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Who owns your block

0 block of S 18th St

An investor-heavy block: 57% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 1 home behind $1,300 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 51% since 2016, now about $1.1M. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    This block appreciated 3.8% per year since 2016, trailing the city average of 6.5% per year by 2.7 percentage points annually.

  2. 02
    Ownership

    Four of seven homes have never sold since 2003 despite 57% investor ownership, indicating long-term hold strategies.

  3. 03
    Taxes

    One home receives a $10K annual tax abatement while another carries $1K in back taxes owed simultaneously.

By the Numbers

Median value
$1.1M
$827K–$1.7M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$270
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
5.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$15K
typical · up to $20K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 7
$10K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
43%
3 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
29%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
1 of 7 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+34%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+51%
value · tax +$5K

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 $1.1M — about 5.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19103Philadelphia
Median home value$1.1M$608K$223K
Owner-occupied0%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 459 reported crimes (63 violent) and 207 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
459
63 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
207
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts306
Other Assaults44
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief19
Motor Vehicle Theft17
Fraud13
Burglary Non-Residential11

Top 311 complaints

Information Request36
Street Light Outage21
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Other (Streets)16
Illegal Dumping13
Maintenance Complaint12

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$1.0M$2.0M$1.1M2016: $746K2017: $746K2018: $803K2019: $827K2020: $841K2021: $841K2022: $841K2023: $1.1M2024: $1.1M2025: $1.0M2026: $1.1M2027: $1.1M2016202020232027

▲ +51% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$14,9852016: $10,4402017: $10,4402018: $11,2372019: $11,5732020: $11,7772021: $11,7772022: $11,7772023: $15,4332024: $15,4332025: $14,2842026: $13,6332027: $14,9852016202020232027

▲ +44% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

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1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $9,983 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 151 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $151 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+51%
since 2016
Net rental yield
0.6%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.7 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20042008201220162020
4arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 1 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$827K$1.5M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Cambia Realty Co22$2.0Mphila.gov ↗
Wood Lofts Llc11$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
1186 Route 22 West Llc11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
20 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Absentee individual $1.2M 4,068 1900 0
22 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $827K 3,144 1928 1
24 S 18TH ST built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $1.7M 6,210 1900 1 rentedabated
26 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $907K 3,501 1900 0
28 S 18TH ST Investor / LLC $1.1M 3,510 1900 0
32 S 18TH ST Bought for $1.6M in 2023, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $1.6M in 2023 (+38%). Investor / LLC $1.1M 3,204 1920 2 rented
34-36 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $1.5M 5,760 1961 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$93K
household
Own vs. rent
70%
owner-occupied
Median age
66.6
residents
Median rent
$2K
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.