Who owns your block
2500 block of S 71st St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $29,139 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $194K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $194K — about 0.9× 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 block | ZIP 19142 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $194K | $131K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 6% | 34% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 151 reported crimes (45 violent) and 96 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
- $194K typical home, up +66% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,553 to $2,575 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.8M assessed, $33,973/yr to the city, about $2,123 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +66% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +66% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2525-27 S 71st St is assessed at $1.1M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $15,723 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 +4.7% 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 $166 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 27 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
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenmoore Holdings L P | 1 | 14 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501 S 71ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $350K in 2005 → $350K in 2005 (+0%). | Vacant | $116K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 2510 S 71ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $54K in 2001 → $70K in 2019 (+30%). | Absentee individual | $201K | —/— | 1,500 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2512 S 71ST ST ImprovedBought for $51K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Investor / LLC | $184K | —/— | 1,500 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 2514-18 S 71ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $187K | —/— | 2,370 | 1920 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 2519 S 71ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $46K in 2005 → $117K in 2009 (+154%). | Owner-occupied | $235K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2520 S 71ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $70K in 2004 → $170K in 2025 (+143%). | Owner-occupied | $208K | 3/1 | 1,275 | 1920 | 6 | |
| 2521-23 S 71ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $46K in 2000, zoning/use permit in 2011, sold for $109K in 2012 (+137%). | Owner-occupied | $221K | —/— | 3,394 | 1950 | 4 | |
| 2525-27 S 71ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $200K in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/— | 9,600 | 1950 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 2529 S 71ST ST History2 L&I violations (2012); L&I violation (2017). | Absentee individual | $229K | —/— | 2,500 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2531 S 71ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $35K in 2014 → $235K in 2025 (+571%). | Owner-occupied | $184K | 2/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2533 S 71ST ST ImprovedBought for $48K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $157K | 2/2 | 1,050 | 1916 | 2 | |
| 2537 S 71ST ST ImprovedBought for $10K in 2018. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2019. | Vacant | $51K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 2539 S 71ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $238K | —/— | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2541 S 71ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2024. | Vacant | $51K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2543 S 71ST ST ImprovedBought for $98K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $162K | —/— | 1,050 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2545 S 71ST ST ImprovedBought for $90K in 2005. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $237K | —/— | 3,084 | 1920 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)