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Who owns your block

2800 block of Simon St

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $5,308 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 923% since 2016, now about $44K. Property taxes are climbing about 24% 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
$44K
$41K–$64K
ZIP median $242K
Vs. Philadelphia
0.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$616
typical · up to $901
city ≈$3K/yr
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
3 of 3 behind
▲ block 100% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-20%
value · tax −$152
5 years
+923%
value · tax +$556
10 years
+923%
value · tax +$556

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $44K — about 0.2× 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$44K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied0%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (25 violent) and 112 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
62
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
112
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults16
Thefts11
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Fraud5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle21
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
Maintenance Complaint16
Information Request7
Other (Streets)7
Street Light Outage7

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
Universal Institute Charter School At Alcorn
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$50K$100K$44K2016: $4K2017: $4K2018: $4K2019: $4K2020: $4K2021: $4K2022: $4K2023: $4K2024: $4K2025: $55K2026: $55K2027: $44K2016202020232027

▲ +923% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6162016: $602017: $602018: $602019: $602020: $602021: $602022: $602023: $602024: $602025: $7682026: $7682027: $6162016202020232027

▲ +927% since 2016 · ~+24%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +23.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100200020162019202220252027This block 1023 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $1023 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+23.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+923%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+23.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+20.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+17 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$3K$5K2001200220032004
2arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Vacant: 3 3parcels
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$41K$44K+

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

House by house

All 3 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$50K$100K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2819 SIMON ST Vacant $64K 0 tax lien
2821 SIMON ST Traded 2×: $4K in 2001 → $2K in 2004 (-43%). Vacant $44K 2 tax lien
2823 SIMON ST Vacant $41K 0 tax lien

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

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.