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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.

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
$86K
$13K–$527K
ZIP median $79K
Price / sq ft
$75
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$47K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $86K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
11 of 30
$15K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
67%
18 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
7%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
28
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$69K
7 of 30 behind
▲ block 23% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$27
5 years
+129%
value · tax +$146
10 years
+146%
value · tax +$358

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 $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 blockZIP 19132Philadelphia
Median home value$86K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied40%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.

Crimes · 12mo
206
82 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
361
117 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults44
All Other Offenses37
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief27
Thefts20
Aggravated Assault No Firearm17
Burglary Residential12

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint133
Illegal Dumping42
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection39
Abandoned Vehicle33
Dangerous Building Complaint12
License Complaint11

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-5
Thomas M Peirce
2300 W Cambria St · 292 students
Middle · K-8
E Washington Rhodes
2900 W Clearfield St · 350 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$50K$100K$86K2016: $35K2017: $35K2018: $35K2019: $37K2020: $38K2021: $38K2022: $38K2023: $63K2024: $63K2025: $81K2026: $81K2027: $86K2016202020232027

▲ +146% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6692016: $3112017: $3112018: $3072019: $2012020: $5222021: $5222022: $5232023: $8862024: $8862025: $8192026: $6422027: $6692016202020232027

▲ +115% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

11
11 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $15,018 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$147pays now $1,547at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 246 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+8.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+146%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2 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 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

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
35arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 2 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels2 parcels2 parcels0 parcels16 parcels3 parcels5 parcels
$13K$127K+

The block's largest owner, Ddh Fund Llc, carries 38 open violations across 43 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ddh Fund Llc143$7.1Mphila.gov ↗
Perez Holdings Llc15$575Kphila.gov ↗
E&J Equities Llc12$223Kphila.gov ↗
L&A Property Acquisition Llc12$143Kphila.gov ↗
New Sang Yick Trading Co Llc12$1.1Mphila.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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
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 Bought 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 Traded 4×: $35K in 2001 → $30K in 2019 (-14%). Investor / LLC $86K 3/1 1,146 1915 4 11 violtax lien
2511 W SOMERSET ST Bought 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 Traded 6×: $9K in 2004 → $47K in 2025 (+450%). Investor / LLC $43K 3/1 1,146 1915 6
2513 W SOMERSET ST Bought 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 Appeal complete (2026). Absentee individual $125K —/— 1,920 1925 0 3 viol
2516 W SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $43K in 2019 → $98K in 2023 (+131%). Investor / LLC $86K 3/1 1,146 1915 2 1 viol
2517 W SOMERSET ST built 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 Traded 2×: $33K in 2003 → $26K in 2005 (-21%). Absentee individual $86K 3/1 1,146 1915 2 rentedtax lien
2522 W SOMERSET ST Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 5×: $30K in 2000 → $400K in 2022 (+1233%). Investor / LLC $527K —/— 10,810 1925 5

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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