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Who owns your block

2500 block of S 73rd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 15 open code violations and 3 homes behind $11,719 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 109% since 2016, now about $136K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$136K
$136K–$233K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$133
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$85K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $136K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
75%
12 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
15
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
3 of 16 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$129
5 years
+75%
value · tax +$818
10 years
+109%
value · tax +$994

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 $136K — about 0.6× 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$136K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied44%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (24 violent) and 200 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
95
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
200
45 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses24
Other Assaults14
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Thefts10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Theft from Vehicle6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint49
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Illegal Dumping26
Abandoned Vehicle19
Street Light Outage12
License Complaint8

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$136K2016: $65K2017: $65K2018: $65K2019: $72K2020: $78K2021: $78K2022: $78K2023: $102K2024: $102K2025: $128K2026: $128K2027: $136K2016202020232027

▲ +109% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,9042016: $9102017: $9102018: $9102019: $1,0022020: $1,0812021: $1,0812022: $1,0862023: $1,4222024: $1,4222025: $1,7752026: $1,7752027: $1,9042016202020232027

▲ +109% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 209 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $209 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+109%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 27 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20002005201020152020
27arm's-length sales since 1999
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

11 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$136K$177K+

The block's largest owner, Us Bank Trust National Association Tr, carries 20 open violations across 22 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Us Bank Trust National Association Tr122$4.4Mphila.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

$0$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2510 S 73RD ST L&I violation (2010); sold $79K (2012). Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 990 1925 1
2511 S 73RD ST Bought for $40K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,056 1925 3 2 violtax lien
2512 S 73RD ST Traded 2×: $88K in 2008 → $150K in 2022 (+71%). Owner-occupied $140K 2/1 1,016 1925 2
2513 S 73RD ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2005 → $160K in 2022 (+114%). Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,024 1925 2
2514 S 73RD ST sold $48K (2001); 4 L&I violations (2020); 6 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2024); 3 L&I violations (2026). Investor / LLC $177K 3/1 990 1925 1 13 viol
2515 S 73RD ST Bought for $75K in 2004, alterations permit in 2021, sold for $140K in 2021 (+87%). Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 2,048 1925 4
2517 S 73RD ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2005 → $38K in 2011 (-49%). Absentee individual $136K 3/1 1,024 1925 2
2519 S 73RD ST Bought for $33K in 1999. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,024 1925 1
2521 S 73RD ST Bought for $55K in 2002, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $247K in 2024 (+349%). Owner-occupied $173K 3/2 1,024 1925 4
2523 S 73RD ST Bought for $64K in 2017. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,024 1925 1
2525 S 73RD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,024 1925 0
2527 S 73RD ST Bought for $40K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,024 1925 2 rented
2529 S 73RD ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,024 1925 0
2531 S 73RD ST 5 L&I violations (2007); 3 L&I violations (2008); L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,024 1925 0
2533 S 73RD ST Traded 4×: $48K in 2000 → $28K in 2011 (-42%). Absentee individual $136K 3/1 1,024 1925 4 tax lien
2535 S 73RD ST Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,024 1925 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)

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.