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Who owns your block

0 block of W Gravers Ln

A mostly owner-occupied block: 95% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $681K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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

    The block appreciated 104% since 2016 yet 9 of 19 homes have never sold since 1999, indicating long-held gains unrealized.

  2. 02
    Ownership

    Zero licensed rentals exist on a block of 95% owner-occupants with 21 crimes and 77 service requests in the past year.

By the Numbers

Median value
$681K
$444K–$1.2M
ZIP median $756K
Price / sq ft
$326
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$875K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $681K
Tax / yr
$9K
typical · up to $17K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
95%
18 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$749
5 years
+70%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+97%
value · tax +$4K

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 $681K — about 3.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19118 median of $756K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19118Philadelphia
Median home value$681K$756K$223K
Owner-occupied74%56%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 21 reported crimes (8 violent) and 77 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
21
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
77
to the city

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults5
Theft from Vehicle4
Thefts4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
All Other Offenses1
Burglary Non-Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect30
Traffic Signal Emergency13
Street Light Outage12
Information Request4
Salting3
Street Trees3

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
John S Jenks
8301 Germantown Ave · 380 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$681K2016: $334K2017: $346K2018: $346K2019: $418K2020: $401K2021: $401K2022: $401K2023: $559K2024: $559K2025: $640K2026: $640K2027: $681K2016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$8,6612016: $4,4502017: $4,4502018: $4,4502019: $5,6832020: $5,3512021: $5,3512022: $5,5822023: $7,5592024: $6,7022025: $7,9122026: $7,9122027: $8,6612016202020232027

▲ +95% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 204 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $204 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+104%
since 2016
Net rental yield
1.8%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.2 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 25 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
25arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 1 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels8 parcels2 parcels4 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$444K$1.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Michael P Allen (individual)22$914Kphila.gov ↗
Tommy Holdings Llc11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 19 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
10 W GRAVERS LN Bought for $700K in 2015. Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $1.2M —/— 3,680 1930 5
16 W GRAVERS LN Bought for $500K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $649K 4/2 2,054 1925 1
18 W GRAVERS LN Bought for $325K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $642K —/— 2,054 1925 1
21 W GRAVERS LN Traded 5×: $158K in 2000 → $530K in 2020 (+237%). Owner-occupied $774K 3/2 1,859 1856 5
22 W GRAVERS LN Owner-occupied $663K —/— 2,054 1925 0
23 W GRAVERS LN built new under a 2014 permit. Owner-occupied $719K 4/2 2,287 1925 0
24 W GRAVERS LN Owner-occupied $663K —/— 2,054 1925 0
27 W GRAVERS LN Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $681K —/— 2,058 1925 0
28 W GRAVERS LN Bought for $269K in 2000, alteration permit in 2015, sold for $875K in 2025 (+225%). Owner-occupied $1.0M 4/2 2,925 1896 3
29 W GRAVERS LN Owner-occupied $444K 3/1 2,024 1925 1
30 W GRAVERS LN Owner-occupied $470K 3/1 2,030 1925 0
33 W GRAVERS LN Bought for $316K in 1999, built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $715K in 2008. Owner-occupied $937K 5/1 2,859 1861 3
34 W GRAVERS LN Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $774K —/— 2,497 1925 0
36 W GRAVERS LN Bought for $460K in 2010. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $815K 5/1 2,527 1925 1
37 W GRAVERS LN Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $776K 5/2 2,167 1925 0
39 W GRAVERS LN Bought for $213K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $795K 4/2 1,894 1865 3
41 W GRAVERS LN Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $651K 4/1 1,838 1925 0
43 W GRAVERS LN Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $637K —/— 1,952 1925 0
45 W GRAVERS LN Bought for $420K in 2009, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $420K in 2009. Owner-occupied $674K 5/2 1,472 1925 2

Neighborhood

Median income
$124K
household
Own vs. rent
60%
owner-occupied
Median age
56.1
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-09 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.