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Who owns your block

1000 block of W Erie Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 42% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 26 open code violations and 2 homes behind $37,201 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 152% since 2016, now about $141K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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
$141K
$29K–$2.7M
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$97
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$22K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $141K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $38K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 24
$13K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
42%
9 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
13%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
26
L&I code
▲ block 29% · city 5%
Back taxes
$37K
2 of 24 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$771
5 years
+202%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+152%
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 $141K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$141K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied21%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 127 reported crimes (45 violent) and 145 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
127
45 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
145
37 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses42
Other Assaults29
Thefts10
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Aggravated Assault Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint41
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
Illegal Dumping15
Abandoned Vehicle14
Street Defect12
Street Light Outage7

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
Mary Mc Leod Bethune
3301 Old York Rd · 353 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$125K$250K$141K2016: $56K2017: $56K2018: $56K2019: $61K2020: $47K2021: $47K2022: $47K2023: $102K2024: $102K2025: $132K2026: $132K2027: $141K2016202020232027

▲ +152% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6012016: $4872017: $4872018: $6362019: $5412020: $4872021: $4872022: $5572023: $6382024: $8112025: $8302026: $8302027: $1,6012016202020232027

▲ +229% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

4
4 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $13,343 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

16 homes pay the full 1.40%8 pay less
$487pays now $3,208at the full rate

The starkest example: 1004 W Erie Ave is assessed at $229K but pays $487 a year — about 15% of the $3,208 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8310050020162019202220252027This block 252 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $252 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+152%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.3 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 27 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
27arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 5 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

4 parcels1 parcels3 parcels6 parcels1 parcels1 parcels8 parcels
$29K$251K+

The block's largest owner, Lam'S Investment Corp, carries 1 open violation across 10 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Lam'S Investment Corp110$3.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Hayward Gray (individual)22$171Kphila.gov ↗
Jsd 1 LLC11$29Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Selfies 7 LLC11$136Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Selfies 2 LLC11$161Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Keystone Shepherd Capital LLC11$229Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Stephanie S Investment Properties LLC11$251Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Paulino Vargas Trust11$37Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
West Erie Realty LLC11$2.7Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 24 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1000 W ERIE AVE Traded 2×: $5K in 2017 → $35K in 2023 (+600%). Vacant $29K —/— 2 tax lien
1001 W ERIE AVE Investor / LLC $93K —/— 1,814 1920 1
1002 W ERIE AVE sold $2K (2017); 3 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $29K —/— 1 tax lien
1003 W ERIE AVE Bought for $2K in 2006. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2007. Investor / LLC $136K —/— 1,410 1935 2 2 viol
1004 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $229K —/— 2,600 1935 0 abated
1005 W ERIE AVE Bought for $23K in 2007. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $161K —/— 1,410 1935 1 5 viol
1006 W ERIE AVE 2 L&I violations (2017); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2025); sold $22K (2026). Investor / LLC $229K —/— 2,600 1935 1 4 viol
1007 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $123K 3/1 1,410 1935 0 abatedtax lien
1008 W ERIE AVE Traded 2×: $5K in 2001 → $43K in 2004 (+760%). Owner-occupied $251K —/— 2,600 1940 2
1009 W ERIE AVE built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $123K 3/1 1,410 1935 0 abated5 violtax lien
1010 W ERIE AVE Bought for $43K in 2006, use permit in 2007, sold for $210K in 2024 (+388%). Absentee individual $251K 6/2 2,600 1940 2 rented
1011 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,410 1935 0
1012 W ERIE AVE built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $216K —/— 2,600 1940 0 abated
1013 W ERIE AVE Bought for $85K in 2025. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2026. Absentee individual $141K 3/1 1,410 1935 1 5 violtax lien
1014 W ERIE AVE Bought for $4K in 2004. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2010. Absentee individual $251K —/— 2,600 1940 2
1015 W ERIE AVE Bought for $7K in 2001. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,410 1935 2 rented
1016 W ERIE AVE Bought for $105K in 2020. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $251K —/— 2,600 1940 2 rented
1017 W ERIE AVE Bought for $10K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,410 1935 5 3 viol
1018 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $251K —/— 2,600 1940 0 tax lien
1019 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,410 1935 0 tax lien
1020 W ERIE AVE Vacant $37K —/— 0
1021 W ERIE AVE sold $2K (2011); L&I violation (2024). Vacant $30K —/— 1 tax lien
1023-39 W ERIE AVE Bought for $178K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $800K in 2014 (+350%). Investor / LLC $2.7M —/— 25,880 1930 2 2 viol
1040 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Vacant $78K —/— 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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