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.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Ownership
This block is 100% investor-owned with zero owner-occupancy, making it entirely a rental or flip market with no permanent residents.
- 02Appreciation
The $475K value is 2.1x the city median despite $35K median household income and $1K median rent in the surrounding area.
- 03Safety
The block recorded 81 crimes in the past 12 months with 32 classified as violent, averaging nearly one incident per week.
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.
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 block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $475K | $79K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 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.
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.
What it's worth, and where taxes are going
- $475K typical home, up +311% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,618 to $6,649 a year, +14%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $475K assessed, $6,649/yr to the city, about $6,649 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +311% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +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
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.
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.
Who owns it
Ownership of 1 parcels
- Investor / LLC 1
Value distribution today
Not enough data.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Valdez Productions LLC | 1 | 1 | $475K | 1318 W Lycoming St, Philadelphia PA, 19140 | 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 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).
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 W SOMERSET ST Industrial HistoryInspection passed (2002); 3 L&I violations (2009); Appeal complete (2024); sold $400K (2024). | Investor / LLC | $475K | 9,048 | 1925 | 1 |
Neighborhood
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This is the 1800 block of W Somerset St,
on paper.
1 homes. Every deed, permit, L&I violation, tax bill and sale the city has on file — one report.
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Who owns what, what they paid, what they built, what they owe. Scroll and it's all here — the paid part is not the data.
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What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the map (tap any building, even off this block), the who-really-pays bar, and the house-by-house roster. Every address opens its own report.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)