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Who owns your block

300 block of Mercy St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 101% since 2016, now about $227K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$227K
$220K–$447K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$267
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$247K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $227K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 51
$52K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
75%
38 of 51
city 41%
Rentals
22%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax −$23
5 years
+39%
value · tax +$336
10 years
+101%
value · tax +$1K

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 $227K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$227K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied41%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 65 reported crimes (28 violent) and 278 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
65
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
278
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft14
Other Assaults14
Theft from Vehicle8
Thefts6
Weapon Violations6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection59
Salting55
Street Defect32
Abandoned Vehicle19
Maintenance Complaint18
Construction Complaints12

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
George Sharswood
2300 S 2nd St · 317 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$227K2016: $113K2017: $113K2018: $113K2019: $151K2020: $164K2021: $164K2022: $164K2023: $187K2024: $187K2025: $216K2026: $216K2027: $227K2016202020232027

▲ +101% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6272016: $1,2322017: $1,3262018: $1,5752019: $2,1152020: $2,2912021: $2,2912022: $2,2912023: $2,0482024: $2,0282025: $2,4852026: $2,6502027: $2,6272016202020232027

▲ +113% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 $52,316 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

21 homes pay the full 1.40%30 pay less
$0pays now $4,310at the full rate

The starkest example: 341 Mercy St is assessed at $308K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,310 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 201 Philadelphia 201

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

Annualized return
+6.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+101%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.1 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 72 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
72arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 51 parcels

Owner-occupied: 38Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 11 51parcels
  • Owner-occupied 38
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 11

Value distribution today

31 parcels6 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels5 parcels6 parcels
$220K$303K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Vmb Property LLC24$1.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Vinmar LLC14$1.5Mphila.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 51 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
310 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 840 1905 0 abated
311 MERCY ST Absentee individual $224K 2/1 840 1905 1
312 MERCY ST Bought for $155K in 2019. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $223K 2/1 840 1905 1 rented
313 MERCY ST Bought for $95K in 2016, demolition permit in 2016, sold for $295K in 2026 (+211%). Owner-occupied $283K 2/1 910 1905 3
314 MERCY ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2014 → $180K in 2020 (+64%). Owner-occupied $243K 2/1 1,128 1905 2
315 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $266K 2/1 840 1905 0
316 MERCY ST Traded 3×: $120K in 2010 → $200K in 2019 (+67%). Absentee individual $222K 3/1 946 1905 3
317 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 840 1905 0 abated
318 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $243K 2/1 840 1905 0
319 MERCY ST Absentee individual $224K 3/1 840 1905 1
320 MERCY ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $195K in 2019. Owner-occupied $242K 2/1 1,120 1905 1
321 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 840 1905 0 abated
322 MERCY ST Bought for $45K in 2001, electrical permit in 2014, sold for $240K in 2019 (+439%). Owner-occupied $288K 2/1 840 1905 5 rented
323 MERCY ST built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 840 1905 0 abated
324 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $288K 3/1 840 1905 1
325 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $224K —/1 840 1905 0 abated
326 MERCY ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2007 → $187K in 2008 (+134%). Owner-occupied $223K 2/1 840 1905 2
327 MERCY ST Bought for $50K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $228K 2/1 984 1905 3
328 MERCY ST Traded 4×: $87K in 2009 → $260K in 2022 (+199%). Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 948 1905 4
329 MERCY ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2005 → $134K in 2007 (+79%). Absentee individual $227K 3/1 980 1905 2
330 MERCY ST Bought for $174K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 910 1905 2
331 MERCY ST Absentee individual $224K 3/1 840 1905 0 rented
332 MERCY ST Traded 5×: $60K in 2005 → $220K in 2018 (+267%). Owner-occupied $303K 2/1 1,060 1905 5
333 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $229K 2/1 876 1905 0 abated
334 MERCY ST Absentee individual $223K 3/1 840 1905 0 rented
335 MERCY ST Bought for $20K in 2025, addition and/or alteration permit in 2025, sold for $328K in 2026 (+1538%). Owner-occupied $224K 2/1 840 1905 2
336 MERCY ST Bought for $200K in 2010, mechanical permit in 2010, sold for $265K in 2021 (+33%). Owner-occupied $285K 2/2 938 1905 2
337 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $224K 2/1 840 1905 0
338 MERCY ST Bought for $56K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $261K in 2020 (+370%). Owner-occupied $235K 2/1 1,057 1905 3 rented
339 MERCY ST Absentee individual $224K 2/1 840 1905 0 rented
340 MERCY ST Bought for $11K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $273K in 2021 (+2450%). Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,008 1905 2 tax lien
341 MERCY ST Bought for $92K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $248K in 2020. Owner-occupied $308K 3/1 1,080 1905 3 abated
342 MERCY ST Traded 2×: $27K in 2000 → $70K in 2003 (+159%). Absentee individual $229K 2/1 1,008 1905 2 rented
343 MERCY ST Bought for $90K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Absentee individual $224K 2/1 840 1905 2 rented
344 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $223K 2/1 840 1905 0
345 MERCY ST Traded 2×: $87K in 2006 → $130K in 2006 (+49%). Owner-occupied $224K 2/1 840 1905 2
346 MERCY ST L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $231K 3/1 1,008 1905 0 1 viol
347 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 840 1905 0 abated
348 MERCY ST Bought for $200K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 984 1905 1
349 MERCY ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 840 1905 0 abated
350 MERCY ST Bought for $36K in 2014, demolition permit in 2014, sold for $242K in 2015 (+572%). Owner-occupied $298K 2/1 1,004 1905 2
351 MERCY ST Traded 2×: $64K in 2003 → $122K in 2011 (+90%). Owner-occupied $224K 2/1 840 1905 2
352 MERCY ST Investor / LLC $228K 3/1 980 1905 1 rented
353 MERCY ST Absentee individual $224K 3/1 840 1905 0 rented
354 MERCY ST Bought for $43K in 2014. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Investor / LLC $225K 2/1 840 1905 1 rented
355 MERCY ST Bought for $80K in 2015. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Absentee individual $224K 2/1 840 1905 1
356 MERCY ST Bought for $16K in 2002, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $455K in 2022. Owner-occupied $447K 3/2 1,624 1905 3
357 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 840 1905 1
358 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $239K 2/1 840 1905 1
359 MERCY ST Owner-occupied $237K 3/1 1,064 1905 0 abated
360 MERCY ST Traded 5×: $5K in 2005 → $230K in 2016 (+4498%). Owner-occupied $302K 2/1 1,032 1905 5

Neighborhood

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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.