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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.

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
$204K
$204K–$319K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$243
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$220K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $204K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 38
$26K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
68%
26 of 38
city 41%
Rentals
11%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$7K
1 of 38 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$29
5 years
+19%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+45%
value · tax +$1K

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 $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 blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$204K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied45%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.

Crimes · 12mo
62
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
159
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft17
Other Assaults12
Theft from Vehicle9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Thefts4
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection46
Street Defect18
Salting15
Other (Streets)12
Abandoned Vehicle8
Maintenance Complaint8

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$125K$250K$204K2016: $140K2017: $140K2018: $140K2019: $159K2020: $171K2021: $171K2022: $171K2023: $199K2024: $199K2025: $202K2026: $202K2027: $204K2016202020232027

▲ +45% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8542016: $1,5792017: $1,5792018: $1,5922019: $1,6662020: $1,7642021: $1,7642022: $1,7642023: $1,9892024: $2,7792025: $2,8252026: $2,8252027: $2,8542016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

1
1 property 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 $25,520 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,659pays now $3,382at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 145 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+3.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+45%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3 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 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

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
52arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 38 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 11 38parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 11

Value distribution today

30 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$204K$276K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Msicsdv Llc11$214Kphila.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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2809 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 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 Traded 2×: $35K in 1999 → $105K in 2011 (+200%). Absentee individual $204K 3/1 838 1920 2
2815 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 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 Traded 2×: $95K in 2003 → $136K in 2012 (+43%). Absentee individual $204K 3/1 838 1920 2 rented
2821 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $81K in 2005 → $158K in 2007 (+95%). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 838 1920 2
2822 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $44K in 2001 → $180K in 2006 (+309%). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 838 1920 3 rented
2823 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $105K in 2003 → $270K in 2024 (+157%). Owner-occupied $204K 2/1 838 1920 2
2830 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $67K in 2003 → $155K in 2014 (+131%). Absentee individual $204K 3/1 838 1920 3 rented
2831 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 3×: $165K in 2012 → $299K in 2021 (+81%). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 838 1920 3
2846 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 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)

Where this comes from

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