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Who owns your block

1800 block of N 57th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $11,931 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 55% since 2016, now about $172K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$172K
$172K–$272K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$118
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$167K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $172K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1956
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
69%
11 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
13%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
1 of 16 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$46
5 years
+73%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+55%
value · tax +$901

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 $172K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$172K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied56%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 126 reported crimes (27 violent) and 94 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
126
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
94
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts72
Other Assaults18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Fraud6
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Robbery No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Maintenance Complaint15
Abandoned Vehicle13
Illegal Dumping5
Other (Streets)4
Dangerous Sidewalk3

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
Guion Bluford
5720 Media St · 490 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$125K$250K$172K2016: $111K2017: $111K2018: $111K2019: $96K2020: $100K2021: $100K2022: $100K2023: $128K2024: $128K2025: $169K2026: $169K2027: $172K2016202020232027

▲ +55% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,0402016: $1,1392017: $1,1392018: $1,1392019: $7822020: $7642021: $7642022: $7642023: $6722024: $6722025: $1,9942026: $1,9942027: $2,0402016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8610025020162019202220252027This block 155 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $155 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+55%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.5 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
16arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

10 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels5 parcels
$172K$219K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Catalyst Fund Llc11$172Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 16 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1801 N 57TH ST Bought for $108K in 2023, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2023, sold for $375K in 2024 (+249%). Owner-occupied $212K 4/1 1,824 1956 2 rented1 violtax lien
1803 N 57TH ST Bought for $65K in 2002, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $185K in 2020 (+184%). Absentee individual $219K 3/2 1,464 1956 2
1805 N 57TH ST Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,464 1956 0
1807 N 57TH ST Investor / LLC $172K 3/2 1,468 1956 1 rented
1809 N 57TH ST Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,464 1956 0
1811 N 57TH ST Bought for $104K in 2018. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,464 1956 1
1813 N 57TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,464 1956 0
1815 N 57TH ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,464 1956 1
1817 N 57TH ST Bought for $85K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,464 1956 2
1819 N 57TH ST Traded 2×: $125K in 2005 → $72K in 2008 (-43%). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,464 1956 2
1821 N 57TH ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,464 1956 1
1823 N 57TH ST Bought for $167K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Absentee individual $172K 3/2 1,464 1956 1
1825 N 57TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,464 1956 0
1827 N 57TH ST Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,464 1956 1
1829 N 57TH ST Absentee individual $172K 3/1 1,464 1956 1
1831 N 57TH ST Bought for $136K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $272K —/— 1,824 1956 1

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.