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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

2900 block of S Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 91% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations and 4 homes behind $9,716 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 46% since 2016, now about $205K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$205K
$160K–$347K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$240
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$278K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $205K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
91%
51 of 56
city 41%
Rentals
7%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$10K
4 of 56 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$106
5 years
+18%
value · tax −$322
10 years
+46%
value · tax +$54

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 $205K — about 0.9× 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$205K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied71%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 50 reported crimes (10 violent) and 163 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
50
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
163
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft16
Other Assaults9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Theft from Vehicle6
Thefts4
Fraud3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection59
Salting22
Other (Streets)11
Shoveling11
Street Defect11
Abandoned Vehicle7

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 · K-8
F Amedee Bregy
1700 Bigler St · 244 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$125K$250K$205K2016: $140K2017: $140K2018: $140K2019: $160K2020: $174K2021: $174K2022: $174K2023: $200K2024: $200K2025: $203K2026: $203K2027: $205K2016202020232027

▲ +46% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5982016: $1,5442017: $1,5442018: $1,5442019: $1,6852020: $1,9202021: $1,9202022: $1,9202023: $1,7052024: $1,7112025: $1,4832026: $1,4922027: $1,5982016202020232027

▲ +3% since 2016 · ~+0%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 146 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $146 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+46%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3 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 58 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 24 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
58arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
24homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 56 parcels

Owner-occupied: 51Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4 56parcels
  • Owner-occupied 51
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

4 parcels24 parcels18 parcels2 parcels1 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$160K$316K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jpk Investment Llc113$2.9Mphila.gov ↗
Cos Investments Llc12$410Kphila.gov ↗
Robert Powell Revocable Living Trust12$566Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 56 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2900 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $185K in 2005 → $341K in 2018 (+84%). Owner-occupied $271K 3/1 1,140 1920 3
2901 S SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $205K —/— 1,350 1920 0
2902 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 838 1920 1
2903 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $60K in 2006 → $305K in 2023 (+408%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,084 1920 3
2904 S SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $160K 3/1 838 1920 1 4 viol
2905 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 970 1920 0
2906 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 1
2907 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 1
2908 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $76K in 2011 → $130K in 2013 (+70%). Absentee individual $201K 2/1 838 1920 2
2909 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2910 S SMEDLEY ST Appeal complete (2025); sold $143K (2026). Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 838 1920 1 3 viol
2911 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 875 1920 0
2912 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 838 1920 1 2 viol
2913 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 875 1920 0 rented
2914 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $273K 2/1 838 1920 1
2915 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $160K 2/1 838 1920 0
2916 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2917 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 875 1920 0
2918 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2919 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $223K 2/1 904 1920 1
2920 S SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $201K 3/1 838 1920 1 rented
2921 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2922 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2923 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 4×: $67K in 2001 → $295K in 2021 (+344%). Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 896 1920 4
2924 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $35K in 2003 → $220K in 2004 (+529%). Owner-occupied $316K 3/1 1,010 1920 3
2925 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $163K in 2012 → $180K in 2021 (+11%). Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 896 1920 2
2926 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $150K in 2013 → $205K in 2019 (+37%). Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 2
2927 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $155K in 2020 → $270K in 2025 (+74%). Owner-occupied $212K 2/1 896 1920 2
2928 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2929 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $107K in 2005 → $265K in 2020 (+148%). Owner-occupied $316K 2/1 1,010 1920 3
2930 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2931 S SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $205K 3/1 875 1920 0 rented
2932 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2933 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $241K 3/1 1,009 1920 1
2934 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $347K 3/2 1,282 1920 1
2935 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 875 1920 1 rented
2936 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 1
2937 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 901 1920 1
2938 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 1
2939 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 901 1920 0
2940 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2941 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $64K in 2000 → $135K in 2011 (+113%). Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 901 1920 2
2942 S SMEDLEY ST Appeal granted (2014). Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2943 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $62K in 2001 → $110K in 2004 (+77%). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 934 1920 2
2944 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2945 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,132 1920 1
2946 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 6×: $36K in 2001 → $152K in 2018 (+321%). Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 6
2947 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $68K in 2001 → $175K in 2006 (+157%). Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 885 1920 2
2948 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2949 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $163K in 2023 → $285K in 2025 (+75%). Owner-occupied $334K 2/1 910 1920 2
2950 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2951 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $245K 3/1 1,140 1920 0
2952 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 0
2953 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 838 1920 1
2954 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $160K in 2013 → $280K in 2024 (+75%). Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 928 1920 3
2955 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 918 1920 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.