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Who owns your block

1800 block of S 27th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $451 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 97% since 2016, now about $159K. 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
$159K
$149K–$172K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$196
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
67%
14 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
29%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$451
1 of 21 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$124
5 years
+49%
value · tax +$671
10 years
+97%
value · tax +$1K

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 $159K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$159K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied38%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 54 reported crimes (9 violent) and 129 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
54
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
129
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft17
Other Assaults8
Theft from Vehicle6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
All Other Offenses5
Thefts5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Abandoned Vehicle19
Maintenance Complaint14
Illegal Dumping9
Street Defect9
Alley Light Outage7

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
Universal Institute Charter School At Alcorn
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$159K2016: $80K2017: $80K2018: $80K2019: $99K2020: $106K2021: $106K2022: $106K2023: $149K2024: $149K2025: $153K2026: $153K2027: $159K2016202020232027

▲ +97% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,0962016: $7262017: $7262018: $1,0122019: $1,3242020: $8802021: $8802022: $1,4252023: $1,8812024: $1,8812025: $1,9722026: $1,9722027: $2,0962016202020232027

▲ +189% since 2016 · ~+10%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 197 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+6.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+97%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.1 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2005201020152020
28arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 6 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

8 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels0 parcels10 parcels
$149K$162K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Francis Angelo (individual)28$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
2301 S Bonsall St Llc13$538Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 21 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
1800 S 27TH ST Traded 2×: $74K in 2004 → $140K in 2020 (+89%). Owner-occupied $172K 2/1 810 1950 2 rented
1802 S 27TH ST Traded 3×: $35K in 2004 → $127K in 2016 (+263%). Owner-occupied $149K —/— 810 1950 3
1804 S 27TH ST Owner-occupied $150K —/— 810 1950 1
1806 S 27TH ST Traded 2×: $51K in 2005 → $92K in 2008 (+80%). Absentee individual $162K —/— 810 1950 2 rented
1808 S 27TH ST Bought for $125K in 2017. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $162K —/— 810 1950 1
1810 S 27TH ST Traded 2×: $42K in 2003 → $87K in 2009 (+107%). Absentee individual $162K —/— 810 1950 2 rented
1812 S 27TH ST Owner-occupied $162K —/— 810 1950 1
1814 S 27TH ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2005 → $45K in 2017 (-10%). Absentee individual $162K —/— 810 1950 2 rented
1816 S 27TH ST Bought for $45K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $158K —/— 810 1950 3
1818 S 27TH ST Owner-occupied $150K —/— 810 1950 0
1820 S 27TH ST sold $141K (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). Investor / LLC $150K 2/1 810 1950 1
1822 S 27TH ST L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $150K —/— 810 1950 0
1824 S 27TH ST Absentee individual $158K —/— 810 1950 1 rented
1826 S 27TH ST Owner-occupied $150K —/— 810 1950 1
1828 S 27TH ST Owner-occupied $162K —/— 810 1950 1
1830 S 27TH ST Bought for $60K in 2012. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $162K —/— 810 1950 1
1832 S 27TH ST Owner-occupied $150K —/— 810 1950 1
1834 S 27TH ST Traded 2×: $70K in 2005 → $143K in 2007 (+104%). Owner-occupied $162K 2/— 810 1950 2
1836 S 27TH ST Bought for $103K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $150K —/— 810 1950 1 rented
1838 S 27TH ST Owner-occupied $162K —/— 810 1950 1
1840 S 27TH ST Absentee individual $159K —/— 810 1950 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.