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Who owns your block

1000 block of Barlow St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $369K. 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
$369K
$365K–$385K
ZIP median $402K
Price / sq ft
$261
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$342K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $369K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1955
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
88%
7 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$346
5 years
+61%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$1K

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 $369K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19116 median of $402K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19116 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19116Philadelphia
Median home value$369K$402K$223K
Owner-occupied75%61%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 6 reported crimes (1 violent) and 34 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
6
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
34
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud2
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Receiving Stolen Property1
Theft from Vehicle1
Weapon Violations1

Top 311 complaints

Other (Streets)8
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8
Street Defect5
Abandoned Vehicle3
License Complaint2
Maintenance Complaint2

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-5
William H Loesche
595 Tomlinson Rd · 1276 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$250K$500K$369K2016: $204K2017: $204K2018: $204K2019: $220K2020: $230K2021: $230K2022: $230K2023: $275K2024: $275K2025: $343K2026: $343K2027: $369K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,7792016: $2,4412017: $2,4692018: $2,4692019: $2,5342020: $2,6012021: $2,6012022: $2,6092023: $2,7372024: $2,7372025: $3,5062026: $3,4332027: $3,7792016202020232027

▲ +55% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 180 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $180 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+80%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2014. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K201420162018202020222024
5arm's-length sales since 2014
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Absentee individual: 1 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels4 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$365K$374K+

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

House by house

All 8 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1006 BARLOW ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $369K —/— 1,412 1955 0
1008 BARLOW ST Owner-occupied $369K —/— 1,412 1955 0
1010 BARLOW ST Bought for $226K in 2021. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $369K 4/1 1,412 1955 1
1011 BARLOW ST Owner-occupied $385K —/— 1,412 1955 1
1012 BARLOW ST Owner-occupied $371K —/— 1,492 1955 0
1014 BARLOW ST sold $202K (2016); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $365K —/— 1,412 1955 1
1016 BARLOW ST sold $335K (2024); L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $374K 3/2 1,492 1955 1 1 viol
1018 BARLOW ST Bought for $348K in 2024. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $368K 3/1 1,492 1955 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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.