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Who owns your block

4900 block of N 2nd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 19 open code violations and 7 homes behind $24,508 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $134K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$134K
$14K–$183K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$119
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$110K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $134K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1935
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
75%
26 of 36
city 41%
Rentals
6%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
19
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$25K
7 of 36 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax −$94
5 years
+101%
value · tax +$130
10 years
+104%
value · tax +$138

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 $134K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$134K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied44%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 71 reported crimes (20 violent) and 145 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
71
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
145
36 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses14
Other Assaults13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Thefts9
Fraud7
Motor Vehicle Theft7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Maintenance Complaint18
Illegal Dumping17
Abandoned Vehicle15
Salting14
Sanitation Violation11

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
Andrew J Morrison
5100 N 3rd St · 484 students
High · 9-12
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave · 1036 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$134K2016: $66K2017: $66K2018: $66K2019: $62K2020: $67K2021: $67K2022: $67K2023: $99K2024: $99K2025: $132K2026: $132K2027: $134K2016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0552016: $9172017: $9172018: $9172019: $8612020: $9252021: $9252022: $9252023: $1,3772024: $1,3772025: $1,8412026: $1,1492027: $1,0552016202020232027

▲ +15% since 2016 · ~+1%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9410025020162019202220252027This block 204 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $204 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+104%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.2 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 57 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2004201020162022
57arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
8most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 36 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 1 36parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels32 parcels
$14K$142K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Agueda Perez (individual)22$156Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 36 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4921 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 0
4923 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 0
4925 N 2ND ST Bought for $5K in 2014. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 3
4927 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 0
4929 N 2ND ST Bought for $43K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 1
4931 N 2ND ST 5 L&I violations (2015). Absentee individual $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 0
4933 N 2ND ST sold $48K (2003); L&I violation (2011); 3 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 1
4935 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 0
4937 N 2ND ST Traded 5×: $23K in 2001 → $75K in 2009 (+233%). Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 5
4939 N 2ND ST Traded 3×: $20K in 2006 → $30K in 2013 (+50%). Absentee individual $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 3 2 viol
4941 N 2ND ST Bought for $15K in 2001. Vacant $14K —/— 2
4945 N 2ND ST Bought for $9K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,120 1935 1
4947 N 2ND ST Bought for $56K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,121 1935 1
4949 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 0 tax lien
4951 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 0
4953 N 2ND ST Traded 3×: $33K in 2009 → $90K in 2019 (+177%). Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 3
4955 N 2ND ST 4 L&I violations (2021); 6 L&I violations (2022); sold $71K (2024); 2 L&I violations (2024); 6 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 1 1 violtax lien
4957 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 0 tax lien
4959 N 2ND ST sold $61K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 1
4961 N 2ND ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2005 → $52K in 2014 (+74%). Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 2
4963 N 2ND ST Bought for $20K in 2018. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2021. Absentee individual $134K 3/1 1,120 1935 1 4 violtax lien
4965 N 2ND ST Bought for $3K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. Absentee individual $48K 3/1 1,120 1935 3 10 violtax lien
4967 N 2ND ST Bought for $32K in 2008. Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2024. Absentee individual $88K 3/1 1,120 1935 8
4969 N 2ND ST Bought for $25K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,120 1935 3 rented
4971 N 2ND ST Traded 2×: $78K in 2021 → $100K in 2023 (+29%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,120 1935 2 1 viol
4975 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,160 1935 0
4977 N 2ND ST 3 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,160 1935 0 tax lien
4979 N 2ND ST Traded 2×: $100K in 2021 → $165K in 2024 (+65%). Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,160 1935 2
4981 N 2ND ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2018 → $115K in 2018 (+188%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/1 1,160 1935 2
4983 N 2ND ST Bought for $22K in 2009, alteration permit in 2009, sold for $155K in 2026 (+602%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,160 1935 2
4985 N 2ND ST sold $22K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2015). Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,160 1935 1
4987 N 2ND ST Traded 2×: $52K in 2025 → $210K in 2026 (+304%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,160 1935 2 tax lien
4989 N 2ND ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2004 → $34K in 2016 (-24%). Absentee individual $88K 3/1 1,160 1935 3 rented
4991 N 2ND ST 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,160 1935 0 tax lien
4993 N 2ND ST Traded 3×: $4K in 2002 → $75K in 2020 (+1900%). Absentee individual $131K 3/1 1,160 1935 3 1 viol
4995 N 2ND ST sold $21K (2009); 3 L&I violations (2015); 5 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2024); L&I violation (2025). Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,200 1935 1

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

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