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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

0 block of Christian St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $987 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 39% since 2016, now about $655K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year.

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
$655K
$29K–$790K
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$301
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$579K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $655K
Tax / yr
$8K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1980
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
81%
54 of 67
city 41%
Rentals
3%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$987
1 of 67 behind
▼ block 1% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+29%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+57%
value · tax +$3K

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 $655K — about 2.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$655K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied63%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 22 reported crimes (3 violent) and 87 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
22
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
87
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Burglary Non-Residential2
Fraud2
Other Assaults2
Thefts2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Information Request9
Abandoned Vehicle7
Graffiti Removal7
Illegal Dumping7
Opioid Response Unit4

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
William M Meredith
725 S 5th St · 579 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$500K$1.0M$655K2016: $470K2017: $416K2018: $416K2019: $496K2020: $507K2021: $507K2022: $507K2023: $586K2024: $586K2025: $670K2026: $670K2027: $655K2016202020232027

▲ +39% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,9792016: $5,8232017: $5,4382018: $5,4382019: $6,3832020: $6,4602021: $6,4602022: $6,4602023: $7,0862024: $7,0862025: $7,9792026: $7,9792027: $7,9792016202020232027

▲ +37% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 +3.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8910025020162019202220252027This block 139 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $139 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+39%
since 2016
Net rental yield
5.2%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.4 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 52 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20052010201520202025
32arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
52homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 67 parcels

Owner-occupied: 54Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 8 67parcels
  • Owner-occupied 54
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 8

Value distribution today

7 parcels1 parcels0 parcels6 parcels16 parcels6 parcels31 parcels
$29K$790K

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 67 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $655K —/2 2,286 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $721K 3/2 1,600 1980 1
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K 3/3 2,400 1980 1
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $692K 3/3 2,400 1980 1
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $451K 2/1 1,500 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $451K 2/1 1,500 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $486K 2/1 1,500 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Absentee individual $590K 3/2 1,950 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K 3/2 2,400 1980 1
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K —/— 2,400 1980 1
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $486K 2/1 1,500 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $520K 2/1 1,814 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K 3/3 2,400 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $520K 2/1 1,815 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $760K —/— 2,286 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K 3/3 2,400 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K —/— 2,400 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $692K —/— 2,286 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $520K 2/1 1,814 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $692K 2/— 1,600 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Absentee individual $692K —/— 2,286 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K 3/2 2,286 1980 1
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $520K 2/1 1,814 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Absentee individual $385K 2/2 1,242 1980 0 rented
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $451K 2/1 1,500 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $548K 3/2 1,950 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $520K 2/1 1,814 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $520K 2/1 1,814 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $520K 3/2 1,815 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $548K 3/2 1,950 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K —/— 2,286 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Absentee individual $451K 2/1 1,500 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $670K 3/3 2,400 1980 1
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $548K 3/2 1,950 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $760K —/— 2,286 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $679K —/— 1,600 1980 0 tax lien
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $453K 2/1 1,508 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $520K 2/1 1,814 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K —/— 2,400 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $641K 3/2 1,890 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $700K —/— 1,600 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $590K 3/2 1,950 1980 0 rented
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K —/— 2,400 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $716K 2/2 1,600 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K —/— 2,286 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $548K 3/2 1,950 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Absentee individual $548K 3/2 1,950 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $548K 3/2 1,950 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K —/— 2,286 1980 0
1 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $760K 3/2 2,286 1980 0
2-12 CHRISTIAN ST Vacant $168K —/— 0
3 CHRISTIAN ST Owner-occupied $790K 3/3 3,097 2008 0
5 CHRISTIAN ST Traded 2×: $600K in 2005 → $707K in 2020 (+18%). Owner-occupied $790K 3/3 2,873 2005 2
7 CHRISTIAN ST Traded 3×: $655K in 2009 → $825K in 2020 (+26%). Owner-occupied $790K 3/— 2,873 2005 3
9 CHRISTIAN ST Traded 3×: $593K in 2005 → $655K in 2020 (+10%). Owner-occupied $790K 3/3 2,873 2005 3
11 CHRISTIAN ST Traded 2×: $618K in 2005 → $646K in 2018 (+5%). Owner-occupied $790K 3/3 2,873 2005 2
13 CHRISTIAN ST Traded 2×: $575K in 2005 → $500K in 2010 (-13%). Owner-occupied $790K 3/3 2,873 2005 3
14R-18 CHRISTIAN ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
14 CHRISTIAN ST Vacant $38K —/— 0
15 CHRISTIAN ST Traded 2×: $642K in 2005 → $400K in 2011 (-38%). Owner-occupied $790K 3/3 2,873 2005 3
16 CHRISTIAN ST Vacant $37K —/— 0
17 CHRISTIAN ST Traded 3×: $669K in 2005 → $865K in 2022 (+29%). Owner-occupied $790K 3/3 2,873 2005 4
18 CHRISTIAN ST Vacant $38K —/— 0
19 CHRISTIAN ST Traded 4×: $580K in 2005 → $625K in 2017 (+8%). Owner-occupied $790K 3/3 2,873 2005 5
20 CHRISTIAN ST Vacant $44K —/— 0
22 CHRISTIAN ST Vacant $44K —/— 0
24 CHRISTIAN ST Vacant $43K —/— 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$220K
household
Own vs. rent
64%
owner-occupied
Median age
32.2
residents
Median rent
$4K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-08 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.