Who owns your block
2500 block of N Sydenham St
A mixed-ownership block: 16% owner-occupied, 32% investor-held, with 8 open code violations and 4 homes behind $40,336 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 307% since 2016, now about $38K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% a year.
- 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 $38K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $38K | $79K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 11% | 26% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 182 reported crimes (79 violent) and 302 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
- $38K typical home, up +307% since 2016
- Tax bill $132 to $521 a year, +13%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $981K assessed, $10,666/yr to the city, about $561 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +307% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +295% since 2016 · ~+13%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2550 N Sydenham St is assessed at $75K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,051 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 +13.6% 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 $407 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Bcm Investments Llc, carries 9 open violations across 75 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bcm Investments Llc | 2 | 75 | $2.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Oz Fund 2 Llc | 1 | 31 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Workforce Homes 3 Lp | 1 | 7 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lftn6 Llc | 1 | 5 | $566K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kahil Realty Investment C | 1 | 1 | $17K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2540 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $700 in 2012 → $2K in 2012 (+186%). | Absentee individual | $75K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2542 N SYDENHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $10K in 2008 → $60K in 2021 (+500%). | Investor / LLC | $75K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 4 | rented |
| 2544 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $98K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 2546 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $98K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 2548 N SYDENHAM ST ImprovedBought for $500 in 2000. | Absentee individual | $37K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2550 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $75K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2552 N SYDENHAM ST ImprovedBought for $3K in 2020. | Absentee individual | $37K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2554 N SYDENHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $488K in 2003 → $1.5M in 2017 (+212%). | Investor / LLC | $75K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 2555-57 N SYDENHAM ST | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2556 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $75K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2558 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $31K in 2008 → $18K in 2020 (-44%). | Owner-occupied | $75K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 2559 N SYDENHAM ST | Vacant | $15K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2560 N SYDENHAM ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2023. | Absentee individual | $37K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2561 N SYDENHAM ST | Vacant | $15K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2562 N SYDENHAM ST | Vacant | $14K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 2563 N SYDENHAM ST | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2564 N SYDENHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $1K in 2005 → $663K in 2021 (+66158%). | Investor / LLC | $75K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1915 | 3 | 8 viol |
| 2565 N SYDENHAM ST | Vacant | $17K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2566 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $1K in 2004 → $2K in 2016 (+100%). | Absentee individual | $38K | 3/— | 1,140 | 1915 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)