Who owns your block
1000 block of S 13th St
A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 207% since 2016, now about $513K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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.
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.
- 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 $513K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $513K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 10% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 191 reported crimes (35 violent) and 268 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
- $513K typical home, up +207% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,986 to $7,119 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.8M assessed, $54,354/yr to the city, about $5,435 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +207% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +258% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1019 S 13th St is assessed at $500K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $6,992 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.7% 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 $307 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 11 arm's-length sales since 1994. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 10 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 S 13TH ST ImprovedBought for $259K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $527K | 8/2 | 2,244 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1003 S 13TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $10K in 2012, use permit in 2015, sold for $640K in 2020 (+6300%). | Owner-occupied | $651K | 4/3 | 1,935 | 1915 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 1005 S 13TH ST | Absentee individual | $487K | —/— | 1,941 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1007 S 13TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2000 → $152K in 2012 (+103%). | Absentee individual | $541K | 3/3 | 1,941 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1009 S 13TH ST New constructionBought for $85K in 2004, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $299K in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $654K | 3/2 | 2,075 | 2010 | 2 | |
| 1011 S 13TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $548K | —/— | 2,046 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1013 S 13TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/1 | 2,202 | 2005 | 0 | abated |
| 1015 S 13TH ST | Owner-occupied | $371K | —/— | 1,344 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1017 S 13TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $15K in 1994, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $480K in 2024 (+3100%). | Owner-occupied | $490K | 3/2 | 1,440 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1019 S 13TH ST | Absentee individual | $500K | —/— | 1,728 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)