Who owns your block
2900 block of N 21st St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations and 2 homes behind $79,639 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 170% since 2016, now about $91K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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 $91K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $91K | $79K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 59% | 26% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 162 reported crimes (66 violent) and 258 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
- $91K typical home, up +170% since 2016
- Tax bill $53 to $18 a year, -10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.7M assessed, $10,819/yr to the city, about $636 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +170% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -66% since 2016 · ~-10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2920 N 21st St is assessed at $120K but pays $276 a year — about 16% of the $1,676 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.4% 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 $270 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Briq House Llc, carries 17 open violations across 17 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briq House Llc | 1 | 17 | $2.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rm Estates Lp | 1 | 5 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2906-18 N 21ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $388K | —/— | 5,540 | 1949 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 2911 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2022); 3 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $17K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 2 violtax lien |
| 2913 N 21ST ST New constructionBought for $14K in 2003, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $40K in 2003. | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 2 | abated |
| 2915 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2917 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2919 N 21ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2920 N 21ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $13K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $120K | 3/— | 3,476 | 1940 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 2921 N 21ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 1 | abated |
| 2922-24 N 21ST ST History3 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). | Vacant | $30K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2923 N 21ST ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $43K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 1 | abated |
| 2925 N 21ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2010); 2 L&I violations (2015); sold $40K (2025). | Investor / LLC | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2927 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 0 | abated |
| 2929 N 21ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 0 | abated |
| 2931 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2933 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 0 | abated |
| 2935 N 21ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. | Absentee individual | $91K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1949 | 0 | |
| 2937 N 21ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2019); L&I violation (2026). | Absentee individual | $76K | —/— | 1,008 | 1940 | 0 | 1 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)