Philadelphia property report
2400 block of S Watts St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 66% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($9,584 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 61% since 2016, now about $223K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $223K — about 1.0× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19148 median of $259K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19148 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $223K | $259K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 44% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (about 10 a month, 39% of them violent) and 291 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $223K typical home, up +61% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,595 to $2,768 a year through 2027, +5%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $96,663/yr from taxable assessments, or $2,544 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +61% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +74% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.
- 2418 S Watts Stmajor assessment exemption0.69%$1,537/yr on $222K
- 2410 S Watts Stlower taxable assessment0.77%$1,702/yr on $222K
- 2412 S Watts Stlower taxable assessment0.77%$1,702/yr on $222K
- 2414 S Watts Stlower taxable assessment0.77%$1,702/yr on $222K
- 2420 S Watts Stlower taxable assessment0.77%$1,702/yr on $222K
- …and 16 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
One large gap: 2418 S Watts St has a $1,537/year assessment-based estimate on $222K assessed value — about 50% of the $3,102 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $161 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 46 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 38 parcels
- Owner-occupied 25
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 11
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Michael J Kelly, carries 1 open violation across 26 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J Kelly (individual) | 2 | 26 | $7.4M | — | phila.gov ↗ |
| J & Q Investment LLC | 1 | 1 | $237K | 1601 S Marston St, Philadelphia PA, 19145 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Ransted Golf LLC | 1 | 1 | $265K | 109 Corvus Cir, Media PA, 19063 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 38 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).
Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2408 S WATTS ST ImprovedBought for $200K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $238K | 2/1 | 966 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2409 S WATTS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $130K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $350K in 2025 (+169%). | Owner-occupied | $314K | 2/1 | 912 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2410 S WATTS ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2411 S WATTS ST | Absentee individual | $306K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 2412 S WATTS ST ImprovedBought for $68K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2413 S WATTS ST | Absentee individual | $237K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 2414 S WATTS ST TradedTraded 2×: $109K in 2005 → $143K in 2006 (+31%). | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2415 S WATTS ST TradedTraded 2×: $150K in 2005 → $215K in 2023 (+43%). | Investor / LLC | $237K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 2 | licensed rental |
| 2416 S WATTS ST | Absentee individual | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2417 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $237K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2418 S WATTS ST | Absentee individual | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 2419 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $237K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2420 S WATTS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $30K in 2002, alterations permit in 2024, sold for $308K in 2025 (+927%). | Owner-occupied | $315K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 3 | $10K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 2421 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2422 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2423 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2424 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2425 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $243K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2426 S WATTS ST | Absentee individual | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2427 S WATTS ST TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2004 → $130K in 2019 (+37%). | Owner-occupied | $243K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 2 | licensed rental |
| 2428 S WATTS ST ImprovedBought for $73K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 2429 S WATTS ST | Absentee individual | $223K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 2430 S WATTS ST New constructionBought for $95K in 2009, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $285K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $282K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 2431 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2432 S WATTS ST ImprovedBought for $120K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2433 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2434 S WATTS ST | Absentee individual | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2435 S WATTS ST TradedTraded 2×: $72K in 2004 → $142K in 2005 (+99%). | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2436 S WATTS ST ImprovedBought for $58K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2437 S WATTS ST TradedTraded 2×: $145K in 2016 → $277K in 2022 (+91%). | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2438 S WATTS ST HistoryL&I violation (2009); Inspection failed (2009); 5 L&I violations (2010); L&I: 3 failed, 2 passed (2010). | Absentee individual | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 2439 S WATTS ST TradedTraded 2×: $215K in 2018 → $350K in 2021 (+63%). | Owner-occupied | $374K | 3/2 | 1,540 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2440 S WATTS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $205K in 2016, electrical permit in 2019, sold for $259K in 2019 (+26%). | Owner-occupied | $282K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2441 S WATTS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $55K in 2001, electrical permit in 2008, sold for $181K in 2009 (+229%). | Owner-occupied | $243K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2442 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2443 S WATTS ST | Absentee individual | $223K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2444 S WATTS ST | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2445 S WATTS ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $57K in 2004 → $200K in 2024 (+250%). | Investor / LLC | $265K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 4 | licensed rental |
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Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)