Who owns your block
1800 block of N 59th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $4,921 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 97% since 2016, now about $166K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $166K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19151 median of $189K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19151 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19151 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $166K | $189K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 54% | 54% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 84 reported crimes (23 violent) and 239 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
- $166K typical home, up +97% since 2016
- Tax bill $953 to $1,627 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.4M assessed, $44,257/yr to the city, about $1,581 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +97% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +71% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1801 N 59th St is assessed at $442K but pays $1,677 a year — about 27% of the $6,189 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% 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 $197 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 28 parcels
- Owner-occupied 24
- Investor / LLC 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Briq House Llc, carries 17 open violations across 17 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briq House Llc | 1 | 17 | $2.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Affordable Homes Group In | 1 | 8 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| J&T Kvell Properties Llc | 1 | 4 | $516K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Blueport Financial Strategies Llc | 1 | 1 | $174K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 28 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 N 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $95K in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $442K | 5/2 | 2,700 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 1803 N 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $163K | 3/1 | 1,492 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1805 N 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $163K | 3/1 | 1,492 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1807 N 59TH ST Historysold $49K (2001); 3 L&I violations (2009). | Owner-occupied | $159K | 3/1 | 1,402 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1809 N 59TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2016). | Owner-occupied | $163K | 3/1 | 1,492 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1811 N 59TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2023 → $295K in 2024 (+293%). | Owner-occupied | $259K | 4/2 | 1,402 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1813 N 59TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $21K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $120K in 2021 (+471%). | Investor / LLC | $159K | 3/1 | 1,402 | 1925 | 4 | rented |
| 1814 N 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $162K | 3/1 | 1,346 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1815 N 59TH ST New constructionBought for $40K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $325K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $296K | —/— | 1,402 | 1920 | 3 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1816 N 59TH ST History2 L&I violations (2020). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,218 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1817 N 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $159K | 3/1 | 1,402 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1818 N 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,218 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1819 N 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,402 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1820 N 59TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $7K in 2000 → $67K in 2003 (+818%). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,218 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1821 N 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,402 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1822 N 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $288K | —/— | 2,816 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1823 N 59TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 2002 → $35K in 2014 (-13%). | Investor / LLC | $209K | —/— | 1,968 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1825 N 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $155K in 2009. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $250K | 4/1 | 1,628 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1827 N 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,428 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1829 N 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,429 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1831 N 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $170K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1833 N 59TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $73K in 2005 → $87K in 2015 (+19%). | Owner-occupied | $216K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1835 N 59TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Owner-occupied | $170K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1837 N 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $135K in 2025. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $174K | 3/1 | 1,326 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1839 N 59TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2012 → $110K in 2012 (+266%). | Owner-occupied | $216K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1841 N 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $56K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $165K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1843 N 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $165K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1845 N 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $125K in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $171K | —/— | 2,632 | 1925 | 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)