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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

2700 block of S Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 1 home behind $104 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 43% since 2016, now about $269K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$269K
$269K–$421K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$198
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$382K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $269K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 40
$44K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
100%
40 of 40
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$104
1 of 40 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$10
5 years
+13%
value · tax −$324
10 years
+43%
value · tax +$150

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 $269K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$269K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied73%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 69 reported crimes (21 violent) and 262 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
69
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
262
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft16
Other Assaults16
Theft from Vehicle7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Thefts5
Fraud3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection57
Street Defect35
Salting33
Sanitation Violation17
Other (Streets)15
Street Light Outage15

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
F Amedee Bregy
1700 Bigler St · 244 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$250K$500K$269K2016: $188K2017: $188K2018: $188K2019: $221K2020: $237K2021: $237K2022: $237K2023: $252K2024: $252K2025: $268K2026: $268K2027: $269K2016202020232027

▲ +43% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,3662016: $2,2162017: $2,2162018: $2,2162019: $2,5272020: $2,6902021: $2,6902022: $2,6902023: $2,4132024: $2,4132025: $2,3562026: $2,3562027: $2,3662016202020232027

▲ +7% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

3
3 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 $43,941 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

9 homes pay the full 1.40%31 pay less
$3,994pays now $5,893at the full rate

The starkest example: 2739 S Smedley St is assessed at $421K but pays $3,994 a year — about 68% of the $5,893 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 143 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $143 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+43%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.2 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 1 time in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
35arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 40 parcels

Owner-occupied: 40 40parcels
  • Owner-occupied 40

Value distribution today

35 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$269K$306K+

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

House by house

All 40 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

Worth a look

New construction
2739 S Smedley St
$421K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $300K in 2021.
New construction
2744 S Smedley St
$272K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $115K in 2000.
Frequently traded
2718 S Smedley St
$365K · Traded 3×: $225K in 2010 → $425K in 2020 (+89%).
Frequently traded
2723 S Smedley St
$291K · Traded 3×: $150K in 2001 → $310K in 2014 (+107%).
Traded
2737 S Smedley St
$291K · Traded 2×: $158K in 2001 → $300K in 2020 (+90%).
Traded
2711 S Smedley St
$269K · Traded 2×: $200K in 2010 → $270K in 2017 (+35%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2708 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0 1 viol
2709 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2710 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2711 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $200K in 2010 → $270K in 2017 (+35%). Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 2
2712 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2713 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $220K in 2018 → $220K in 2018 (+0%). Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 2 6 viol
2714 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2715 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $138K in 2002 → $289K in 2008 (+109%). Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 2
2716 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0 abated
2717 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2718 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $225K in 2010 → $425K in 2020 (+89%). Owner-occupied $365K 3/2 1,362 1920 3
2719 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2720 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2721 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2722 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2723 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $150K in 2001 → $310K in 2014 (+107%). Owner-occupied $291K 3/1 1,362 1920 3
2724 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2725 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2726 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2727 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2728 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2729 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2730 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2731 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2732 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2733 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2734 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $150K in 2008 → $375K in 2022 (+150%). Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 2
2735 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2736 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2737 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $158K in 2001 → $300K in 2020 (+90%). Owner-occupied $291K 3/1 1,362 1920 2
2738 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2739 S SMEDLEY ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $300K in 2021. Owner-occupied $421K 3/2 1,362 1920 1 abated
2740 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2741 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $306K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2742 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2744 S SMEDLEY ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $115K in 2000. Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,362 1920 1 abated
2746 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,362 1920 0
2748 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2750 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 1
2752 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,362 1920 0

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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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