Who owns your block
800 block of N 51st St
A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 23% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $6,054 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 174% since 2016, now about $115K. Property taxes are climbing about 17% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $115K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19139 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $115K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 39% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 169 reported crimes (60 violent) and 255 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $115K typical home, up +174% since 2016
- Tax bill $179 to $981 a year, +17%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.2M assessed, $22,285/yr to the city, about $1,714 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +174% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +448% since 2016 · ~+17%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
895 N 51st St is assessed at $115K but pays $213 a year — about 13% of the $1,613 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $274 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 16 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do The Deal Llc | 1 | 11 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jsb Property Group | 1 | 8 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kigler Group Llc | 1 | 3 | $530K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 13 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 868-76 N 51ST ST | Vacant | $756K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 877 N 51ST ST History6 L&I violations (2009); 7 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2014); sold $5K (2014). | Investor / LLC | $160K | 4/1 | 1,684 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 879 N 51ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $12K in 2011 → $70K in 2018 (+509%). | Investor / LLC | $136K | 3/1 | 1,176 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 881 N 51ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $30K in 2005 → $15K in 2013 (-50%). | Investor / LLC | $107K | 3/1 | 1,176 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 883 N 51ST ST ImprovedBought for $12K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Absentee individual | $111K | 3/1 | 1,176 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 885 N 51ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2008 → $10K in 2008 (-60%). | Absentee individual | $111K | 3/1 | 1,176 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 887 N 51ST ST History6 L&I violations (2009); L&I violation (2011); sold $15K (2012). | Absentee individual | $67K | 3/1 | 1,176 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 889 N 51ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $115K | 3/1 | 1,236 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 891 N 51ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2003 → $190K in 2022 (+986%). | Owner-occupied | $170K | 3/1 | 1,236 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 893 N 51ST ST | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,236 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 895 N 51ST ST | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,236 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 897 N 51ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,236 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 899 N 51ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2004 → $69K in 2005 (+127%). | Owner-occupied | $129K | 4/1 | 1,536 | 1925 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)