Who owns your block
1000 block of Afton St
An investor-heavy block: 75% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.
The typical home here is up 68% since 2016, now about $1.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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 $1.0M — about 4.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19111 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.0M | $293K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 57% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 16 reported crimes (5 violent) and 81 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $1.0M typical home, up +68% since 2016
- Tax bill $8,689 to $14,628 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.3M assessed, $59,694/yr to the city, about $14,924 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +68% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +68% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.8% 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 $168 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2008. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 4 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downing Afton Llc | 3 | 5 | $6.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 4 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1008-14 AFTON ST ImprovedBought for $4.8M in 2016. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 15,570 | 1962 | 1 | rented |
| 1011 AFTON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $353K | 3/2 | 1,497 | 1953 | 0 | rented |
| 1015-23 AFTON ST History7 L&I violations (2021); 7 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024). | Investor / LLC | $2.1M | —/— | 20,230 | 1962 | 0 | rented |
| 1016 AFTON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $4.1M in 2008 → $11M in 2021 (+166%). | Vacant | $63K | —/— | — | — | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)