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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

2900 block of B St

A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 16% investor-held, with 13 open code violations and 7 homes behind $59,546 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 124% since 2016, now about $88K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% 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
$88K
$18K–$3.4M
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$89
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$38K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $88K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $48K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 31
$14K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
58%
17 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
6%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
13
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$60K
7 of 31 behind
▲ block 23% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+23%
value · tax +$227
5 years
+248%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+124%
value · tax +$917

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 $88K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$88K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied29%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 178 reported crimes (57 violent) and 239 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
178
57 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
239
60 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults33
All Other Offenses30
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations23
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief21
Thefts13
Fraud11

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint57
Illegal Dumping49
Abandoned Vehicle24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection24
License Complaint11
Street Defect10

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 · K-4
Lewis Elkin
3199 D St · 431 students
Middle · 5-8
Stetson
3200 B St · 511 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$50K$100K$88K2016: $39K2017: $39K2018: $39K2019: $33K2020: $25K2021: $25K2022: $25K2023: $63K2024: $63K2025: $72K2026: $72K2027: $88K2016202020232027

▲ +124% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2282016: $3112017: $3112018: $3012019: $2712020: $2062021: $1922022: $1922023: $5032024: $5032025: $5842026: $1,0012027: $1,2282016202020232027

▲ +295% since 2016 · ~+13%/yr

10
10 properties 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 $14,393 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 21 of 31 homes pay that full rate — and 10 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.

1.40% — the full rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
home on this blocktax-abated
$0pays now $3,344at the full rate

The starkest example: 2901 B St is assessed at $239K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,344 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

6410025020162019202220252027This block 224 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $224 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+124%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.1 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 55 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M19982004201020162022
55arm's-length sales since 1995
1times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 2 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels4 parcels23 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$18K$239K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Keysani Philadelphia LLC15$421Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
One Of One Investments LLC11$88Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Bst 1 LLC11$88Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
B Street Investors LLC11$3.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
B Street Investors II LLC11$862Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 31 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2901 B ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $230K in 2009. Absentee individual $239K —/— 10,830 1935 1 abated
2910 B ST Traded 7×: $35K in 2002 → $25K in 2025 (-29%). Absentee individual $59K 3/1 980 1935 7 tax lien
2912 B ST Traded 3×: $18K in 2012 → $50K in 2025 (+186%). Absentee individual $88K 3/1 980 1935 3
2914 B ST Bought for $15K in 2012, built new (tax-abated), sold for $10K in 2018. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 2 abated
2916 B ST Traded 3×: $18K in 2012 → $20K in 2019 (+14%). Absentee individual $88K 3/1 980 1935 3
2918 B ST Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 1 tax lien
2920 B ST Bought for $6K in 2015, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $40K in 2018. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 2 abated
2922 B ST Bought for $2K in 2009. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 2 2 viol
2924 B ST 3 L&I violations (2014); sold $27K (2021). Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 1
2926 B ST built new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated), sold for $3K in 2006. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 1 abated
2928 B ST Investor / LLC $88K 3/1 980 1935 1 tax lien
2929-59 B ST Traded 2×: $250K in 2009 → $250K in 2009 (+0%). Investor / LLC $3.4M —/— 68,846 1930 2 11 viol
2930 B ST Traded 4×: $5K in 2011 → $25K in 2017 (+400%). Absentee individual $88K 3/1 980 1935 4 tax lien
2932 B ST Bought for $33K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $20K in 2022. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 3 abated
2934 B ST Traded 2×: $6K in 1999 → $36K in 2006 (+526%). Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 2
2936 B ST Bought for $25K in 2009. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $88K 3/1 980 1935 2
2938 B ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 0 abated
2940 B ST Absentee individual $59K 3/1 980 1935 0
2942 B ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $32K in 2009. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 1 abated
2944 B ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $24K in 2000. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 1 abated
2946 B ST Bought for $80K in 2022. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Absentee individual $88K 3/1 980 1935 1
2948 B ST Bought for $15K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 1 rentedtax lien
2950 B ST Absentee individual $88K 3/1 980 1935 0
2952 B ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 980 1935 1
2954 B ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 0
2956 B ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $18K —/— 0
2958 B ST Traded 4×: $13K in 1995 → $75K in 2025 (+477%). Investor / LLC $57K 3/1 922 1935 4 rented
2960 B ST Traded 2×: $5K in 2006 → $29K in 2007 (+480%). Owner-occupied $59K 3/1 980 1910 2
2961-69 B ST Bought for $320K in 2005. Vacant $862K —/— 2
2962 B ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $11K in 2016. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 1 abated
2964 B ST Bought for $1K in 2003, built new (tax-abated), sold for $4K in 2012. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 980 1935 4 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)

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.