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Who owns your block

2500 block of S 74th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 85% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 2 homes behind $20,429 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $153K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$153K
$153K–$262K
ZIP median $204K
Price / sq ft
$149
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$215K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $153K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
85%
17 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
15%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▲ block 20% · city 5%
Back taxes
$20K
2 of 20 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$75
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$788
10 years
+87%
value · tax +$991

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 $153K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19153 median of $204K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19153 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19153Philadelphia
Median home value$153K$204K$223K
Owner-occupied40%54%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 68 reported crimes (19 violent) and 154 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
68
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
154
37 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft12
Other Assaults11
Thefts9
Theft from Vehicle7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection31
Maintenance Complaint29
Abandoned Vehicle27
Street Defect14
Illegal Dumping13
Salting7

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 & Middle · K-8
Penrose
2515 S 78th St · 429 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$153K2016: $82K2017: $82K2018: $82K2019: $89K2020: $96K2021: $96K2022: $96K2023: $116K2024: $116K2025: $147K2026: $147K2027: $153K2016202020232027

▲ +87% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1362016: $1,1452017: $1,1452018: $1,1452019: $1,2442020: $1,3482021: $1,0332022: $1,3482023: $1,6222024: $1,6222025: $2,0612026: $2,0612027: $2,1362016202020232027

▲ +87% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 187 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+87%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M20002005201020152020
30arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

18 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$153K$232K+

The block's largest owner, Jubilee Homes Llc, carries 2 open violations across 6 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jubilee Homes Llc16$793Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 20 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
2516 S 74TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,136 1925 0 4 viol
2518 S 74TH ST 3 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 0
2520 S 74TH ST Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 0
2522 S 74TH ST Bought for $73K in 2004. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 1
2524 S 74TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 0
2526 S 74TH ST Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 1
2528 S 74TH ST Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 1
2530 S 74TH ST Bought for $51K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 2
2532 S 74TH ST Traded 3×: $58K in 2003 → $145K in 2019 (+150%). Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 3 rented
2534 S 74TH ST Bought for $37K in 2018, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $180K in 2019 (+386%). Owner-occupied $262K 4/2 1,024 1925 2 2 viol
2536 S 74TH ST Traded 3×: $180K in 2022 → $215K in 2024 (+20%). Owner-occupied $232K 3/2 1,088 1925 3 tax lien
2538 S 74TH ST Bought for $78K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 1
2540 S 74TH ST Bought for $59K in 2000. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 1
2542 S 74TH ST Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 1
2544 S 74TH ST Traded 4×: $43K in 2000 → $95K in 2013 (+124%). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 4
2546 S 74TH ST Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 0
2548 S 74TH ST sold $74K (2015); 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 1 2 viol
2550 S 74TH ST Traded 5×: $10K in 2000 → $82K in 2020 (+717%). Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 5 rented
2552 S 74TH ST Traded 3×: $21K in 2000 → $75K in 2009 (+257%). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 3
2554 S 74TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019); sold $42K (2019). Investor / LLC $153K 3/1 1,024 1925 1 rented2 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.