Who owns your block
2500 block of N Alder St
A mixed-ownership block: 12% owner-occupied, 3% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 6 homes behind $15,938 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 41% since 2016, now about $32K.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.
- 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 $32K — about 0.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19133 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $32K | $83K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 6% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (52 violent) and 161 resident 311 requests to the city.
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
- $32K typical home, up +41% since 2016
- Whole block: $1.8M assessed, $3,693/yr to the city, about $109 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +41% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
Not enough history yet.
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2513 N Alder St is assessed at $113K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,575 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.2% 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 $141 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 30 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 34 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 19
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 4 | 4773 | $1418M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Village Of Arts And Human (individual) | 7 | 19 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Village Of Arts (individual) | 5 | 11 | $617K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Taurus Land Investments Llc | 1 | 10 | $762K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Village Of Arts And (individual) | 3 | 9 | $805K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Village Of Arts & Humanit (individual) | 3 | 4 | $179K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Village Of The Arts And H (individual) | 3 | 4 | $201K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 34 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500 N ALDER ST | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2501 N ALDER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $88K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2502 N ALDER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit. | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2503 N ALDER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2023. | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2504 N ALDER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $86K | 3/1 | 808 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2505 N ALDER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2023. | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2506 N ALDER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 808 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2507 N ALDER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $4K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $38K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 1 | abated1 violtax lien |
| 2508 N ALDER ST | Absentee individual | $86K | 3/1 | 808 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2509 N ALDER ST | Absentee individual | $88K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2510 N ALDER ST History2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2020); 2 L&I violations (2021). | Investor / LLC | $86K | 3/1 | 808 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2511 N ALDER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $23K in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $88K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 2512 N ALDER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $86K | 3/1 | 808 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2513 N ALDER ST | Absentee individual | $113K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2514 N ALDER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $37K | 3/1 | 808 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2515 N ALDER ST History2 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2516 N ALDER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $37K | 3/1 | 808 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2517 N ALDER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2518 N ALDER ST History2 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2519 N ALDER ST History4 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2520 N ALDER ST TradedTraded 2×: $8K in 2022 → $19K in 2022 (+145%). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 2 | tax lien |
| 2521 N ALDER ST History4 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2522 N ALDER ST | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2523 N ALDER ST History2 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2524 N ALDER ST | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2525 N ALDER ST | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2526 N ALDER ST | Absentee individual | $86K | 3/1 | 808 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2528 N ALDER ST History2 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2530 N ALDER ST History2 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $32K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2532 N ALDER ST History2 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $32K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2534 N ALDER ST History2 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2016). | Vacant | $32K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2536 N ALDER ST | Absentee individual | $88K | 3/1 | 888 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2538 N ALDER ST | Absentee individual | $88K | 3/1 | 888 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2540 N ALDER ST History2 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2025); L&I violation (2026). | Vacant | $32K | —/— | — | — | 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)