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Who owns your block

1800 block of S 31st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 159% since 2016, now about $352K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$352K
$190K–$1.1M
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$181
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 13
$29K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
92%
12 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 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
+25%
value · tax +$991
5 years
+73%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+159%
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 $352K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above 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$352K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied77%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 64 reported crimes (18 violent) and 26 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
64
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
26
7 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Thefts10
Fraud9
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Theft from Vehicle3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection6
Abandoned Vehicle5
Maintenance Complaint3
Traffic Calming Request3
Street Trees2
Illegal Dumping1

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$250K$500K$352K2016: $136K2017: $136K2018: $136K2019: $190K2020: $204K2021: $204K2022: $204K2023: $295K2024: $295K2025: $282K2026: $282K2027: $352K2016202020232027

▲ +159% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,5322016: $1,6642017: $1,7752018: $1,4852019: $2,0972020: $2,2282021: $2,2282022: $2,2282023: $3,0142024: $3,0142025: $2,5412026: $2,5412027: $3,5322016202020232027

▲ +112% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

1
1 property 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 $28,948 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%
$0pays now $14,950at the full rate

1801-23 S 31st St is assessed at $1.1M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $14,950 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 +9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 259 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $259 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+159%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6%/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 18 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20082012201620202024
18arm's-length sales since 2005
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Absentee individual: 1 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels0 parcels8 parcels
$190K$357K+

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

House by house

All 13 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1800 S 31ST ST Bought for $115K in 2005, built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $356K in 2019. Owner-occupied $352K 4/1 1,974 2005 2
1801-23 S 31ST ST Absentee individual $1.1M —/— 40,130 2000 0 abated
1802 S 31ST ST Bought for $115K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $357K 4/1 1,974 2006 2
1804 S 31ST ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $115K in 2006. Owner-occupied $357K 4/1 1,974 2006 1
1806 S 31ST ST Owner-occupied $357K 4/1 1,974 2006 1
1808 S 31ST ST Vacant land, last sold for $105K in 2005. Owner-occupied $297K —/1 1,442 2006 1
1810 S 31ST ST Bought for $105K in 2005, alteration permit in 2012, sold for $137K in 2015 (+30%). Owner-occupied $297K —/1 1,442 2005 2
1812 S 31ST ST Bought for $105K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $297K —/1 1,442 2005 1
1814 S 31ST ST Bought for $105K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $297K —/1 1,442 2005 1
1816 S 31ST ST Bought for $115K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $357K 4/1 1,974 2005 1
1818 S 31ST ST Bought for $115K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $357K 4/1 1,974 2005 2
1820 S 31ST ST Traded 2×: $175K in 2017 → $365K in 2022 (+109%). Owner-occupied $190K 4/2 2,468 2005 3
1822 S 31ST ST Owner-occupied $352K 4/1 1,974 2005 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

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