Who owns your block
2500 block of W Somerset St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 28 open code violations and 7 homes behind $69,376 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 146% since 2016, now about $86K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $86K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $86K | $79K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 40% | 26% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 206 reported crimes (82 violent) and 361 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
- $86K typical home, up +146% since 2016
- Tax bill $311 to $669 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.0M assessed, $26,547/yr to the city, about $885 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +146% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +115% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2501 W Somerset St is assessed at $111K but pays $147 a year — about 10% of the $1,547 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.5% 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 $246 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 35 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 30 parcels
- Owner-occupied 18
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Ddh Fund Llc, carries 38 open violations across 43 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ddh Fund Llc | 1 | 43 | $7.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Perez Holdings Llc | 1 | 5 | $575K | phila.gov ↗ |
| E&J Equities Llc | 1 | 2 | $223K | phila.gov ↗ |
| L&A Property Acquisition Llc | 1 | 2 | $143K | phila.gov ↗ |
| New Sang Yick Trading Co Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $104K | —/— | 1,600 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2501 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2502 W SOMERSET ST New constructionBought for $25K in 2005, built new (tax-abated), sold for $70K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 3 | abated |
| 2503 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $86K | 2/1 | 1,075 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2504 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2505 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,076 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 2506 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2507 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $52K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 1 | 11 violtax lien |
| 2508 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2509 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,076 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2510 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $35K in 2001 → $30K in 2019 (-14%). | Investor / LLC | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 4 | 11 violtax lien |
| 2511 W SOMERSET ST New constructionBought for $30K in 2019, built new (tax-abated), sold for $90K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 2 | abated |
| 2512 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $9K in 2004 → $47K in 2025 (+450%). | Investor / LLC | $43K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 6 | |
| 2513 W SOMERSET ST ImprovedBought for $150K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $127K | —/— | 1,952 | 1925 | 2 | 2 viol |
| 2514 W SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 2515 W SOMERSET ST HistoryAppeal complete (2026). | Absentee individual | $125K | —/— | 1,920 | 1925 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 2516 W SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $43K in 2019 → $98K in 2023 (+131%). | Investor / LLC | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 2 | 1 viol |
| 2517 W SOMERSET ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $98K | 3/1 | 1,480 | 1940 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2518 W SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $94K | 3/1 | 1,358 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 2519 W SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $122K | 3/1 | 1,480 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2520 W SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $33K in 2003 → $26K in 2005 (-21%). | Absentee individual | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 2522 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $17K in 2012 → $35K in 2022 (+106%). | Investor / LLC | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 2524 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2526 W SOMERSET ST | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2528 W SOMERSET ST | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2530 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $52K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 2532 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2534 W SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $53K in 2022 → $187K in 2022 (+256%). | Owner-occupied | $155K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 2536 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $43K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 2538 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $30K in 2000 → $400K in 2022 (+1233%). | Investor / LLC | $527K | —/— | 10,810 | 1925 | 5 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)