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Who owns your block

2400 block of S 2nd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 2 homes behind $18,899 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 43% since 2016, now about $199K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$199K
$151K–$289K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$197
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 24
$25K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
83%
20 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
8%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
2 of 24 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$27
5 years
+25%
value · tax +$25
10 years
+43%
value · tax −$20

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 $199K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$199K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied42%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 88 reported crimes (24 violent) and 285 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
88
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
285
63 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft22
Other Assaults17
Theft from Vehicle15
All Other Offenses7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Thefts6

Top 311 complaints

Salting63
Maintenance Complaint45
Abandoned Vehicle37
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection36
Sanitation Violation13
Information Request12

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
George Sharswood
2300 S 2nd St · 317 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$125K$250K$199K2016: $139K2017: $139K2018: $139K2019: $146K2020: $159K2021: $159K2022: $159K2023: $173K2024: $173K2025: $197K2026: $197K2027: $199K2016202020232027

▲ +43% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6342016: $1,6542017: $1,6542018: $1,6832019: $1,6082020: $1,6092021: $1,6092022: $1,6092023: $1,7012024: $1,3052025: $1,6072026: $1,6072027: $1,6342016202020232027

▼ -1% since 2016 · ~0%/yr

5
5 properties 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 $24,702 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $3,309at the full rate

2408 S 2nd St is assessed at $236K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,309 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 143 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $143 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+43%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.2 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
22arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Absentee individual: 4 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels11 parcels5 parcels0 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$151K$261K+

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

House by house

All 24 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2408 S 2ND ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 1,389 1920 0 abated
2410 S 2ND ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,002 1920 0 abated
2412 S 2ND ST Owner-occupied $195K 3/1 984 1920 0 abated
2414 S 2ND ST Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 998 1920 0 abated
2416 S 2ND ST Appeal moot (2018). Absentee individual $192K 3/1 951 1920 0
2418 S 2ND ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 994 1920 0
2420 S 2ND ST 2 L&I violations (2013); 5 L&I violations (2017); 4 L&I violations (2020); 5 L&I violations (2023). Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,068 1920 0 4 viol
2422 S 2ND ST Bought for $68K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $282K 3/1 994 1920 4
2424 S 2ND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 994 1920 0 tax lien
2426 S 2ND ST Bought for $140K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 994 1920 1
2428 S 2ND ST Owner-occupied $261K 3/1 1,058 1920 1 tax lien
2430 S 2ND ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,107 1920 0 abated
2432 S 2ND ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2002 → $190K in 2018 (+153%). Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,047 1920 2 rented
2434 S 2ND ST Bought for $49K in 2001, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $173K in 2009 (+252%). Owner-occupied $231K 3/1 984 1920 3
2436 S 2ND ST Traded 4×: $49K in 2001 → $235K in 2021 (+380%). Owner-occupied $253K 3/2 996 1920 4
2438 S 2ND ST L&I violation (2010); 3 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2016); 4 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $195K 3/1 986 1920 0 tax lien
2440 S 2ND ST Bought for $80K in 2017, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $280K in 2024 (+250%). Owner-occupied $289K 3/1 1,216 1920 2
2442 S 2ND ST Bought for $57K in 2003. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 992 1920 1
2444 S 2ND ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,002 1920 0
2446 S 2ND ST Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 992 1920 1
2448 S 2ND ST Bought for $65K in 2009. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,000 1920 2 rented
2450 S 2ND ST L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $206K 3/1 1,098 1920 0
2452 S 2ND ST sold $10K (2001); L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $213K 2/1 1,100 1920 1 tax lien
2454 S 2ND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Absentee individual $241K 4/2 1,630 1920 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

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