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Who owns your block

1800 block of S 54th St

A mixed-ownership block: 49% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $250 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 179% since 2016, now about $120K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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
$120K
$104K–$152K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$108
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$510K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $120K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
12 of 35
$18K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
49%
17 of 35
city 41%
Rentals
31%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$250
1 of 35 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+18%
value · tax +$217
5 years
+127%
value · tax +$802
10 years
+179%
value · tax +$905

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 $120K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$120K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied34%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 85 reported crimes (29 violent) and 146 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
85
29 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
146
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults25
Thefts14
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Theft from Vehicle6
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint32
Illegal Dumping26
Abandoned Vehicle22
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Information Request6
Sanitation Violation6

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
Benjamin B Comegys
5100 Greenway Ave · 213 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$100K$200K$120K2016: $43K2017: $43K2018: $43K2019: $49K2020: $53K2021: $53K2022: $53K2023: $66K2024: $66K2025: $101K2026: $101K2027: $120K2016202020232027

▲ +179% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4572016: $5522017: $5522018: $5522019: $6052020: $6552021: $6552022: $6552023: $8732024: $5222025: $1,2402026: $1,2402027: $1,4572016202020232027

▲ +164% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

12
12 properties 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 $18,473 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 $1,676at the full rate

1827 S 54th St is assessed at $120K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,676 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 +9.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 279 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $279 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+179%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.3 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 27 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
27arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 35 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 9 35parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 9

Value distribution today

15 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels13 parcels0 parcels7 parcels
$104K$130K+

The block's largest owner, 1-4 Rental Sfig Llc, carries 6 open violations across 72 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
1-4 Rental Sfig Llc172$9.0Mphila.gov ↗
Habana Holding Corp128$4.4Mphila.gov ↗
Tpd Real Estate Llc122$3.2Mphila.gov ↗
Z Block Llc17$854Kphila.gov ↗
Apterus Llc16$916Kphila.gov ↗
Northeast Capital Investm14$470Kphila.gov ↗
Wilder Property Acquisitions Llc14$551Kphila.gov ↗
Pibi Inc13$382Kphila.gov ↗
Levin Realty Llc12$244Kphila.gov ↗
Sutaner Llc11$120Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 35 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
1815 S 54TH ST Traded 3×: $73K in 2006 → $58K in 2011 (-20%). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 3
1817 S 54TH ST Investor / LLC $152K 3/1 1,108 1925 1 rented
1819 S 54TH ST L&I violation (2014); 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018). Investor / LLC $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 0 rented
1821 S 54TH ST Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 0 rented
1822 S 54TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1823 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 0
1824 S 54TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1825 S 54TH ST 2 L&I violations (2013); sold $15K (2014); L&I violation (2018); 7 L&I violations (2022). Investor / LLC $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 1
1826 S 54TH ST 2 L&I violations (2026). Investor / LLC $104K 3/1 960 1920 0 2 viol
1827 S 54TH ST Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 0 abated
1828 S 54TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1829 S 54TH ST Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 1 rented
1830 S 54TH ST L&I violation (2016); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2020); 4 L&I violations (2021). Absentee individual $104K 3/1 960 1920 0 tax lien
1831 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 0
1832 S 54TH ST sold $18K (2011); L&I violation (2016). Absentee individual $104K 3/1 960 1920 1 rented
1833 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 0 abated
1834 S 54TH ST sold $11K (2005); L&I violation (2015); L&I violation (2016). Absentee individual $104K 3/1 960 1920 1 rented
1835 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 0 abated
1836 S 54TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1837 S 54TH ST Bought for $128K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $139K 3/1 1,108 1925 1 rentedtax lien
1838 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1839 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 0
1840 S 54TH ST Bought for $37K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $73K in 2024. Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 960 1920 2 abated
1841 S 54TH ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $76K in 2021. Investor / LLC $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 1 rented
1842 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1843 S 54TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,108 1925 0 abatedtax lien
1844 S 54TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1845 S 54TH ST Traded 3×: $18K in 1999 → $35K in 2000 (+94%). Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,234 1925 3 1 viol
1846 S 54TH ST Traded 4×: $13K in 2001 → $51K in 2005 (+304%). Absentee individual $104K 3/1 960 1920 4
1847 S 54TH ST Bought for $50K in 2009, alteration permit in 2013, sold for $1.9M in 2017 (+3740%). Investor / LLC $130K 3/1 1,234 1925 3 rented
1848 S 54TH ST sold $20K (2002); L&I violation (2008); 4 L&I violations (2016). Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 960 1920 1
1849 S 54TH ST Investor / LLC $130K 3/1 1,234 1925 1 rented
1850 S 54TH ST Traded 3×: $25K in 2007 → $510K in 2025 (+1940%). Investor / LLC $104K 3/1 960 1920 3 rented
1851 S 54TH ST Appeal complete (2023). Absentee individual $130K 3/1 1,234 1925 0
1853 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,234 1925 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)

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