3,2352019: $3,0952020: $2,6572021: $2,6572022: $2,6572023: $5,0452024: $5,0452025: $6,0862026: $6,0862027: $5,7692016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

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 4 arm's-length sales since 2014. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2016201920222025
4arm's-length sales since 2014
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$232K$512K+

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

House by house

All 7 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
2425 N 59TH ST Bought for $475K in 2017. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2018. Vacant $232K —/— 1
2436 N 59TH ST Bought for $400K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $383K —/— 1,479 1925 1
2442 N 59TH ST Bought for $190K in 2014. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $591K 3/2 3,179 1925 1
2446 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a operations permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $512K —/— 2,681 1925 0
2450 N 59TH ST Absentee individual $510K —/— 2,072 1925 1
2454 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $457K —/— 2,716 1925 0 tax lien
2464 N 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $462K —/— 2,716 1925 0 tax lien

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.