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Who owns your block

2500 block of N 26th St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 4 homes behind $19,124 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 248% since 2016, now about $82K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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
$82K
$38K–$139K
ZIP median $79K
Price / sq ft
$69
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$60K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $82K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 15
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
40%
6 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
33%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
4 of 15 behind
▲ block 27% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax +$313
5 years
+169%
value · tax +$685
10 years
+248%
value · tax +$789

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 $82K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19132Philadelphia
Median home value$82K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied13%26%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 85 reported crimes (33 violent) and 201 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
85
33 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
201
37 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Fraud10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
All Other Offenses7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint56
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
Street Defect14
Abandoned Vehicle11
Illegal Dumping11
License Complaint9

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
Richard Wright
2201 N 28th St · 201 students
Middle · K-8
E Washington Rhodes
2900 W Clearfield St · 350 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$50K$100K$82K2016: $24K2017: $24K2018: $24K2019: $29K2020: $31K2021: $31K2022: $31K2023: $53K2024: $53K2025: $74K2026: $74K2027: $82K2016202020232027

▲ +248% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0972016: $3082017: $3082018: $3072019: $3992020: $4122021: $4122022: $4122023: $5222024: $5222025: $4772026: $7842027: $1,0972016202020232027

▲ +256% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr

4
4 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 $4,943 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%
$404pays now $1,942at the full rate

2535 N 26th St is assessed at $139K but pays $404 a year — about 21% of the $1,942 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 +12% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 348 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $348 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+248%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+5.5 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K20052010201520202025
11arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 7 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels5 parcels5 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$38K$139K

The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Lotus 04a Llc, carries 1 open violation across 88 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Lotus 04a Llc188$14Mphila.gov ↗
Taurus Land Investments Llc110$762Kphila.gov ↗
Mickyel Bethune (individual)34$243Kphila.gov ↗
J Mack Properties Llc11$38Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 15 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2511 N 26TH ST Investor / LLC $91K 3/1 1,298 1915 1 rented
2513 N 26TH ST Owner-occupied $91K 3/1 1,298 1915 0 abated
2515 N 26TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $65K in 2025. Absentee individual $73K —/— 2,028 1940 1 abated
2517 N 26TH ST Bought for $30K in 2019. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $38K —/— 952 1915 2 rented
2519 N 26TH ST 5 L&I violations (2020); sold $100K (2025). Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 1,279 1915 1 rented
2521 N 26TH ST Absentee individual $82K 3/1 1,242 1915 0
2523 N 26TH ST sold $4K (2001); 6 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $79K 3/1 1,132 1915 1 rented
2525 N 26TH ST Absentee individual $78K 3/1 1,126 1915 0
2527 N 26TH ST Bought for $38K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,126 1915 1
2529 N 26TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $79K 3/1 1,148 1915 0 abatedtax lien
2531 N 26TH ST Bought for $3K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $85K 3/1 1,302 1915 2 tax lien
2533 N 26TH ST 3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE - UNFIT RELOCATE (2013). Absentee individual $39K —/— 1,410 1915 0
2535 N 26TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $139K 3/1 1,234 1915 0 rentedabatedtax lien
2537 N 26TH ST Bought for $1K in 2018. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $139K 3/1 1,234 1915 2 tax lien
2539 N 26TH ST 2 L&I violations (2013); Appeal granted with conditions (2014); 3 L&I violations (2017). Absentee individual $113K —/— 2,168 1925 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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