Who owns your block
800 block of S 59th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $33,363 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 160% since 2016, now about $149K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $149K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $149K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 56% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 96 reported crimes (37 violent) and 297 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
- $149K typical home, up +160% since 2016
- Tax bill $538 to $827 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.5M assessed, $20,193/yr to the city, about $1,262 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +160% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +54% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
819 S 59th St is assessed at $287K but pays $1,668 a year — about 42% of the $4,010 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 +9.1% 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 $260 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Tcs Anika Homes Acquisitions 5 Llc, carries 4 open violations across 57 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tcs Anika Homes Acquisitions 5 Llc | 1 | 57 | $13M | phila.gov ↗ |
| City Block Acq Vii Llc | 1 | 39 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Capp Investments Llc | 1 | 6 | $778K | phila.gov ↗ |
| L & R Philadelphia Properties Llc | 1 | 3 | $617K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 811 S 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $98K | 3/1 | 1,376 | 1920 | 3 | rentedtax lien |
| 813 S 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $75K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $148K | 3/1 | 1,222 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 815 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $102K | 3/1 | 1,222 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 817 S 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $190K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $230K | —/— | 2,080 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 819 S 59TH ST New constructionBought for $42K in 2006, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $28K in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $287K | 5/3 | 2,528 | 1920 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 821 S 59TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2008 → $104K in 2020 (+4%). | Owner-occupied | $149K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 823 S 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $149K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 825 S 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated), sold for $58K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $107K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 827 S 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $155K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 829 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $155K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 831 S 59TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2005 → $94K in 2023 (+212%). | Absentee individual | $149K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 833 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $171K | —/— | 2,520 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 835 S 59TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2016); 3 L&I violations (2017); L&I violation (2018); L&I violation (2019); sold $85K (2019). | Owner-occupied | $152K | —/— | 2,144 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 837 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 839 S 59TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $30K in 2014, electrical permit in 2014, sold for $70K in 2019 (+137%). | Investor / LLC | $147K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 841 S 59TH ST History2 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 12 (2015). | Owner-occupied | $164K | 3/1 | 1,408 | 1920 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)