Who owns your block
1000 block of Unruh Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 45% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is up 88% since 2016, now about $309K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.
- 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 $309K — about 1.4× 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 | $309K | $293K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 18% | 57% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 25 reported crimes (6 violent) and 49 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
- $309K typical home, up +88% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,281 to $4,294 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.3M assessed, $77,426/yr to the city, about $3,519 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +88% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +88% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1009 Unruh Ave is assessed at $3.0M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $41,601 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.9% 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 $188 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 28 arm's-length sales since 1970. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Phila Electric Co, carries 7 open violations across 103 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phila Electric Co | 1 | 103 | $105M | phila.gov ↗ |
| The Phila Electric Co | 1 | 4 | $660K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Csa & Yzy Property Llc | 1 | 1 | $299K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 UNRUH AVE Historysold $201K (2006); Appeal granted with conditions (2007). | Absentee individual | $320K | 4/2 | 1,700 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 1001 UNRUH AVE | Vacant | $78K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1002 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $337K | 4/2 | 1,700 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 1004 UNRUH AVE HistoryAppeal granted (2017). | Vacant | $204K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1005 UNRUH AVE HistoryAppeal granted (2008); Appeal granted with conditions (2012). | Vacant | $465K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1009 UNRUH AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.3M in 2004. | Owner-occupied | $3.0M | —/— | 34,425 | 1955 | 1 | abated |
| 1010 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $66K in 2001 → $97K in 2001 (+48%). | Owner-occupied | $324K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1012 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 1014 UNRUH AVE Historysold $145K (2004); Appeal dismissed (2017). | Absentee individual | $295K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 1016 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $164K in 2004 → $275K in 2025 (+68%). | Absentee individual | $295K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1018 UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 1020 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $86K in 2001 → $130K in 2013 (+51%). | Owner-occupied | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | rented1 viol |
| 1022 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $88K in 2022 → $310K in 2025 (+250%). | Absentee individual | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1024 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $330K in 1970 → $139K in 2003 (-58%). | Owner-occupied | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1026 UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 1028 UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 0 | rented |
| 1030 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 1032 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $194K in 2006 → $305K in 2024 (+58%). | Owner-occupied | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 1034 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $140K in 2009 → $265K in 2023 (+89%). | Investor / LLC | $299K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1036 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $74K in 2002 → $180K in 2018 (+143%). | Owner-occupied | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 5 | rented |
| 1038 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2003 → $163K in 2012 (+63%). | Owner-occupied | $309K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1040 UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $305K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1950 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)