100 block of Wentz St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $184K — about 0.8× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 153 reported crimes (about 13 a month, 22% of them violent) and 136 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $184K typical home, up +60% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,261 to $1,719 a year through 2027, +3%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $73,097/yr from taxable assessments, or $1,783 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 140 Wentz Stmajor assessment exemption0.25%$308/yr on $122K
• 141 Wentz Stlower taxable assessment0.57%$950/yr on $168K
• 135 Wentz Stlower taxable assessment0.67%$1,272/yr on $191K
• 134 Wentz Stlower taxable assessment0.68%$1,341/yr on $196K
• 119 Wentz Stlower taxable assessment0.70%$1,401/yr on $200K
• …and 15 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 123 Wentz St has a $2,624/year assessment-based estimate on $243K assessed value — about 77% of the $3,396 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.3% 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 $160 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 40 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 45 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

123 Wentz St

$213K · Bought for $120K in 2004, built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $130K in 2008.

New construction

140 Wentz St

$117K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $50K in 2018.

Renovated & sold on

105 Wentz St

$192K · Bought for $50K in 2000, alteration permit in 2007, sold for $130K in 2015 (+161%).

Renovated & sold on

148 Wentz St

$157K · Bought for $63K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $135K in 2024 (+114%).

Improved

100 Wentz St

$211K · Bought for $45K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013.

Improved

124 Wentz St

$188K · Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017.

Neighborhood