Philadelphia property report

300 block of S Watts St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 25% since 2016, now about $375K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$375K
3 homes of 3 parcels
ZIP median $335K
Price / sq ft
$388
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
1 of 3
$2K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
67%
2 of 3
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
-1%
value · tax −$804
10 years
+25%
value · tax +$1K

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 $375K — about 1.6× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19107 median of $335K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19107 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19107Philadelphia
Median home value$375K$335K$230K
Owner-occupied0%27%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 198 reported crimes (about 17 a month, 25% of them violent) and 474 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
198
about 17/month · 25% violent
311 requests · 12mo
474
about 40/month · 56 open

Most reported crimes

Thefts45
All Other Offenses38
Other Assaults35
Fraud16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief16
Motor Vehicle Theft10

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping68
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection56
Information Request48
Graffiti Removal47
Opioid Response Unit44
Street Light Outage30

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
General George A Mccall
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$250K$500K$375K2016: $301K2017: $301K2018: $301K2019: $368K2020: $380K2021: $380K2022: $380K2023: $379K2024: $379K2025: $375K2026: $375K2027: $375K2016202020232027

▲ +25% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$4,3232016: $3,2672017: $3,2672018: $3,2672019: $4,9622020: $5,1272021: $5,1272022: $5,1272023: $5,0832024: $5,0832025: $4,3232026: $4,3232027: $4,3232016202020232027

▲ +32% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

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1 property on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $2,266. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 125 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $125 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+25%
since 2016
Net rental yield
3.9%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.5 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 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2004
2arm's-length sales since 2004
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Absentee individual: 1 3parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$309K$375K+

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

House by house

All 3 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
301 S WATTS ST Absentee individual $375K —/2 966 1920 1
303 S WATTS ST built new under a 2014 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). Owner-occupied $395K —/— 966 1920 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified
305-07 S WATTS ST built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $175K in 2004. Owner-occupied $309K —/1 1,200 1920 1

Neighborhood

Median income
$120K
household
Own vs. rent
43%
owner-occupied
Median age
35.3
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:00 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.