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Who owns your block

11900 block of Barlow Pl

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

The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $394K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$394K
$377K–$409K
ZIP median $402K
Price / sq ft
$293
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1967
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
8 of 8
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
+8%
value · tax +$361
5 years
+63%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+90%
value · tax +$2K

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 $394K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19116 median of $402K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19116 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19116Philadelphia
Median home value$394K$402K$223K
Owner-occupied88%61%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 5 reported crimes (0 violent) and 27 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
5
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
27
9 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts2
Fraud1
Theft from Vehicle1
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle7
License Complaint5
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection3
Construction Complaints2
Illegal Dumping2
Maintenance Complaint2

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 · K-5
Watson Comly
1001 Byberry Rd · 660 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$394K2016: $208K2017: $208K2018: $208K2019: $227K2020: $241K2021: $241K2022: $241K2023: $287K2024: $287K2025: $364K2026: $364K2027: $394K2016202020232027

▲ +90% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,1622016: $2,4872017: $2,4872018: $2,4872019: $2,6212020: $2,7492021: $2,7492022: $2,7842023: $2,9642024: $2,9952025: $3,8012026: $3,8012027: $4,1622016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

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:

1 home pay the full 1.40%7 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 190 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $190 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+90%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.5 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
7arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$377K$405K+

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

House by house

All 8 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
11917 BARLOW PL Owner-occupied $397K —/— 1,560 1967 0
11919 BARLOW PL Owner-occupied $377K —/— 1,332 1967 0
11921 BARLOW PL Owner-occupied $380K —/— 1,332 1967 1
11923 BARLOW PL sold $191K (2011); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $409K —/— 1,332 1967 1
11925 BARLOW PL Owner-occupied $390K —/— 1,332 1967 0
11927 BARLOW PL Traded 4×: $145K in 2001 → $360K in 2021 (+148%). Owner-occupied $405K 3/2 1,332 1967 4
11929 BARLOW PL Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $397K —/— 1,332 1967 0
11931 BARLOW PL Bought for $330K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $386K 3/2 1,332 1967 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.