Who owns your block
1800 block of E Tusculum St
A mixed-ownership block: 59% owner-occupied, 18% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 5 homes behind $12,604 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 194% since 2016, now about $109K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $109K — about 0.5× 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 | $109K | $113K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 18% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 534 reported crimes (67 violent) and 180 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
- $109K typical home, up +194% since 2016
- Tax bill $437 to $1,288 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.8M assessed, $18,675/yr to the city, about $1,099 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +194% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +195% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1809 E Tusculum St is assessed at $109K but pays $412 a year — about 27% of the $1,523 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 +10.3% 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 $294 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 2001. 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 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Notorius Ruth Llc, carries 5 open violations across 12 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notorius Ruth Llc | 1 | 12 | $382K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 265 93rd Street Llc | 2 | 4 | $746K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $40K in 2007 → $205K in 2025 (+413%). | Absentee individual | $190K | 3/1 | 970 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 1802 E TUSCULUM ST TradedTraded 2×: $10K in 2015 → $10K in 2019 (+0%). | Absentee individual | $117K | 3/1 | 1,070 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1803 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $109K | 3/1 | 970 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1804 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $5K in 2008 → $85K in 2022 (+1600%). | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,070 | 1920 | 4 | tax lien |
| 1805 E TUSCULUM ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $4K in 2003. | Owner-occupied | $109K | 3/1 | 970 | 1920 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 1806 E TUSCULUM ST | Absentee individual | $114K | 3/1 | 1,070 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1807 E TUSCULUM ST | Vacant | $25K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1808 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $114K | 3/1 | 1,070 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1809 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $109K | 3/1 | 970 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1810 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $835 in 2001 → $100K in 2020 (+11869%). | Investor / LLC | $99K | 3/1 | 810 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1811 E TUSCULUM ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $109K | 3/1 | 970 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 1812 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $3K in 2002 → $100K in 2020 (+3233%). | Investor / LLC | $93K | 2/1 | 720 | 1920 | 3 | 1 viol |
| 1813 E TUSCULUM ST | Vacant | $25K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1814 E TUSCULUM ST TradedTraded 2×: $5K in 2014 → $5K in 2016 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $92K | 2/1 | 720 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1815 E TUSCULUM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $17K in 2001 → $190K in 2025 (+998%). | Owner-occupied | $190K | 2/2 | 970 | 1920 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1816 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $92K | 2/1 | 720 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1818 E TUSCULUM ST | Owner-occupied | $93K | 3/1 | 754 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)