Who owns your block
1100 block of W Somerset St
A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 11 open code violations and 10 homes behind $51,689 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 131% since 2016, now about $115K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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 $115K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19133 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $115K | $83K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 23% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 116 reported crimes (46 violent) and 196 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
- $115K typical home, up +131% since 2016
- Tax bill $537 to $1,561 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.8M assessed, $42,172/yr to the city, about $1,406 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +131% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +191% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1128 W Somerset St is assessed at $123K but pays $315 a year — about 18% of the $1,715 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 +7.9% 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 $231 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 24 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 30 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 8
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, U S Bank Trust National Association Tr, carries 37 open violations across 51 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U S Bank Trust National Association Tr | 1 | 51 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3027 Darien St Llc | 1 | 27 | $5.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Npch Associates | 2 | 25 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rpp Homes Llc | 1 | 24 | $2.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Spencer Enterprises Inc | 1 | 6 | $787K | phila.gov ↗ |
| S & L Rentals Inc | 1 | 5 | $535K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Viola Development Llc | 1 | 2 | $62K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Stayfocus100 Llc | 1 | 1 | $242K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Trubros Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $231K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1104 W SOMERSET ST | Vacant | $23K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1106 W SOMERSET ST | Vacant | $23K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1108 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $108K | —/— | 1,221 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1110 W SOMERSET ST | Vacant | $23K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1112 W SOMERSET ST | Investor / LLC | $110K | 3/1 | 1,274 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1114 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $155K in 1999 → $2.1M in 2022 (+1284%). | Investor / LLC | $110K | 3/1 | 1,274 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 1116 W SOMERSET ST | Investor / LLC | $113K | —/— | 1,351 | 1920 | 1 | 4 viol |
| 1118 W SOMERSET ST | Investor / LLC | $49K | 4/1 | 1,830 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1120 W SOMERSET ST | Investor / LLC | $169K | —/— | 1,681 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1122 W SOMERSET ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $5K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1920 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 1123 W SOMERSET ST | Vacant | $70K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1124 W SOMERSET ST Improved | Vacant | $27K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1125 W SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $139K | 4/1 | 2,000 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1126 W SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $115K | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1127 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $139K | 4/1 | 2,000 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1128 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,369 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1129 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $139K | 4/1 | 2,000 | 1920 | 0 | 4 viol |
| 1130 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1131 W SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $139K | 4/1 | 2,000 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1132 W SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $115K | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1133 W SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 2022 → $250K in 2024 (+525%). | Absentee individual | $243K | 3/2 | 1,380 | 1920 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 1134 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1135 W SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2020 → $250K in 2024 (+900%). | Investor / LLC | $242K | 3/2 | 1,376 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1136 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1137 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $139K | 4/1 | 2,000 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1138 W SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $230K | 3/2 | 1,500 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1139 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $6K in 2004 → $90K in 2023 (+1400%). | Investor / LLC | $231K | 3/2 | 1,122 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1140 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $10K in 2002 → $18K in 2006 (+80%). | Absentee individual | $147K | —/— | 2,672 | 1920 | 5 | 3 viol |
| 1141 W SOMERSET ST Historysold $75K (2017); Appeal filed (2025). | Investor / LLC | $179K | 4/1 | 2,000 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1143 W SOMERSET ST HistoryAppeal dismissed (2023). | Owner-occupied | $199K | —/— | 2,400 | 1915 | 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)