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Who owns your block

1000 block of W Upsal St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 54% since 2016, now about $1.1M. 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
$1.1M
$744K–$1.4M
ZIP median $374K
Price / sq ft
$267
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
4.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$14K
typical · up to $19K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
11 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$147
5 years
+44%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+54%
value · tax +$5K

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 $1.1M — about 4.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19119 median of $374K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19119 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19119Philadelphia
Median home value$1.1M$374K$223K
Owner-occupied82%63%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 7 reported crimes (0 violent) and 30 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
7
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
30
2 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle5
Fraud2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Street Defect8
Abandoned Vehicle2
Street Trees2
Complaint (Streets)1
Dead Animal in Street1

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
Anna L Lingelbach
6340 Wayne Ave · 366 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$1.0M$2.0M$1.1M2016: $693K2017: $693K2018: $693K2019: $771K2020: $739K2021: $739K2022: $739K2023: $851K2024: $851K2025: $1.1M2026: $1.1M2027: $1.1M2016202020232027

▲ +54% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$13,5112016: $8,7522017: $8,7522018: $8,7522019: $10,2372020: $9,7152021: $9,7152022: $9,7152023: $10,7852024: $10,7852025: $13,3642026: $13,3642027: $13,5112016202020232027

▲ +54% 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 +4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 154 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $154 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+54%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.5 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20042008201220162020
10arm's-length sales since 2004
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels0 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$744K$1.3M+

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

House by house

All 11 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1010 W UPSAL ST Traded 3×: $300K in 2007 → $1.0M in 2019 (+237%). Owner-occupied $1.3M 5/3 4,901 1920 3
1011 W UPSAL ST Traded 3×: $560K in 2005 → $660K in 2009 (+18%). Owner-occupied $998K 5/3 3,987 1920 3
1012 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $1.0M 5/3 3,882 1920 0
1013-15 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $756K 3/1 2,206 1950 1
1016 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 5/4 3,628 1920 0
1019 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $744K 3/1 1,848 1920 0
1020 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $1.2M 6/3 4,864 1930 1
1021 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/2 2,535 1960 1
1024 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $1.3M 6/3 5,071 1930 1
1028 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $1.4M 6/2 5,204 1930 0
1034 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $1.2M 5/3 4,527 1925 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

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.