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Who owns your block

1700 block of S 18th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 4 homes behind $44,671 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 175% since 2016, now about $327K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$327K
$121K–$583K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$179
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$365K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $327K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 37
$48K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
68%
25 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
14%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$45K
4 of 37 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$94
5 years
+72%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+175%
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 $327K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$327K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied38%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 102 reported crimes (26 violent) and 310 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
102
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
310
60 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults21
Thefts17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Theft from Vehicle12
Motor Vehicle Theft11
All Other Offenses9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection86
Maintenance Complaint33
Street Defect25
Abandoned Vehicle22
Illegal Dumping22
Salting22

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
George W Childs
1599 Wharton St · 443 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$327K2016: $119K2017: $119K2018: $119K2019: $177K2020: $191K2021: $191K2022: $191K2023: $275K2024: $275K2025: $306K2026: $306K2027: $327K2016202020232027

▲ +175% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,8622016: $1,4452017: $1,4072018: $1,3632019: $2,1332020: $2,2672021: $2,2672022: $2,3322023: $3,5752024: $3,5752025: $3,7682026: $3,7682027: $3,8622016202020232027

▲ +167% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

7
7 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 $47,674 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$3,862pays now $8,161at the full rate

1713 S 18th St is assessed at $583K but pays $3,862 a year — about 47% of the $8,161 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 +9.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 275 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $275 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+175%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.1 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 48 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
48arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 2 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels19 parcels5 parcels6 parcels4 parcels
$121K$519K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Simco Properties Llc11$325Kphila.gov ↗
1713 Properties Inc11$583Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 37 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1701 S 18TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $399K —/— 3,193 1915 0 abated
1703 S 18TH ST 9 L&I violations (2007). Owner-occupied $370K —/— 2,072 1915 0 tax lien
1705 S 18TH ST Traded 2×: $305K in 2023 → $495K in 2026 (+62%). Owner-occupied $370K 6/3 2,072 1915 2 rented
1707 S 18TH ST Bought for $27K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $325K 5/2 2,072 1915 4
1708 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $331K —/— 2,126 1915 0
1709 S 18TH ST Absentee individual $325K —/— 2,072 1915 0 rented
1710 S 18TH ST Bought for $28K in 2011, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $283K in 2020. Owner-occupied $469K 3/2 2,288 2013 3
1711 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $327K 5/2 1,624 1915 1
1712 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $301K —/— 1,680 1915 0
1713 S 18TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $583K 4/4 2,898 1915 0 rentedabated
1714 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $301K 5/1 1,680 1915 1
1715 S 18TH ST built new under a 2024 permit. Vacant $121K —/— 2
1716 S 18TH ST Bought for $73K in 2012, major alteration permit in 2013, sold for $265K in 2015 (+264%). Owner-occupied $424K 4/3 1,843 1915 2
1717 S 18TH ST Traded 4×: $45K in 2004 → $210K in 2009 (+367%). Absentee individual $402K 4/2 1,776 1915 4 rented
1718 S 18TH ST Bought for $195K in 2021, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $625K in 2022. Owner-occupied $519K 3/3 2,139 1915 2 abated
1719 S 18TH ST Bought for $65K in 2012. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Absentee individual $304K —/— 1,776 1915 1
1720 S 18TH ST built new under a 2020 permit. Owner-occupied $301K —/— 1,680 1915 0 tax lien
1721 S 18TH ST Bought for $10K in 2004, use permit in 2012, sold for $275K in 2018 (+2650%). Owner-occupied $336K 6/3 1,938 1915 4 rented
1722 S 18TH ST Bought for $19K in 2010, electrical permit in 2010, sold for $180K in 2012 (+861%). Owner-occupied $408K 4/2 1,680 1915 2
1723 S 18TH ST Bought for $83K in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $305K 5/1 1,896 1915 1
1724 S 18TH ST Bought for $230K in 2021, built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated), sold for $622K in 2024. Owner-occupied $525K 4/4 2,199 1915 2 abated2 viol
1725 S 18TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $349K —/— 2,788 1915 0 tax lien
1726 S 18TH ST Bought for $125K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $180K in 2013 (+44%). Absentee individual $333K 3/3 1,680 1915 3
1727 S 18TH ST Absentee individual $413K —/— 3,132 1925 0
1728 S 18TH ST Bought for $84K in 2010, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $362K in 2018 (+331%). Owner-occupied $408K 4/3 1,680 1915 3
1729 S 18TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $303K —/— 1,872 1915 0 abated
1730 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $301K —/— 1,680 1915 0 abated
1731 S 18TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $305K —/— 1,898 1915 0
1732 S 18TH ST Bought for $51K in 2011, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $265K in 2025 (+420%). Owner-occupied $408K 3/3 1,680 1915 3
1733 S 18TH ST Bought for $52K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $303K 5/1 1,768 1915 1 tax lien
1734 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $293K —/— 1,605 1915 0 abated
1735 S 18TH ST Bought for $9K in 2001, zoning permit in 2014, sold for $428K in 2024 (+4656%). Absentee individual $417K 4/2 1,828 1915 4
1736 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $263K —/— 1,230 1915 0
1737 S 18TH ST Bought for $41K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $265K in 2019 (+552%). Owner-occupied $303K 5/1 1,768 1915 2
1738 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $311K 3/1 1,870 1915 0
1739 S 18TH ST sold $27K (2005); 4 L&I violations (2022); 5 L&I violations (2023); 3 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $140K —/— 1
1740 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $293K —/— 1,605 1915 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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