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Who owns your block

1800 block of W Somerset St

An investor-heavy block: 100% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 311% since 2016, now about $475K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% 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.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Ownership

    This block is 100% investor-owned with zero owner-occupancy, making it entirely a rental or flip market with no permanent residents.

  2. 02
    Appreciation

    The $475K value is 2.1x the city median despite $35K median household income and $1K median rent in the surrounding area.

  3. 03
    Safety

    The block recorded 81 crimes in the past 12 months with 32 classified as violent, averaging nearly one incident per week.

By the Numbers

Median value
$475K
$475K–$475K
ZIP median $79K
Price / sq ft
$52
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
2.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$400K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $475K
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 1
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%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 100% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+94%
value · tax +$3K
5 years
+262%
value · tax +$5K
10 years
+311%
value · tax +$5K

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 $475K — about 2.1× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19132Philadelphia
Median home value$475K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied0%26%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 81 reported crimes (32 violent) and 78 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
81
32 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
78
16 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses21
Other Assaults16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
Thefts6
Receiving Stolen Property5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint20
Illegal Dumping15
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection11
Abandoned Vehicle6
Other (Streets)6
Digital Navigator Request3

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 · K-5
Thomas M Peirce
2300 W Cambria St · 292 students
Middle · K-8
E Washington Rhodes
2900 W Clearfield St · 350 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$250K$500K$475K2016: $116K2017: $116K2018: $131K2019: $131K2020: $131K2021: $131K2022: $131K2023: $158K2024: $158K2025: $244K2026: $244K2027: $475K2016202020232027

▲ +311% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,6492016: $1,6182017: $1,6182018: $1,8272019: $1,8272020: $1,8382021: $1,8382022: $1,8382023: $2,2062024: $2,2062025: $3,4202026: $3,4202027: $6,6492016202020232027

▲ +311% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +13.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 411 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $411 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+13.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+311%
since 2016
Net rental yield
1.7%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+15.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+12.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+7.2 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2024. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2024
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 1 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1 1parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1

Value distribution today

Not enough data.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Ray Valdez Productions LLC11$475K1318 W Lycoming St, Philadelphia PA, 19140phila.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 1 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1800 W SOMERSET ST Industrial Inspection passed (2002); 3 L&I violations (2009); Appeal complete (2024); sold $400K (2024). Investor / LLC $475K 9,048 1925 1

Neighborhood

Median income
$35K
household
Own vs. rent
29%
owner-occupied
Median age
23.6
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

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. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly; the masthead date is when this page's records were last pulled. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.