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Who owns your block

2400 block of S Swanson St

An investor-heavy block: 60% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 homes behind $2,344 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $763K. 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
$763K
$10K–$2.3M
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$98
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$28K
typical · up to $32K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
40%
1 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2K
2 of 5 behind
▲ block 40% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-25%
value · tax −$4K
5 years
+16%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+93%
value · tax +$5K

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 $763K — about 3.4× the citywide median, and above 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$763K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied0%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 14 reported crimes (2 violent) and 10 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
14
2 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
10
3 still open

Most reported crimes

Burglary Non-Residential3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Motor Vehicle Theft2
Theft from Vehicle2
Arson1
Other Assaults1

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect4
Stop Sign Repair2
Illegal Dumping1
Line Striping1
Other (Streets)1
Street Light Outage1

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$1.0M$2.0M$763K2016: $396K2017: $396K2018: $618K2019: $653K2020: $657K2021: $657K2022: $657K2023: $1.0M2024: $1.0M2025: $1.0M2026: $1.0M2027: $763K2016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,6862016: $5,5382017: $5,5382018: $4,4002019: $2,1132020: $2,1502021: $9,1922022: $9,1922023: $14,2492024: $14,2492025: $14,2492026: $14,2492027: $10,6862016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 193 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+93%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.2%/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 4 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M20072010201320162019
4arm's-length sales since 2005
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$10K$2.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
2425 Swanson Llc22$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
2415 Swanson Associates L11$2.3Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 5 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$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2401 S SWANSON ST Old house bought for $620K in 2005, demolished in 2010. Absentee individual $2.0M 11,175 2010 1
2415 S SWANSON ST Bought for $2.4M in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $2.3M 23,095 1930 1 tax lien
2425 S SWANSON ST Bought for $880K in 2020. Owner-occupied $632K 6,868 1950 1
2431 S SWANSON ST Vacant $763K 1
2439R S SWANSON ST Vacant $10K 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.