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Who owns your block

2500 block of S 64th St

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 7 open code violations and 2 homes behind $6,125 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 129% since 2016, now about $145K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year.

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
$145K
$40K–$212K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$127
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$115K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $145K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
56%
10 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
17%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
2 of 18 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$266
5 years
+82%
value · tax +$760
10 years
+129%
value · tax +$1K

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 $145K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19142 median of $131K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19142 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19142Philadelphia
Median home value$145K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied33%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 166 reported crimes (58 violent) and 142 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
166
58 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
142
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults36
Thefts35
All Other Offenses20
Aggravated Assault No Firearm11
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Theft from Vehicle11

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint32
Illegal Dumping24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection21
Salting13
Abandoned Vehicle5
License Complaint5

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
Thomas G Morton
2501 S 63rd St · 363 students
Middle · 5-8
William Tilden
6601 Elmwood Ave · 230 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$100K$200K$145K2016: $63K2017: $63K2018: $63K2019: $74K2020: $80K2021: $80K2022: $80K2023: $104K2024: $104K2025: $137K2026: $137K2027: $145K2016202020232027

▲ +129% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,8622016: $8342017: $8342018: $8342019: $1,0162020: $1,1022021: $1,1022022: $1,1022023: $1,4262024: $1,4262025: $1,5962026: $1,5962027: $1,8622016202020232027

▲ +123% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 229 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $229 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+129%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.3 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
30arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 1 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels6 parcels6 parcels4 parcels
$40K$182K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Optivest Holdings Llc129$4.3Mphila.gov ↗
Investing Vantran Llc17$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
David Coletta 39 Llc11$40Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 18 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2515-17 S 64TH ST Traded 2×: $350K in 2007 → $190K in 2009 (-46%). Vacant $40K —/— 2
2519 S 64TH ST Bought for $66K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,074 1925 4
2521 S 64TH ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,074 1925 0
2523 S 64TH ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,074 1925 1
2525 S 64TH ST Absentee individual $128K 3/1 1,074 1925 0
2526 S 64TH ST 4 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2024); Appeal complete (2024); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2025); Appeal complete (2025); Appeal complete (2026). Absentee individual $100K —/— 4,017 1925 0 6 violtax lien
2527 S 64TH ST Traded 2×: $77K in 2025 → $270K in 2025 (+251%). Owner-occupied $212K 4/2 1,074 1925 2
2529 S 64TH ST Owner-occupied $170K —/— 1,074 1920 0
2532 S 64TH ST Owner-occupied $139K 3/1 1,216 1925 1 rented
2534 S 64TH ST Traded 2×: $41K in 2000 → $46K in 2008 (+14%). Investor / LLC $145K 3/1 1,165 1925 2 rented
2536 S 64TH ST Traded 2×: $23K in 2001 → $40K in 2012 (+78%). Absentee individual $145K 3/1 1,165 1925 2 rented
2538 S 64TH ST Traded 2×: $37K in 2001 → $71K in 2020 (+92%). Investor / LLC $148K 3/1 1,165 1925 2
2540 S 64TH ST Bought for $54K in 2000. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,165 1925 1
2542 S 64TH ST Traded 2×: $89K in 2006 → $30K in 2015 (-66%). Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,165 1925 2
2544 S 64TH ST Owner-occupied $152K 3/1 1,070 1925 1
2546 S 64TH ST Bought for $64K in 2003, electrical permit in 2019, sold for $177K in 2024 (+177%). Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,070 1925 3 tax lien
2548 S 64TH ST Traded 3×: $42K in 2001 → $115K in 2024 (+174%). Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,070 1925 3
2550 S 64TH ST Bought for $35K in 2004. Owner pulled a use permit in 2018. Absentee individual $175K 3/2 1,070 1925 4 1 viol

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

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.