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Who owns your block

300 block of S St Bernard St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 70% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $442K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$442K
$430K–$593K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$236
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 10
$9K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
70%
7 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
10%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax −$369
5 years
+76%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$2K

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 $442K — about 2.0× the citywide median, and above 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$442K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied70%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 67 reported crimes (19 violent) and 210 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
67
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
210
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts16
Other Assaults11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Fraud5
Theft from Vehicle5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection49
Abandoned Vehicle27
Graffiti Removal24
Maintenance Complaint23
Street Defect15
Salting11

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-5
Henry C Lea
6501 Chew Ave · 261 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$500K$1.0M$442K2016: $246K2017: $246K2018: $246K2019: $242K2020: $252K2021: $252K2022: $252K2023: $434K2024: $434K2025: $477K2026: $477K2027: $442K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,8072016: $3,2422017: $3,4072018: $3,4072019: $3,1262020: $3,2242021: $3,2242022: $3,2242023: $5,6412024: $5,6262025: $6,1762026: $6,1762027: $5,8072016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 $9,034 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%
$7,031pays now $7,667at the full rate

316 S Saint Bernard St is assessed at $548K but pays $7,031 a year — about 92% of the $7,667 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 180 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $180 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+80%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-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 2 arm's-length sales since 2020. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2020202120222023
2arm's-length sales since 2020
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Absentee individual: 3 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$430K$548K+

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

House by house

All 10 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
314 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $430K 4/1 1,924 1952 0
315 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $593K 4/1 1,924 1952 0
316 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $548K 4/2 1,924 1952 0 abated
317 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $430K 4/1 1,924 1952 0
318 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $548K 4/1 1,924 1952 0
319 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $430K 4/1 1,924 1952 0
320 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $430K 4/2 1,924 1952 1
321 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $430K 4/1 1,924 1952 0 rentedtax lien
322 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $500K 4/2 1,924 1952 1
323 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $454K 4/1 1,924 1952 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.