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Who owns your block

1800 block of Van Kirk St

A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $166K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$166K
$163K–$246K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$252
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
43%
3 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
14%
1 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
+1%
value · tax +$34
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$872
10 years
+71%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $166K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19149 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19149 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19149Philadelphia
Median home value$166K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied29%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 41 reported crimes (15 violent) and 69 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
41
15 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
69
12 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults11
All Other Offenses8
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Thefts3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint22
Abandoned Vehicle11
Information Request5
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Smoke Detector4
Salting3

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
William H Ziegler
5935 Saul St · 507 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$166K2016: $97K2017: $97K2018: $97K2019: $101K2020: $105K2021: $105K2022: $105K2023: $131K2024: $131K2025: $164K2026: $164K2027: $166K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3212016: $1,0532017: $1,0532018: $1,3352019: $9352020: $9282021: $9282022: $1,4492023: $1,8342024: $1,8342025: $2,2872026: $2,2872027: $2,3212016202020232027

▲ +120% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2008201220162020
6arm's-length sales since 2006
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Absentee individual: 4 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$163K$179K+

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

House by house

All 7 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1811 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $179K 2/1 657 1950 0
1813 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $163K 2/1 657 1950 1 rented
1815 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $166K 2/1 657 1950 0
1817 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $166K 2/1 657 1950 0
1819 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $166K 2/1 657 1950 1
1821 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $166K 2/1 657 1950 1
1823 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $74K in 2006 → $175K in 2021 (+137%). Absentee individual $246K 3/1 657 1950 3

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.