Who owns your block
2800 block of S 81st St
A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 2 homes behind $4,658 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $121K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $121K — about 0.5× 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 block | ZIP 19153 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $121K | $204K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 54% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 44 reported crimes (16 violent) and 39 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
- $121K typical home, up +90% since 2016
- Tax bill $834 to $1,359 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.3M assessed, $13,206/yr to the city, about $1,100 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +90% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +63% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2839 S 81st St is assessed at $101K but pays $8 a year — about 1% of the $1,408 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% 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 $190 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Victorias Properties Llc, carries 2 open violations across 23 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorias Properties Llc | 1 | 23 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Legacy Rentals Philly Llc | 1 | 9 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2813 S 81ST ST ImprovedBought for $75K in 2016. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/2 | 1,110 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2815 S 81ST ST | Vacant | $15K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 2817 S 81ST ST | Owner-occupied | $131K | —/— | 1,110 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2819 S 81ST ST | Owner-occupied | $131K | —/— | 1,110 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2821 S 81ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2007 → $10K in 2018 (-88%). | Absentee individual | $128K | —/— | 1,110 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 2823 S 81ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $121K | —/— | 1,110 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2829 S 81ST ST ImprovedBought for $28K in 2002. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 900 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 2831 S 81ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $25K in 2015 → $65K in 2018 (+160%). | Investor / LLC | $107K | 2/1 | 900 | 1925 | 3 | 4 viol |
| 2833 S 81ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $9K in 2015, electrical permit in 2015, sold for $34K in 2020 (+285%). | Investor / LLC | $121K | —/— | 1,050 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 2835 S 81ST ST | Absentee individual | $101K | —/— | 810 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 2837 S 81ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $12K in 2012 → $110K in 2021 (+857%). | Owner-occupied | $128K | 2/1 | 810 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 2839 S 81ST ST New constructionBought for $105K in 2023, built new (tax-abated), sold for $105K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $101K | —/— | 810 | 1925 | 2 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)