Who owns your block
2500 block of S 72nd St
A mixed-ownership block: 54% owner-occupied, 15% investor-held, with 7 open code violations and 1 home behind $2,516 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 103% since 2016, now about $132K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $132K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and in line with 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 | $132K | $131K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 15% | 34% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 88 reported crimes (26 violent) and 159 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
- $132K typical home, up +103% since 2016
- Tax bill $798 to $1,505 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.8M assessed, $23,059/yr to the city, about $1,774 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +103% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +89% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2546 S 72nd St is assessed at $90K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,260 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 +6.6% 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 $203 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 14 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debears Realty Llc | 1 | 1 | $145K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 2520 S 72nd Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $180K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2506 S 72ND ST | Absentee individual | $64K | 2/1 | 672 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 2508 S 72ND ST | Owner-occupied | $93K | 2/1 | 672 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2510 S 72ND ST | Owner-occupied | $93K | 2/1 | 672 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2511-13 S 72ND ST Historysold $103K (2001); 2 L&I violations (2018); 5 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2026). | Absentee individual | $108K | —/— | 2,240 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2512-18 S 72ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $114K in 2001 → $235K in 2025 (+106%). | Owner-occupied | $321K | —/— | 3,680 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 2515-17 S 72ND ST ImprovedBought for $150K in 2004. Owner pulled a operations permit in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $145K | —/— | 2,070 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 2519-25 S 72ND ST History3 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2019); 9 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2026). | Owner-occupied | $230K | —/— | 5,110 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2520-28 S 72ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a operations permit in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $180K | —/— | 4,006 | 1930 | 0 | 7 viol |
| 2544 S 72ND ST ImprovedBought for $17K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $132K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2546 S 72ND ST New constructionBought for $60K in 2004, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $32K in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $90K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 2 | abated |
| 2548 S 72ND ST ImprovedBought for $70K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $132K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2550 S 72ND ST ImprovedBought for $55K in 1999. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $230K | 3/1 | 1,024 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 2552 S 72ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 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)