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Who owns your block

1800 block of Kentwood St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 96% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 92% since 2016, now about $468K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$468K
$365K–$505K
ZIP median $402K
Price / sq ft
$229
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$511K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $468K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1961
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
96%
22 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$521
5 years
+68%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+92%
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 $468K — about 2.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19116 median of $402K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19116 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19116Philadelphia
Median home value$468K$402K$223K
Owner-occupied91%61%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 14 reported crimes (1 violent) and 32 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
14
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
32
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft10
Theft from Vehicle2
Fraud1
Other Assaults1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
Salting8
Street Trees3
Maintenance Complaint2
Other (Streets)2
Street Light Outage2

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-8
Anne Frank
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$468K2016: $244K2017: $244K2018: $244K2019: $267K2020: $279K2021: $279K2022: $279K2023: $355K2024: $355K2025: $430K2026: $430K2027: $468K2016202020232027

▲ +92% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,1532016: $3,2622017: $3,2642018: $2,9912019: $3,4102020: $3,5162021: $3,5162022: $3,5362023: $3,8492024: $3,8492025: $4,6322026: $4,6322027: $5,1532016202020232027

▲ +58% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

2 homes pay the full 1.40%21 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 192 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $192 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+92%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.4 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
18arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 22Absentee individual: 1 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 22
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels15 parcels3 parcels
$365K$495K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 23 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
1850 KENTWOOD ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $460K —/— 1,696 1961 0
1851 KENTWOOD ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $461K —/— 1,696 1961 0
1852 KENTWOOD ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $468K —/— 2,070 1961 0
1853 KENTWOOD ST Owner-occupied $458K 4/2 1,696 1961 1
1854 KENTWOOD ST Owner-occupied $460K —/— 1,696 1961 0
1855 KENTWOOD ST Absentee individual $457K —/— 1,696 1961 1 rented
1856 KENTWOOD ST Owner-occupied $365K —/— 1,696 1961 0
1857 KENTWOOD ST Owner-occupied $457K —/— 1,696 1961 1
1858 KENTWOOD ST Traded 4×: $299K in 2006 → $354K in 2020 (+18%). Owner-occupied $505K 4/2 1,696 1961 4
1859 KENTWOOD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $468K —/— 2,070 1961 0
1860 KENTWOOD ST Owner-occupied $471K —/— 2,070 1961 1
1861 KENTWOOD ST Bought for $295K in 2024, addition and/or alteration permit in 2025, sold for $551K in 2025 (+87%). Owner-occupied $468K —/— 2,070 1961 2
1862 KENTWOOD ST Owner-occupied $495K —/— 2,250 1961 1
1863 KENTWOOD ST Bought for $483K in 2024. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $456K —/— 1,696 1961 1
1864 KENTWOOD ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $458K —/— 1,696 1961 0
1865 KENTWOOD ST Traded 2×: $287K in 2009 → $290K in 2018 (+1%). Owner-occupied $453K 3/2 1,696 1961 2
1866 KENTWOOD ST Owner-occupied $469K 4/2 2,070 1961 1
1867 KENTWOOD ST Bought for $261K in 2017. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $472K 4/2 2,070 1961 1
1868 KENTWOOD ST Bought for $138K in 2000. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $469K —/— 2,070 1961 2
1869 KENTWOOD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $495K —/— 2,070 1961 0
1870 KENTWOOD ST built new under a 2009 permit. Owner-occupied $473K —/— 2,070 1961 0
1871 KENTWOOD ST Owner-occupied $469K —/— 2,070 1961 0
1873 KENTWOOD ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $464K —/— 2,070 1961 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.