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Who owns your block

100 block of W Somerset St

A mixed-ownership block: 14% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 5 homes behind $23,865 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 49% since 2016, now about $72K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$72K
$16K–$1.1M
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$88
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$6K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $72K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $15K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1935
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
14%
1 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 14% · city 5%
Back taxes
$24K
5 of 7 behind
▲ block 71% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+34%
value · tax +$253
5 years
+207%
value · tax +$677
10 years
+49%
value · tax +$329

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 $72K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19133Philadelphia
Median home value$72K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied0%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 127 reported crimes (34 violent) and 177 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
127
34 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
177
41 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses24
Other Assaults20
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations16
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Thefts9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection37
Maintenance Complaint26
Illegal Dumping22
Abandoned Vehicle15
Other (Streets)9
License Complaint8

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 · K-4
Isaac Sheppard
120 W Cambria St · 107 students
Middle · K-8
Julia Deburgos
401 W Lehigh Ave · 512 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$50K$100K$72K2016: $48K2017: $48K2018: $48K2019: $31K2020: $23K2021: $23K2022: $23K2023: $48K2024: $48K2025: $54K2026: $54K2027: $72K2016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0052016: $6762017: $6762018: $6762019: $4282020: $3282021: $3282022: $3282023: $6652024: $6652025: $7522026: $7522027: $1,0052016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

4810025020162019202220252027This block 149 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $149 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+49%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.8 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20042008201220162020
7arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 3 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$16K$72K+

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

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 & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
160 W SOMERSET ST sold $200K (2004); Appeal complete (2022); Appeal withdrawn (2023). Absentee individual $1.1M —/— 20,608 1917 1 4 viol
167 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $16K —/— 0 tax lien
169 W SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $3K in 2003 → $23K in 2020 (+680%). Owner-occupied $72K 2/1 812 1935 2
171 W SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $14K in 2009 → $30K in 2015 (+114%). Absentee individual $72K 3/1 812 1935 2
173 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $17K —/— 0
175 W SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $1K in 2001 → $900 in 2003 (-10%). Absentee individual $72K —/— 812 1935 2 tax lien
177 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $16K —/— 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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.