Who owns your block
2500 block of Swain St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $3,513 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 59% since 2016, now about $585K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year.
- 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 $585K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19130 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $585K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 69% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 54 reported crimes (4 violent) and 240 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
- $585K typical home, up +59% since 2016
- Tax bill $4,715 to $6,816 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $18M assessed, $202,492/yr to the city, about $6,328 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +59% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +45% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2535 Swain St is assessed at $589K but pays $4,082 a year — about 50% of the $8,241 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 +4.3% 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 $159 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 48 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 32 parcels
- Owner-occupied 30
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2508 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $636K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2509 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $374K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2510 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $625K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2511 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $150K in 2007 → $495K in 2021 (+230%). | Owner-occupied | $473K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 2512 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $495K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2513 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $473K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2514 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $495K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2515 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $375K in 2006 → $419K in 2014 (+12%). | Owner-occupied | $589K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2516 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $506K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2517 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $145K in 2000 → $85K in 2011 (-41%). | Owner-occupied | $643K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2518 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $439K in 2017 → $605K in 2022 (+38%). | Owner-occupied | $702K | 3/2 | 1,590 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2519 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $556K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2520 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $585K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2521 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $135K in 1999 → $565K in 2022 (+319%). | Owner-occupied | $643K | 2/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 5 | |
| 2522 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $585K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2523 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $170K in 2003 → $450K in 2025 (+165%). | Absentee individual | $556K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2524 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $398K in 2013 → $490K in 2017 (+23%). | Owner-occupied | $639K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2525 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $420K in 2004 → $400K in 2011 (-5%). | Owner-occupied | $649K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 2526 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $383K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2527 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $389K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2528 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $217K in 2000 → $435K in 2005 (+100%). | Owner-occupied | $585K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2529 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $589K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2530 SWAIN ST New constructionBought for $218K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $427K in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $585K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 3 | abated |
| 2531 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $440K in 2009 → $510K in 2013 (+16%). | Owner-occupied | $683K | 4/2 | 2,025 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2532 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $235K in 2002 → $424K in 2005 (+80%). | Owner-occupied | $639K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2533 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $299K in 2002 → $545K in 2020 (+82%). | Owner-occupied | $556K | 3/2 | 1,350 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 2534 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $639K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2535 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $589K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2536 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $506K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2537 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $235K in 2007 → $535K in 2017 (+128%). | Owner-occupied | $673K | 2/2 | 1,456 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 2538 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $552K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2539 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $255K in 2001 → $376K in 2012 (+47%). | Owner-occupied | $589K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)