Who owns your block
2700 block of Swain St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 45% since 2016, now about $397K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $397K — about 1.8× 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 | $397K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 60% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 51 reported crimes (5 violent) and 126 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
- $397K typical home, up +45% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,629 to $4,440 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.1M assessed, $45,844/yr to the city, about $4,584 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +45% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +22% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2711 Swain St is assessed at $477K but pays $4,193 a year — about 63% of the $6,674 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 +3.5% 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 $145 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 10 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2706 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $245K in 2015 → $345K in 2023 (+41%). | Owner-occupied | $423K | 2/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2707 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $150K in 2007 → $410K in 2026 (+173%). | Owner-occupied | $383K | 2/1 | 946 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 2708 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $383K | 3/1 | 1,036 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2709 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $278K in 2012 → $387K in 2018 (+39%). | Owner-occupied | $459K | 3/1 | 920 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2710 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $377K | 3/1 | 800 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2711 SWAIN ST New constructionBought for $245K in 2021, built new (tax-abated), sold for $400K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $477K | 3/1 | 980 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 2712 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $168K in 2002 → $380K in 2023 (+126%). | Owner-occupied | $412K | 2/1 | 800 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2713 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $229K in 2005 → $330K in 2017 (+44%). | Owner-occupied | $338K | 3/1 | 844 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2714 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $190K in 2002 → $338K in 2018 (+78%). | Owner-occupied | $377K | 3/1 | 800 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2715 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $232K in 2003 → $356K in 2024 (+53%). | Owner-occupied | $425K | 2/1 | 844 | 1920 | 4 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)