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Who owns your block

3200 block of S 61st St

An investor-heavy block: 57% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 28 open code violations and 3 homes behind $82,863 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $1.1M. 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
$1.1M
$229K–$8.6M
ZIP median $204K
Price / sq ft
$85
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
5.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$15K
typical · up to $120K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
36%
5 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
28
L&I code
▲ block 29% · city 5%
Back taxes
$83K
3 of 14 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
8
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$452
5 years
+49%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+76%
value · tax +$5K

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 $1.1M — about 5.0× 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$1.1M$204K$223K
Owner-occupied0%54%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 15 reported crimes (1 violent) and 16 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
15
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
16
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft7
Thefts4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE1
Receiving Stolen Property1
Theft from Vehicle1

Top 311 complaints

License Complaint9
Graffiti Removal4
Other (Streets)1
Police Complaint1
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$2.5M$5.0M$1.1M2016: $635K2017: $635K2018: $700K2019: $747K2020: $752K2021: $752K2022: $752K2023: $958K2024: $958K2025: $1.3M2026: $1.0M2027: $1.1M2016202020232027

▲ +76% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$12,9872016: $7,8742017: $7,8742018: $9,1522019: $9,7922020: $9,7922021: $9,7922022: $9,7922023: $12,0732024: $12,0732025: $14,5272026: $12,5352027: $12,9872016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 176 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+76%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 18 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M19982004201020162022
18arm's-length sales since 1995
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 2 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

4 parcels3 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$229K$3.2M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
3200 South Llc22$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
3350 Jlg Llc12$7.4Mphila.gov ↗
Burbank Associates12$418Kphila.gov ↗
3246 South 61st Street Llc11$2.2Mphila.gov ↗
S R A Inc11$8.6Mphila.gov ↗
61st Street Enterprises L11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Ali Baba Realty Llc11$560Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 14 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3200 S 61ST ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $655K 7,704 1960 0
3201 S 61ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $3.2M 44,455 1950 0
3220 S 61ST ST Traded 2×: $250K in 1995 → $600K in 2005 (+140%). Investor / LLC $553K 6,500 1940 2
3222-44 S 61ST ST Bought for $200K in 2004. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. Investor / LLC $1.0M 15,966 1960 2 3 viol
3223 S 61ST ST Vacant $3.1M 0
3225 S 61ST ST Bought for $130K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $4.0M in 2020 (+2989%). Owner-occupied $2.2M 748 1960 4
3246-66 S 61ST ST Bought for $1.1M in 2012, zoning permit in 2013, sold for $3.3M in 2023 (+200%). Investor / LLC $2.2M 28,594 1960 2 7 violtax lien
3246R-66 S 61ST ST sold $1.1M (2012); Appeal filed (2026). Absentee individual $514K 8,910 1970 1 tax lien
3255 S 61ST ST Owner-occupied $818K 9,086 1940 0
3265 S 61ST ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $8.6M 50,960 1965 0 9 violtax lien
3268 S 61ST ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2000 → $350K in 2017 (+597%). Owner-occupied $1.2M 11,500 1960 2 tax lien
3270 S 61ST ST Vacant $229K 0 tax lien
3272 S 61ST ST Bought for $400K in 2021. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $560K 520,000 1940 1 9 viol
3275 S 61ST ST Bought for $1.5M in 2012. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. Absentee individual $1.7M 4,204 1925 4

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.