Who owns your block
2600 block of Swain St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 35% since 2016, now about $377K. 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 $377K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and below 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 | $377K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 56% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 53 reported crimes (5 violent) and 198 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
- $377K typical home, up +35% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,576 to $4,713 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.2M assessed, $72,123/yr to the city, about $4,508 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +35% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +32% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2616 Swain St is assessed at $400K but pays $4,964 a year — about 89% of the $5,595 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 +2.8% 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 $135 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- 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 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2608 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $150K in 2006 → $362K in 2010 (+141%). | Owner-occupied | $462K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 2609 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $245K in 2013 → $50K in 2021 (-80%). | Owner-occupied | $524K | 3/2 | 1,362 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2610 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $400K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2611 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $216K in 2004 → $309K in 2017 (+43%). | Owner-occupied | $337K | 3/1 | 976 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2612 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $355K in 2019 → $505K in 2026 (+42%). | Absentee individual | $366K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2613 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $287K in 2008 → $260K in 2015 (-9%). | Owner-occupied | $335K | 2/1 | 968 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2614 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $366K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2615 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $335K | 2/1 | 968 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2616 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $400K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2617 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $388K | 3/1 | 968 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2618 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $210K in 2002 → $415K in 2024 (+98%). | Owner-occupied | $400K | 2/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 6 | |
| 2619 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $432K in 2008 → $490K in 2016 (+13%). | Owner-occupied | $546K | 3/2 | 1,464 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2620 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $423K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2621 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/1 | 968 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2622 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $298K | 3/1 | 1,176 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2623 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $338K | 3/1 | 980 | 1920 | 1 | 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)