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Who owns your block

2500 block of E York St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 72% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $13,947 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 117% since 2016, now about $289K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$289K
$124K–$1.2M
ZIP median $334K
Price / sq ft
$257
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$336K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $289K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $17K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 29
$24K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
72%
21 of 29
city 41%
Rentals
7%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$14K
1 of 29 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax +$398
5 years
+46%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+117%
value · tax +$2K

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 $289K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19125 median of $334K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19125 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19125Philadelphia
Median home value$289K$334K$223K
Owner-occupied38%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 86 reported crimes (20 violent) and 319 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
86
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
319
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft18
Other Assaults16
Theft from Vehicle12
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
All Other Offenses8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection90
Salting48
Abandoned Vehicle30
Maintenance Complaint29
Street Defect19
Construction Complaints17

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 · K-5
Horatio B Hackett
2161 E York St · 372 students
Middle & High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$289K2016: $133K2017: $133K2018: $133K2019: $190K2020: $198K2021: $198K2022: $198K2023: $249K2024: $249K2025: $310K2026: $311K2027: $289K2016202020232027

▲ +117% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,7282016: $1,5632017: $1,5632018: $1,5632019: $2,1262020: $2,4082021: $2,5122022: $2,5122023: $2,4712024: $2,5272025: $3,2512026: $3,3302027: $3,7282016202020232027

▲ +139% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

3
3 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 $23,927 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%
$1,289pays now $4,488at the full rate

2538 E York St is assessed at $321K but pays $1,289 a year — about 29% of the $4,488 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 217 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $217 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+117%
since 2016
Net rental yield
5.4%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.8 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 43 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
43arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 29 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 29parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels12 parcels3 parcels6 parcels5 parcels
$124K$422K+

The block's largest owner, On The Rise Properties Ll, carries 2 open violations across 3 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
On The Rise Properties Ll13$688Kphila.gov ↗
Rush Investment Properties Llc12$527Kphila.gov ↗
Christopher Golas (individual)22$466Kphila.gov ↗
Jtw Homes Llc11$362Kphila.gov ↗
York Street Partners Llc11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 29 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2501 E YORK ST Bought for $80K in 2003. Owner pulled a suppression permit in 2013. Absentee individual $242K —/— 1,920 1875 2
2503 E YORK ST Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,056 1875 0 abated
2504 E YORK ST Bought for $100K in 2013, alteration permit in 2014, sold for $680K in 2026 (+580%). Investor / LLC $362K 4/1 1,590 1875 3 rented
2505 E YORK ST Bought for $93K in 2006, electrical permit in 2018, sold for $300K in 2026 (+223%). Owner-occupied $275K 3/1 1,126 1875 4
2506-08 E YORK ST built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $200K in 2013. Investor / LLC $397K 4/1 1,590 1875 1
2507 E YORK ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $267K 3/1 1,056 1875 0 tax lien
2509 E YORK ST Bought for $29K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $346K 3/1 1,056 1875 3
2511 E YORK ST Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,056 1875 0 abated
2513 E YORK ST Traded 2×: $17K in 1999 → $127K in 2007 (+648%). Absentee individual $282K 2/1 1,056 1875 2
2515 E YORK ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $282K 3/1 1,038 1875 0
2516 E YORK ST Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,106 1875 0
2517 E YORK ST Traded 2×: $35K in 2000 → $105K in 2016 (+200%). Investor / LLC $191K 3/1 1,028 1875 2 2 viol
2518 E YORK ST Bought for $100K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $366K 3/1 1,106 1875 2
2519 E YORK ST Bought for $234K in 2017, electrical permit in 2017, sold for $300K in 2019 (+28%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,028 1875 2
2520 E YORK ST Owner-occupied $284K 3/1 1,106 1875 0
2521 E YORK ST Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,028 1875 1
2522 E YORK ST Owner-occupied $284K 3/1 1,106 1875 1
2523-49 E YORK ST Investor / LLC $1.2M —/— 8,489 1921 0
2524 E YORK ST Bought for $58K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Absentee individual $289K 2/1 1,106 1875 1 rented
2526 E YORK ST Traded 5×: $6K in 2006 → $300K in 2022 (+4900%). Owner-occupied $373K 3/1 1,106 1875 5
2528 E YORK ST Bought for $135K in 2013. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $342K 3/1 1,106 1875 1
2530 E YORK ST Vacant $124K —/— 1
2532 E YORK ST Bought for $240K in 2020. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $327K 5/1 1,431 1875 1
2534 E YORK ST Bought for $5K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $422K 3/3 1,431 1875 3
2536 E YORK ST Bought for $270K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $327K 4/1 1,431 1875 2
2538 E YORK ST Owner-occupied $321K 3/1 1,431 1875 0 abated
2540 E YORK ST Bought for $124K in 2009. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $340K 5/2 1,551 1875 1
2542 E YORK ST Bought for $196K in 2006. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $381K 4/2 1,716 1875 3
2544 E YORK ST Bought for $405K in 2011, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $430K in 2017. Owner-occupied $501K 3/4 1,827 2010 2

Neighborhood

Median income
$97K
household
Own vs. rent
73%
owner-occupied
Median age
38.3
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

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.