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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.

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
$109K
$25K–$190K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$112
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$198K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $109K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 17
$6K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
59%
10 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
12%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$13K
5 of 17 behind
▲ block 29% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+19%
value · tax +$121
5 years
+166%
value · tax +$787
10 years
+194%
value · tax +$851

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 $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 blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$109K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied18%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.

Crimes · 12mo
534
67 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
180
22 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses192
Vagrancy/Loitering95
Disorderly Conduct52
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations32
Other Assaults30
Thefts18

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint25
Information Request17
Illegal Dumping16
Homeless Encampment Request15
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Opioid Response Unit11

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-4
Frances Willard
1930 E Elkhart St · 352 students
Middle
Memphis St Charter At Jp Jones
High
Kensington Campus

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$100K$200K$109K2016: $37K2017: $37K2018: $37K2019: $38K2020: $41K2021: $41K2022: $41K2023: $80K2024: $80K2025: $91K2026: $91K2027: $109K2016202020232027

▲ +194% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2882016: $4372017: $4372018: $4312019: $4652020: $5002021: $5002022: $5012023: $1,0392024: $1,0332025: $1,1672026: $1,1672027: $1,2882016202020232027

▲ +195% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

4
4 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 $6,421 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%
$412pays now $1,523at the full rate

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

9510050020162019202220252027This block 294 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+10.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+194%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.8 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 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

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
24arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 2 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels4 parcels9 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$25K$190K

The block's largest owner, Notorius Ruth Llc, carries 5 open violations across 12 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Notorius Ruth Llc112$382Kphila.gov ↗
265 93rd Street Llc24$746Kphila.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

$0$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1801 E TUSCULUM ST Traded 4×: $40K in 2007 → $205K in 2025 (+413%). Absentee individual $190K 3/1 970 1920 4 rented
1802 E TUSCULUM ST Traded 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 Traded 4×: $5K in 2008 → $85K in 2022 (+1600%). Owner-occupied $115K 3/1 1,070 1920 4 tax lien
1805 E TUSCULUM ST built 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 Traded 3×: $835 in 2001 → $100K in 2020 (+11869%). Investor / LLC $99K 3/1 810 1920 3
1811 E TUSCULUM ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2007. Owner-occupied $109K 3/1 970 1920 1 abated
1812 E TUSCULUM ST Traded 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 Traded 2×: $5K in 2014 → $5K in 2016 (+0%). Owner-occupied $92K 2/1 720 1920 2
1815 E TUSCULUM ST Traded 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)

Where this comes from

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