300 block of N Simpson St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $145K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 122 reported crimes (59 violent) and 244 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $145K typical home, up +34% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,399 to $1,501 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $4.7M assessed, $48,610/yr to the city, about $1,430 per home

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:

• 303 N Simpson Sttax-abated new construction0.08%$83/yr on $106K
• 354 N Simpson Stexemption0.36%$493/yr on $135K
• 350 N Simpson Stexemption0.37%$507/yr on $136K
• 326 N Simpson Stexemption0.41%$580/yr on $141K
• 336 N Simpson Stexemption0.42%$591/yr on $142K
• …and 8 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 338 N Simpson St is assessed at $129K but pays $1,080 a year — about 60% of the $1,804 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.7% 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 $134 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 60 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 34 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

New construction

338 N Simpson St

$129K · Bought for $85K in 2003, built new (tax-abated), sold for $103K in 2018.

New construction

303 N Simpson St

$106K · Bought for $13K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $38K in 2007.

Frequently traded

344 N Simpson St

$201K · Traded 3×: $76K in 2006 → $130K in 2018 (+71%).

Frequently traded

346 N Simpson St

$153K · Traded 3×: $39K in 2002 → $159K in 2019 (+308%).

Frequently traded

315 N Simpson St

$152K · Traded 3×: $70K in 2003 → $89K in 2016 (+27%).

Frequently traded

334 N Simpson St

$149K · Traded 3×: $35K in 2012 → $96K in 2017 (+174%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.