Who owns your block
1800 block of E Somerset St
A mixed-ownership block: 46% owner-occupied, 15% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 7 homes behind $29,892 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 147% since 2016, now about $94K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $94K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19134 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $94K | $113K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 19% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 737 reported crimes (106 violent) and 206 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
- $94K typical home, up +147% since 2016
- Tax bill $488 to $880 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.2M assessed, $26,437/yr to the city, about $1,017 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +147% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +80% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1827-33 E Somerset St is assessed at $814K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $11,400 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 +8.6% 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 $247 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 10
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havana Equities Llc | 3 | 5 | $111K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jp Somerset Llc | 1 | 1 | $110K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810 E SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $61K | —/— | 360 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1811 E SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $71K | —/— | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1812 E SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $32K | —/— | 144 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1813 E SOMERSET ST Historysold $75K (2005); Appeal granted with conditions (2008); Appeal filed (2024). | Owner-occupied | $65K | —/— | 1,032 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1814 E SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $77K | —/— | 504 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1815 E SOMERSET ST | Vacant | $27K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1816 E SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $44K | —/— | 854 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1817 E SOMERSET ST | Vacant | $29K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1818 E SOMERSET ST ImprovedBought for $70K in 2017. | Absentee individual | $44K | —/— | 854 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1819 E SOMERSET ST ImprovedBought for $26K in 2004. | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1821 E SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $19K in 2008 → $20K in 2017 (+8%). | Owner-occupied | $118K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1823 E SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $74K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1932 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1825 E SOMERSET ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $10K in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,230 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 1827-33 E SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $814K | —/— | 10,000 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 1830-32 E SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $231K | —/— | 3,182 | 1950 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1834 E SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $112K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1835 E SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 2002 → $370K in 2015 (+825%). | Absentee individual | $66K | —/— | 1,040 | 1920 | 2 | 4 viol |
| 1836 E SOMERSET ST | Absentee individual | $112K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1837 E SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 2002 → $370K in 2015 (+825%). | Absentee individual | $116K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1838 E SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $112K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1839-41 E SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 2002 → $370K in 2015 (+825%). | Absentee individual | $308K | —/— | 14,500 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1840 E SOMERSET ST New constructionBought for $15K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $85K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $112K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 1842 E SOMERSET ST New constructionBought for $8K in 2009, built new (tax-abated), sold for $8K in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 1844 E SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $48K in 2005 → $115K in 2024 (+142%). | Investor / LLC | $110K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1846 E SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1848 E SOMERSET ST | Owner-occupied | $73K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)