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Who owns your block

2900 block of N Van Pelt St

A mixed-ownership block: 52% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held, with 5 homes behind $52,808 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 166% since 2016, now about $83K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$83K
$12K–$221K
ZIP median $79K
Price / sq ft
$71
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 25
$11K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
52%
12 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$53K
5 of 25 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+13%
value · tax +$27
5 years
+138%
value · tax −$102
10 years
+166%
value · tax +$167

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 $83K — 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 blockZIP 19132Philadelphia
Median home value$83K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied32%26%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 153 reported crimes (61 violent) and 207 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
153
61 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
207
54 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults38
All Other Offenses29
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief22
Thefts12
Fraud11
Motor Vehicle Theft10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint49
Illegal Dumping27
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection26
Salting20
Abandoned Vehicle17
Street Defect11

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-5
Thomas M Peirce
2300 W Cambria St · 292 students
Middle · K-8
E Washington Rhodes
2900 W Clearfield St · 350 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$83K2016: $31K2017: $31K2018: $31K2019: $32K2020: $35K2021: $35K2022: $35K2023: $58K2024: $58K2025: $74K2026: $74K2027: $83K2016202020232027

▲ +166% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$3352016: $1682017: $1682018: $1682019: $1532020: $1682021: $1682022: $4372023: $6302024: $6612025: $5002026: $3082027: $3352016202020232027

▲ +99% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

8
8 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 $11,142 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%
$630pays now $1,271at the full rate

2910 N Van Pelt St is assessed at $91K but pays $630 a year — about 50% of the $1,271 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 +9.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 266 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $266 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+166%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.8 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 21 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K2005201020152020
4arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
21homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 6 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels2 parcels2 parcels10 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$12K$131K+

The block's largest owner, Plotz Llc, carries 3 open violations across 23 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Plotz Llc123$397Kphila.gov ↗
Threedee'S Llc12$89Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 25 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2908 N VAN PELT ST Vacant $24K —/— 1
2910 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $91K —/1 1,922 1925 0 abated
2911 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $12K 3/1 672 1925 0
2912 N VAN PELT ST Absentee individual $100K —/— 1,530 1950 0
2913 N VAN PELT ST Absentee individual $85K 3/1 1,200 1925 1
2914-16 N VAN PELT ST Absentee individual $49K —/— 2,564 1993 0
2915 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,200 1925 0 abated
2917 N VAN PELT ST Absentee individual $85K 3/1 1,200 1925 0
2918 N VAN PELT ST Vacant $17K —/— 0
2919 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,200 1925 0
2920-28 N VAN PELT ST Absentee individual $148K —/— 5,631 1993 0
2921 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,200 1925 0 abated
2923 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $77K 3/1 988 1925 0 abated
2925 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,200 1925 1 tax lien
2927 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,200 1925 0 abatedtax lien
2929 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $82K 3/1 1,100 1925 0 abatedtax lien
2930 N VAN PELT ST Vacant $17K —/— 0
2931 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $77K 3/1 988 1925 0
2932-38 N VAN PELT ST Absentee individual $221K —/— 3,600 1993 0
2933 N VAN PELT ST Owner-occupied $83K 3/1 1,128 1925 0 abated
2935R N VAN PELT ST Vacant $29K —/— 0 tax lien
2935 N VAN PELT ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2023. Owner-occupied $81K 3/1 1,128 1925 1 abated
2937-39 N VAN PELT ST Absentee individual $110K 3/1 1,428 1925 0 rented
2941 N VAN PELT ST Vacant $12K —/— 0 tax lien
2950-52 N VAN PELT ST Vacant $55K —/— 0

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.