Who owns your block
800 block of S 21st St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 165% since 2016, now about $568K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year.
- 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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $568K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $568K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (25 violent) and 488 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
- $568K typical home, up +165% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,577 to $5,906 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.7M assessed, $17,312/yr to the city, about $5,771 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +165% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +129% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.3% 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 $265 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 3 times in that window.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 3 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
Value distribution today
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 810 S 21ST ST New constructionBought for $12K in 2013, built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $500K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $568K | 2/2 | 1,026 | 2016 | 3 | abated |
| 812 S 21ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $70K in 2003 → $418K in 2016 (+497%). | Owner-occupied | $574K | 3/2 | 1,408 | 1915 | 5 | |
| 815 S 21ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $428K in 2013, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $428K in 2013 (+145%). | Owner-occupied | $522K | 2/2 | 1,190 | 1915 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)