Philadelphia property report
1800 block of W Glenwood Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 36% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 6 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($30,830 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 305% since 2016, now about $98K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% a year.
- 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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $98K — about 0.4× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $84K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $98K | $84K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 43% | 35% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 151 reported crimes (about 13 a month, 42% of them violent) and 242 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
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.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +13.5% 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 $405 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 9 arm's-length sales since 1990. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Community Development Coali (institution / nonprofit) | 1 | 7 | $396K | 349 Pelham Rd, Philadelphia PA, 19119 | phila.gov ↗ |
| Femex LLC | 1 | 6 | $1.3M | 1215 Sage La, Chalfont PA, 18914 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Pluto Investments LLC | 1 | 3 | $234K | Po Box 3775, Philadelphia PA, 19101 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 100 Billion LLC | 1 | 3 | $216K | 136 W 7th St, Chester PA, 19013 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Group Up Realty LLC | 1 | 1 | $87K | 7610 N Front St, Cheltenham PA, 19012 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 16 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).
Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 W GLENWOOD AVE Apartment building ImprovedBought for $10K in 2013. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $135K20162027 | —/— | 2,140 | 1920 | 1 | $14K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1801 W GLENWOOD AVE Vacant lot New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Vacant | $1.2M20162027 | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1806-08 W GLENWOOD AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $73K20162027 | 3/1 | 930 | 1925 | 0 | $69 tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1810 W GLENWOOD AVE | Owner-occupied | $98K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,300 | 1925 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified$7K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1812 W GLENWOOD AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $98K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,300 | 1925 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1814 W GLENWOOD AVE | Owner-occupied | $98K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,300 | 1925 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1816 W GLENWOOD AVE | Owner-occupied | $98K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,300 | 1925 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverifiedlien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1818 W GLENWOOD AVE | Owner-occupied | $98K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,300 | 1925 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1820 W GLENWOOD AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $98K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,300 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1822 W GLENWOOD AVE | Absentee individual | $98K20162027 | 4/1 | 1,300 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1824 W GLENWOOD AVE ImprovedBought for $25K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Investor / LLC | $65K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,312 | 1925 | 2 | licensed rental |
| 1826 W GLENWOOD AVE History8 L&I violations (2009); Inspection failed ×2 (2009); sold $12K (2009); Inspection failed (2010); L&I violation (2016); Inspection failed ×2 (2016); 7 L&I violations (2017); L&I: 6 failed, 2 passed (2017). | Investor / LLC | $87K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,312 | 1925 | 1 | $3K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1828 W GLENWOOD AVE | Investor / LLC | $92K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,230 | 1925 | 0 | $4K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1830 W GLENWOOD AVE Apartment building New constructionBought for $60K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $130K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $101K20162027 | 2/2 | 1,140 | 1925 | 2 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1832 W GLENWOOD AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $10K in 1990, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $65K in 2022 (+551%). | Investor / LLC | $78K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1925 | 2 | 6 viol |
| 1834 W GLENWOOD AVE | Investor / LLC | $80K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,100 | 1925 | 1 | $4K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)