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Who owns your block

3100 block of S 61st St

An investor-heavy block: 40% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 5 open code violations and 1 home behind $48,453 on taxes.

The typical home here is down 9% since 2016, now about $561K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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
$561K
$189K–$26M
ZIP median $204K
Price / sq ft
$778
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$8K
typical · up to $41K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 5
$366K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
20%
1 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 20% · city 5%
Back taxes
$48K
1 of 5 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
0%
value · tax +$600
5 years
-16%
value · tax +$956
10 years
-9%
value · tax +$2K

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 $561K — about 2.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19153 median of $204K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19153 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19153Philadelphia
Median home value$561K$204K$223K
Owner-occupied0%54%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 9 reported crimes (1 violent) and 10 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
9
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
10
1 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft3
Receiving Stolen Property2
Thefts2
Burglary Non-Residential1
Other Assaults1

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal5
Abandoned Vehicle1
Illegal Dumping1
License Complaint1
Other (Streets)1
Street Defect1

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 · K-5
Thomas G Morton
2501 S 63rd St · 363 students
Middle · 5-8
William Tilden
6601 Elmwood Ave · 230 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$10M$20M$561K2016: $614K2017: $614K2018: $372K2019: $660K2020: $664K2021: $664K2022: $664K2023: $715K2024: $715K2025: $825K2026: $563K2027: $561K2016202020232027

▼ -9% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$2,6442016: $5502017: $5502018: $5,2112019: $1,6782020: $1,6882021: $1,6882022: $1,6882023: $2,0302024: $2,0302025: $2,0442026: $2,0442027: $2,6442016202020232027

▲ +381% since 2016 · ~+15%/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 $365,685 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -0.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

6110025020162019202220252027This block 91 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $91 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
-0.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
-9%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
-0.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-3.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-7.3 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200320042005200620072008
3arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 2 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$189K$3.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Philadelphia (individual)21002$444Mphila.gov ↗
Burbank Associates12$418Kphila.gov ↗
Hpa Investments Llc12$4.1Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 5 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$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3100 S 61ST ST 7 L&I violations (2010); 3 L&I violations (2011); 3 L&I violations (2024); 8 L&I violations (2025). Investor / LLC $189K 200 1950 0 tax lien
3101 S 61ST ST Owner pulled a operations permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $3.0M 11,000 1960 0
3103 S 61ST ST Traded 3×: $170K in 2003 → $500K in 2008 (+194%). Owner-occupied $561K 3,420 1970 3 5 viol
3123 S 61ST ST Absentee individual $300K 0
3140 S 61ST ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $26M 33,200 1970 0 abated

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.