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Who owns your block

2500 block of Federal St

A mixed-ownership block: 46% owner-occupied, 22% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 3 homes behind $5,562 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 151% since 2016, now about $210K. Property taxes are climbing about 19% 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
$210K
$93K–$863K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$187
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$290K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $210K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
13 of 41
$51K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
46%
19 of 41
city 41%
Rentals
22%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
3 of 41 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$452
5 years
+37%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+151%
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 $210K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$210K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied17%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 150 reported crimes (23 violent) and 305 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
150
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
305
52 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses45
Thefts31
Motor Vehicle Theft18
Theft from Vehicle17
Other Assaults15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection91
Maintenance Complaint37
Graffiti Removal33
Illegal Dumping24
Abandoned Vehicle20
Street Defect12

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
Universal Institute Charter School At Alcorn
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$210K2016: $84K2017: $84K2018: $84K2019: $142K2020: $153K2021: $153K2022: $153K2023: $164K2024: $164K2025: $198K2026: $199K2027: $210K2016202020232027

▲ +151% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3432016: $3442017: $5092018: $6102019: $9812020: $1,1642021: $1,1672022: $1,2052023: $1,8672024: $1,9152025: $1,7992026: $1,8912027: $2,3432016202020232027

▲ +581% since 2016 · ~+19%/yr

13
13 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 $51,202 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

21 homes pay the full 1.40%20 pay less
$2,415pays now $12,076at the full rate

The starkest example: 2522 Federal St is assessed at $863K but pays $2,415 a year — about 20% of the $12,076 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 251 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $251 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+151%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.2 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 51 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
51arm's-length sales since 2004
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 41 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Investor / LLC: 8Absentee individual: 12Vacant: 2 41parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Investor / LLC 8
  • Absentee individual 12
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels9 parcels10 parcels7 parcels3 parcels4 parcels5 parcels
$93K$393K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bear & Co215$4.7Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Auto Source Export INC110$7.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Meir And Moshe Realty LLC16$941Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1240 West Ritner St LLC14$1.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Bill Moss (individual)23$337Kphila.gov ↗
2501 Group LLC12$401Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Tina Philip (individual)22$566Kphila.gov ↗
Blackstone 25 LLC11$93Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
2508 Federal Jr LLC11$393Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Brjb Real Estate LLC11$260Kphila.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 41 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2500 FEDERAL ST Bought for $13K in 2014, built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $200K in 2023. Absentee individual $171K —/— 976 2018 3
2501 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $629K in 2021. Investor / LLC $297K —/— 972 2013 1
2502 FEDERAL ST Bought for $30K in 2005, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $140K in 2023 (+367%). Absentee individual $169K 3/1 884 1923 3 rented
2503 FEDERAL ST Bought for $295K in 2019. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Investor / LLC $93K —/— 972 2013 1
2504 FEDERAL ST Traded 2×: $39K in 2005 → $63K in 2006 (+62%). Investor / LLC $202K 3/1 1,268 1923 2 rented
2506 FEDERAL ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2005 → $275K in 2019 (+400%). Owner-occupied $311K 2/1 1,300 1923 2
2507 FEDERAL ST Bought for $23K in 2014, built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $385K 3/2 2,091 2017 1 abated
2508 FEDERAL ST Bought for $60K in 2015, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $175K in 2023. Owner-occupied $393K 4/2 1,500 1923 2 rentedabated
2509 FEDERAL ST Bought for $1K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $254K —/— 1,152 1923 3
2510 FEDERAL ST Investor / LLC $210K 3/3 1,028 2017 0 rented
2510 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2015 permit. Investor / LLC $287K 3/3 1,260 2017 0
2511 FEDERAL ST 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2024). Absentee individual $122K —/— 2,432 1937 0 4 viol
2512 FEDERAL ST Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,312 1923 0 abated
2513 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $165K in 2025. Investor / LLC $181K 3/1 1,006 1923 1
2514 FEDERAL ST Bought for $15K in 2004, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $105K in 2011 (+599%). Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,312 1923 2
2515 FEDERAL ST Bought for $10K in 2008. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $167K 3/1 994 1923 4 tax lien
2516 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,312 1923 0 abated
2517 FEDERAL ST Bought for $28K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $185K in 2015 (+561%). Owner-occupied $247K 2/1 1,024 1923 3
2518 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,312 1925 0 abated
2519 FEDERAL ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 960 1923 0 abated
2520 FEDERAL ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,312 1923 0
2521 FEDERAL ST Bought for $255K in 2020. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $237K 2/1 1,100 1923 1
2522 FEDERAL ST Bought for $40K in 2015, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $863K 7/7 3,084 2018 1 rentedabated
2523 FEDERAL ST Bought for $37K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $256K in 2021 (+601%). Owner-occupied $241K 2/1 1,152 1923 2
2524 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2026 permit. Vacant $139K —/— 0 1 viol
2525 FEDERAL ST Bought for $25K in 2008, major alteration permit in 2008, sold for $270K in 2021 (+980%). Absentee individual $241K 2/1 1,152 1923 2
2526 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated), sold for $162K in 2017. Absentee individual $328K 3/2 1,312 1923 1 abatedtax lien
2527 FEDERAL ST 3 L&I violations (2009); L&I violation (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011); 3 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $163K 3/1 922 1923 0
2528 FEDERAL ST Absentee individual $210K 3/1 1,312 1923 0 rented
2529 FEDERAL ST L&I violation (2008); sold $50K (2014). Absentee individual $150K 3/1 800 1923 1 rented
2530 FEDERAL ST Bought for $10K in 2009, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $400K in 2024. Owner-occupied $361K 4/2 1,746 2012 3
2531 FEDERAL ST Appeal city affirmed (2007); 2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2012); sold $14K (2014); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021). Vacant $96K —/— 1
2532 FEDERAL ST Traded 2×: $11K in 2005 → $385K in 2023 (+3400%). Owner-occupied $310K 3/1 1,318 1923 2
2533 FEDERAL ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 800 1923 0 abated
2534 FEDERAL ST Bought for $60K in 2016, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $561K in 2021. Owner-occupied $545K 3/— 2,700 2020 2 abated
2535 FEDERAL ST Bought for $10K in 2009, built new under a 2009 permit. Investor / LLC $260K 4/2 1,680 2010 2 rented1 viol
2536 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,312 1923 0 abated
2537 FEDERAL ST Bought for $10K in 2009, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $318K in 2020. Owner-occupied $325K 4/2 1,680 2010 3
2538 FEDERAL ST Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,416 1923 0 abated
2539 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 800 1923 0 abatedtax lien
2540 FEDERAL ST Bought for $25K in 2013. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2013. Absentee individual $287K 2/1 1,344 1923 2 rented

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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