Who owns your block
1300 block of Fitzwater St
A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held, with 1 home behind $124 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 65% since 2016, now about $503K. Property taxes are climbing about 17% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Appreciation
The block trades at 2.3x the city median but appreciation has trailed citywide growth by 1.9 percentage points annually.
- 02Rentals
Half of all units are rentals yet only 8% of owners are investors, indicating owner-occupants are the primary rental providers.
- 03Taxes
Two homes receive $23K in annual tax abatements while one home carries $124 in back taxes owed.
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 $503K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $503K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 17% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (18 violent) and 174 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
- $503K typical home, up +65% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,086 to $6,248 a year, +17%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.7M assessed, $57,137/yr to the city, about $4,761 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +65% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +475% since 2016 · ~+17%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1343 Fitzwater St is assessed at $1.3M but pays $1,767 a year — about 10% of the $17,672 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 +4.6% 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 $165 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 7
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni Penn Housing (individual) | 3 | 82 | $3.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Manor Ranch Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1310 FITZWATER ST | Absentee individual | $49K | 6/3 | 2,880 | 2002 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 1311 FITZWATER ST | Absentee individual | $510K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 2006 | 1 | |
| 1312 FITZWATER ST History3 L&I violations (2021); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2021). | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/1 | 1,498 | 2002 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 1313 FITZWATER ST | Owner-occupied | $496K | 3/1 | 1,034 | 2006 | 1 | |
| 1314 FITZWATER ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 4/2 | 1,638 | 2002 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 1315 FITZWATER ST TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2019 → $467K in 2021 (+749%). | Owner-occupied | $593K | 3/2 | 1,472 | 2006 | 3 | |
| 1317 FITZWATER ST LandVacant land, last sold for $210K in 2006. | Owner-occupied | $497K | 3/1 | 1,034 | 2007 | 2 | |
| 1319 FITZWATER ST ImprovedBought for $260K in 2006. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $648K | 3/1 | 1,632 | 2006 | 1 | |
| 1325 FITZWATER ST | Absentee individual | $621K | 4/2 | 1,632 | 2006 | 1 | |
| 1327 FITZWATER ST TradedTraded 2×: $260K in 2006 → $305K in 2012 (+17%). | Absentee individual | $693K | 4/2 | 1,632 | 2006 | 2 | rented |
| 1335 FITZWATER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $295K | —/— | 11,550 | 2003 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1343 FITZWATER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 6,600 | 2023 | 0 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)