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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

1000 block of Sydney St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 93% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 62% since 2016, now about $298K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$298K
$270K–$452K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$199
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$435K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $298K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
93%
40 of 43
city 41%
Rentals
2%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$144
5 years
+66%
value · tax +$945
10 years
+62%
value · tax +$669

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 $298K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19150 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19150 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19150Philadelphia
Median home value$298K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied81%67%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 31 reported crimes (8 violent) and 56 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
31
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
56
12 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Other Assaults5
Thefts4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Fraud2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection15
Maintenance Complaint9
Salting7
Abandoned Vehicle5
Construction Complaints4
Sanitation Violation3

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 & Middle · K-8
Franklin S Edmonds
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$298K2016: $184K2017: $184K2018: $184K2019: $187K2020: $179K2021: $179K2022: $179K2023: $241K2024: $241K2025: $291K2026: $291K2027: $298K2016202020232027

▲ +62% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8192016: $2,1502017: $2,1502018: $2,1502019: $2,0552020: $1,8742021: $1,8742022: $1,8742023: $2,2512024: $2,2512025: $2,6752026: $2,6752027: $2,8192016202020232027

▲ +31% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 +4.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 162 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $162 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+62%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2 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 39 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
39arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 43 parcels

Owner-occupied: 40Absentee individual: 3 43parcels
  • Owner-occupied 40
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels28 parcels6 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$270K$398K+

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

House by house

All 43 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1000 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $292K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1001 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $122K in 2003 → $143K in 2010 (+17%). Owner-occupied $321K 3/2 1,518 1950 2
1002 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $170K in 2007 → $239K in 2008 (+41%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 2
1003 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $308K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1004 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1005 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $304K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1006 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1007 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $304K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1008 SYDNEY ST Absentee individual $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1009 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $308K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1010 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1011 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1012 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1013 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1014 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $140K in 2003 → $160K in 2004 (+14%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 2
1015 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1016 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1017 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1018 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $10K in 2019 → $273K in 2021 (+2625%). Owner-occupied $321K 3/2 1,518 1950 2 tax lien
1019 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $220K in 2021 → $350K in 2022 (+59%). Owner-occupied $405K 3/2 1,518 1950 2
1020 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1021 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1022 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1023 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 0
1024 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $174K in 2005 → $180K in 2013 (+4%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 2
1025 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1026 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $309K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1027 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,518 1950 1
1030 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $308K 3/1 1,323 1950 0
1036 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $335K 3/2 1,750 1950 0
1038 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $293K 3/2 1,410 1950 0
1039 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $425K 3/2 2,816 1950 1
1040 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $195K in 2020 → $355K in 2021 (+82%). Owner-occupied $398K 3/2 1,410 1950 2
1041 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $216K in 2024 → $435K in 2024 (+101%). Absentee individual $452K 3/2 2,816 1950 2 rentedtax lien
1042 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $127K in 2002 → $205K in 2009 (+61%). Owner-occupied $293K 3/2 1,410 1950 2
1043 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $290K 3/2 1,140 1950 1
1044 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $178K in 2005 → $175K in 2009 (-1%). Owner-occupied $296K 3/2 1,410 1950 2
1045 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $286K 3/2 1,140 1950 0
1046 SYDNEY ST Traded 3×: $102K in 2000 → $265K in 2020 (+160%). Owner-occupied $346K 4/— 1,750 1950 3 tax lien
1047 SYDNEY ST Traded 3×: $63K in 2000 → $170K in 2017 (+170%). Owner-occupied $286K 3/2 1,140 1950 3
1049 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $289K 3/2 1,140 1950 0
1051 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $270K 3/2 1,140 1950 0
1053 SYDNEY ST Absentee individual $293K 3/2 1,140 1950 0

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

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