Who owns your block
2800 block of S Smedley St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $6,674 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 45% since 2016, now about $204K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $204K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19145 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $204K | $242K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 45% | 46% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (14 violent) and 159 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
- $204K typical home, up +45% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,579 to $2,854 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.3M assessed, $90,785/yr to the city, about $2,389 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +45% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +81% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2816 S Smedley St is assessed at $242K but pays $1,659 a year — about 49% of the $3,382 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 52 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 38 parcels
- Owner-occupied 26
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 11
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Msicsdv Llc | 1 | 1 | $214K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 38 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2809 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $128K in 2006 → $127K in 2011 (-1%). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2811 S SMEDLEY ST | Absentee individual | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2813 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $35K in 1999 → $105K in 2011 (+200%). | Absentee individual | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2815 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $98K in 2012 → $260K in 2019 (+167%). | Owner-occupied | $276K | 2/1 | 838 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2816 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $242K | —/— | 838 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2817 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2818 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2819 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $291K | 3/1 | 1,706 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2820 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2003 → $136K in 2012 (+43%). | Absentee individual | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 2821 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $81K in 2005 → $158K in 2007 (+95%). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2822 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $44K in 2001 → $180K in 2006 (+309%). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 2823 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2011 → $94K in 2011 (+34%). | Owner-occupied | $267K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2824 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2825 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $119K in 2004 → $115K in 2014 (-3%). | Absentee individual | $231K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2826 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2827 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 2/1 | 838 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2828 S SMEDLEY ST | Absentee individual | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2829 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2003 → $270K in 2024 (+157%). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 2/1 | 838 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2830 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $67K in 2003 → $155K in 2014 (+131%). | Absentee individual | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 2831 S SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $45K in 2000 → $70K in 2003 (+57%). | Absentee individual | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2832 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2833 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2834 S SMEDLEY ST | Absentee individual | $214K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2835 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $140K in 2007 → $249K in 2026 (+78%). | Investor / LLC | $214K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2836 S SMEDLEY ST | Absentee individual | $214K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2837 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 2838 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2839 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $61K in 2000 → $313K in 2021 (+412%). | Owner-occupied | $267K | 2/1 | 838 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2840 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2841 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 2/1 | 838 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2842 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2843 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $140K in 2005 → $220K in 2018 (+57%). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 2844 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2845 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $165K in 2012 → $299K in 2021 (+81%). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2846 S SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $103K in 2004 → $280K in 2024 (+172%). | Owner-occupied | $319K | 2/1 | 838 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 2847 S SMEDLEY ST | Absentee individual | $204K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 2848 S SMEDLEY ST | Owner-occupied | $209K | 3/1 | 838 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2849 S SMEDLEY ST | Absentee individual | $235K | —/— | 838 | 1920 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)