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Who owns your block

300 block of S 59th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $3,447 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 120% since 2016, now about $147K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$147K
$90K–$629K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$105
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 7
$13K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
71%
5 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
1 of 7 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$38
5 years
+109%
value · tax +$446
10 years
+120%
value · tax +$453

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $147K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$147K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied43%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 106 reported crimes (46 violent) and 223 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
106
46 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
223
55 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults31
Thefts14
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
All Other Offenses9
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint53
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection50
Illegal Dumping19
Abandoned Vehicle15
Other (Streets)12
Street Defect8

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
William Cullen Bryant
6001 Cedar Ave · 332 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$100K$200K$147K2016: $67K2017: $67K2018: $67K2019: $68K2020: $70K2021: $70K2022: $70K2023: $117K2024: $117K2025: $144K2026: $144K2027: $147K2016202020232027

▲ +120% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$9672016: $5142017: $5142018: $5142019: $5492020: $5212021: $5212022: $5212023: $7532024: $9452025: $9292026: $9292027: $9672016202020232027

▲ +88% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

1
1 property 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 $12,997 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 220 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $220 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+120%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.9 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2024. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2024
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Absentee individual: 2 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$90K$169K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 7 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
315 S 59TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $629K —/— 11,620 1930 0 abated
316 S 59TH ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $150K in 2024. Absentee individual $90K —/— 1,664 1940 1
318 S 59TH ST 3 L&I violations (2011). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,358 1925 0
320 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,358 1925 0
322 S 59TH ST Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 1,358 1925 0
324 S 59TH ST L&I violation (2016); 3 L&I violations (2019). Absentee individual $147K 3/1 1,358 1925 0 tax lien
326 S 59TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $169K 4/1 1,760 1925 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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.