Who owns your block
2500 block of South St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 89% since 2016, now about $776K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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 $776K — about 3.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $776K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 55 reported crimes (3 violent) and 261 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
- $776K typical home, up +89% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,763 to $9,773 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $23M assessed, $234,506/yr to the city, about $9,019 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +89% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +254% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2501-15 South St is assessed at $2.6M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $37,082 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% 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 $189 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 23
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appian Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $739K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Wp Spruce Mg Llc | 1 | 1 | $597K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 26 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501-15 SOUTH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2010, then sold for $3.5M in 2008. | Absentee individual | $2.6M | —/— | 4,400 | 1900 | 1 | abated |
| 2502 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $823K | 3/2 | 2,035 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 2504 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 3/2 | 2,468 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 2506 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $823K | 3/2 | 2,035 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 2508 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 3/2 | 2,467 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 2510 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $823K | 3/2 | 2,035 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 2512 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 3/2 | 2,468 | 2013 | 0 | rented |
| 2514 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 3/2 | 2,586 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 2516 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $781K | 3/2 | 1,535 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 2517 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $732K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 2518 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $189K in 2000 → $470K in 2016 (+149%). | Owner-occupied | $614K | 4/2 | 1,569 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 2519 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $770K | 4/2 | 1,820 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 2521 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $755K | —/— | 1,696 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 2522 SOUTH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $950K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 6/5 | 4,994 | 1915 | 1 | abated |
| 2523 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $415K | —/— | 1,179 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2524 SOUTH ST ImprovedBought for $550K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $739K | —/— | 1,840 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 2525 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $709K | —/— | 2,181 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2526 SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $200K in 2007 → $460K in 2012 (+130%). | Owner-occupied | $758K | —/— | 1,863 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 2527-29 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | —/— | 2,582 | 1911 | 0 | |
| 2528 SOUTH ST New constructionBought for $440K in 2019, built new (tax-abated), sold for $825K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $896K | 3/2 | 1,666 | 1915 | 2 | abated |
| 2530 SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $250K in 2004 → $691K in 2024 (+176%). | Owner-occupied | $756K | 4/2 | 1,596 | 1915 | 5 | |
| 2531 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2007). | Owner-occupied | $838K | —/— | 3,042 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 2532 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $715K | —/— | 1,635 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 2534 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $747K | —/— | 1,824 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2536 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $597K | —/— | 1,665 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 2538 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $575K | —/— | 2,839 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)