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Who owns your block

2600 block of S 78th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $5,214 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $181K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$181K
$154K–$277K
ZIP median $204K
Price / sq ft
$174
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 12
$11K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
92%
11 of 12
city 41%
Rentals
8%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
1 of 12 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$54
5 years
+28%
value · tax −$78
10 years
+85%
value · tax +$260

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 $181K — about 0.8× 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$181K$204K$223K
Owner-occupied50%54%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 25 reported crimes (6 violent) and 105 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
25
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
105
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults6
Thefts5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Theft from Vehicle4
All Other Offenses1

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint29
Street Defect14
Street Trees11
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Graffiti Removal5
Information Request5

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$125K$250K$181K2016: $106K2017: $98K2018: $106K2019: $131K2020: $142K2021: $142K2022: $142K2023: $155K2024: $155K2025: $181K2026: $181K2027: $181K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6002016: $1,3112017: $1,3402018: $1,2602019: $1,7212020: $1,6782021: $1,6782022: $1,6782023: $1,7432024: $1,2582025: $1,5462026: $1,5462027: $1,6002016202020232027

▲ +22% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

1
1 property 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 $11,077 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%
$0pays now $2,678at the full rate

2613 S 78th St is assessed at $191K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,678 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 +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9210025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2008. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20082010201220142016
3arm's-length sales since 2008
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 12 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Absentee individual: 1 12parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$154K$260K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 12 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2613 S 78TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $191K —/— 2,750 0 abated
2623 S 78TH ST Bought for $130K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $277K 2/1 900 1965 1
2625 S 78TH ST Bought for $130K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $244K —/— 900 1965 1
2627 S 78TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $157K —/— 900 1965 0
2629 S 78TH ST Bought for $140K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $157K —/— 900 1965 1 rented
2630 S 78TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Absentee individual $228K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
2631 S 78TH ST Owner-occupied $157K —/— 900 1965 0
2632 S 78TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
2633 S 78TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $157K —/— 900 1965 0
2634 S 78TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $260K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
2635 S 78TH ST Owner-occupied $154K —/— 900 1965 0
2637 S 78TH ST Owner-occupied $172K —/— 900 1965 0

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.