Who owns your block
2900 block of Chatham St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $5,404 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 114% since 2016, now about $211K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $211K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19134 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $211K | $113K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 20% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 81 reported crimes (29 violent) and 249 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
- $211K typical home, up +114% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,249 to $2,616 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.3M assessed, $48,408/yr to the city, about $2,420 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +114% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +109% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 2978 Chatham Sttax-abated new construction0.38%$1,046/yr on $273K
- 2996 Chatham Sttax-abated new construction0.40%$718/yr on $181K
- 2980 Chatham Sttax-abated new construction0.44%$920/yr on $209K
- 2994 Chatham Stexemption0.87%$2,268/yr on $262K
- 2988 Chatham Stexemption0.87%$2,321/yr on $266K
- …and 2 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The starkest example: 2978 Chatham St is assessed at $273K but pays $1,046 a year — about 27% of the $3,816 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 +7.2% 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 $214 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 47 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 3 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2949 CHATHAM ST Renovated & sold onBought for $5K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $30K in 2017 (+500%). | Absentee individual | $137K | 3/1 | 940 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2951 CHATHAM ST History2 L&I violations (2020); sold $150K (2025); L&I violation (2025). | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 910 | 1920 | 1 | rented1 viol |
| 2953 CHATHAM ST Renovated & sold onBought for $37K in 2004, mechanical permit in 2016, sold for $224K in 2024 (+508%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 5 | |
| 2955 CHATHAM ST ImprovedBought for $95K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $202K | 2/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2957 CHATHAM ST Renovated & sold onBought for $8K in 2006, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $196K in 2017 (+2513%). | Owner-occupied | $286K | 3/1 | 1,128 | 1925 | 5 | |
| 2959 CHATHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $22K in 2001 → $225K in 2021 (+943%). | Absentee individual | $218K | 3/1 | 1,138 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2961 CHATHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $27K in 2003 → $120K in 2017 (+344%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2963 CHATHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $34K in 2000 → $45K in 2003 (+32%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 2965 CHATHAM ST | Absentee individual | $248K | 3/1 | 987 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 2978 CHATHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $273K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2980 CHATHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $209K | 3/1 | 1,086 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2982 CHATHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2007 → $68K in 2021 (+36%). | Absentee individual | $144K | 3/1 | 1,086 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2984 CHATHAM ST Historysold $41K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2014); 6 L&I violations (2019). | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 808 | 1925 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 2986 CHATHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $21K in 2002 → $125K in 2008 (+510%). | Owner-occupied | $220K | 3/1 | 808 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2988 CHATHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $20K in 2002 → $130K in 2014 (+553%). | Owner-occupied | $266K | 3/1 | 1,036 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 2990 CHATHAM ST Renovated & sold onBought for $31K in 2003, alterations permit in 2020, sold for $240K in 2026 (+671%). | Owner-occupied | $256K | 2/1 | 928 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 2992 CHATHAM ST Renovated & sold onBought for $26K in 2003, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $169K in 2019 (+550%). | Absentee individual | $213K | 2/1 | 955 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 2994 CHATHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $115K in 2007 → $220K in 2021 (+92%). | Owner-occupied | $262K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 2996 CHATHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 802 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 2998 CHATHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $85K in 2009 → $188K in 2018 (+121%). | Owner-occupied | $277K | 2/1 | 1,110 | 1925 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)