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Who owns your block

2500 block of S 68th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 homes behind $20,748 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 96% since 2016, now about $125K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$125K
$69K–$243K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$130
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$115K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $125K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 43
$30K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
60%
26 of 43
city 41%
Rentals
9%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$21K
4 of 43 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax −$227
5 years
+96%
value · tax +$299
10 years
+96%
value · tax +$301

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 $125K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below 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$125K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied49%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 119 reported crimes (47 violent) and 188 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
119
47 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
188
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults30
All Other Offenses21
Thefts12
Fraud11
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint47
Abandoned Vehicle26
Illegal Dumping21
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Salting14
License Complaint10

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-4
John M Patterson
7000 Buist Ave · 353 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$125K2016: $64K2017: $64K2018: $64K2019: $59K2020: $64K2021: $64K2022: $64K2023: $86K2024: $86K2025: $117K2026: $117K2027: $125K2016202020232027

▲ +96% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1952016: $8942017: $8942018: $8942019: $8272020: $8962021: $8962022: $8962023: $1,2082024: $1,2082025: $1,4222026: $1,4222027: $1,1952016202020232027

▲ +34% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

6
6 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 $30,359 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%
$304pays now $1,704at the full rate

2511 S 68th St is assessed at $122K but pays $304 a year — about 18% of the $1,704 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9210025020162019202220252027This block 196 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $196 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+96%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.2 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 67 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

$0$5.0M$10M2004201020162022
67arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 43 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26Investor / LLC: 8Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 1 43parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26
  • Investor / LLC 8
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels33 parcels2 parcels2 parcels4 parcels
$69K$174K+

The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Lotus 08 Llc, carries 3 open violations across 62 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Lotus 08 Llc162$8.0Mphila.gov ↗
Nisimap Enterprises Llc127$2.7Mphila.gov ↗
Pibo 02 Llc126$3.4Mphila.gov ↗
Greeco Llc112$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Two Eight Hundred Properties Llc15$859Kphila.gov ↗
Point Of View Investments Corp12$261Kphila.gov ↗
Little Guyann Corner Llc11$145Kphila.gov ↗
G & A Lucky Llc11$125Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 43 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2500 S 68TH ST built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $100K in 2009. Absentee individual $124K —/— 1,568 1920 1 tax lien
2501 S 68TH ST Absentee individual $174K —/— 2,208 1920 0
2502 S 68TH ST Bought for $53K in 2005. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2020. Absentee individual $125K 3/1 960 1920 2
2503 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 960 1920 1
2504 S 68TH ST Bought for $50K in 2002, electrical permit in 2014, sold for $130K in 2024 (+161%). Absentee individual $85K 3/1 960 1920 2 rented
2505 S 68TH ST Bought for $45K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $122K —/— 960 1920 3
2506 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 1
2507 S 68TH ST Traded 4×: $31K in 2003 → $55K in 2019 (+78%). Investor / LLC $122K 3/1 960 1920 4
2508 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 1
2509 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 960 1920 0
2510 S 68TH ST sold $39K (2018); 4 L&I violations (2025). Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 960 1920 1
2511 S 68TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $31K in 2008. Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 960 1920 1 abated
2512 S 68TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 0
2513 S 68TH ST Bought for $8K in 2013, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $105K in 2021 (+1300%). Absentee individual $122K 3/1 960 1920 3 rented
2514 S 68TH ST Bought for $60K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 1
2515 S 68TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
2516 S 68TH ST Bought for $5.2M in 2005, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2023, sold for $105K in 2023 (+242%). Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 960 1920 5
2517 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
2518 S 68TH ST L&I violation (2009); L&I violation (2011). Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 0
2519 S 68TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $60K in 2023. Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 960 1920 1 abated
2520 S 68TH ST Bought for $49K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 2
2521 S 68TH ST Bought for $14K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $57K in 2000. Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 960 1920 3 abated
2522 S 68TH ST Bought for $153K in 2021. Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 1
2523 S 68TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
2524 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 0
2525 S 68TH ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2018 → $149K in 2019 (+397%). Owner-occupied $180K 3/1 960 1920 2
2526 S 68TH ST Investor / LLC $145K 3/1 960 1920 1
2527 S 68TH ST Bought for $64K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $243K —/— 2,328 1920 1
2528-32 S 68TH ST Vacant $69K —/— 0
2534 S 68TH ST 3 L&I violations (2009); 4 L&I violations (2011); 3 L&I violations (2012); sold $24K (2016). Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,024 1920 1
2536 S 68TH ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2000 → $51K in 2006 (+28%). Absentee individual $125K 3/1 960 1920 2
2538 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 1
2540 S 68TH ST Traded 3×: $34K in 2003 → $4.1M in 2020 (+11977%). Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 960 1920 3 rented
2542 S 68TH ST Traded 3×: $35K in 2009 → $61K in 2021 (+73%). Absentee individual $125K 3/1 960 1920 3
2544 S 68TH ST Traded 3×: $56K in 2001 → $180K in 2023 (+221%). Investor / LLC $159K 3/1 960 1920 3
2546 S 68TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 1
2548 S 68TH ST Bought for $38K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 2
2550 S 68TH ST Traded 3×: $78K in 2007 → $115K in 2020 (+48%). Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 3
2552 S 68TH ST Bought for $94K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 960 1920 2
2554 S 68TH ST Bought for $31K in 2009. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 960 1920 2
2556 S 68TH ST Traded 3×: $16K in 2002 → $1.3M in 2019 (+7994%). Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 960 1920 3 rented
2558 S 68TH ST Bought for $57K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 960 1920 2 tax lien
2560 S 68TH ST Bought for $42K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,152 1920 2

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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