Who owns your block
1800 block of W Venango St
A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 14 open code violations and 12 homes behind $77,936 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 115% since 2016, now about $189K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.
- 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 $189K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $189K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 19% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 162 reported crimes (66 violent) and 207 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
- $189K typical home, up +115% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,059 to $2,282 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.7M assessed, $71,108/yr to the city, about $1,975 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +115% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +115% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1830 W Venango St is assessed at $266K but pays $2,767 a year — about 74% of the $3,716 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 +7.2% 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 $215 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 36 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 36 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 8
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Wilmington Savings Fund Society Fsb Tr, carries 26 open violations across 56 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Savings Fund Society Fsb Tr | 1 | 56 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Spire Property Services Llc | 1 | 20 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Livland Depot Llc | 1 | 7 | $513K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Norym Investment Co | 2 | 5 | $873K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Spire Property Services | 1 | 3 | $81K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Williams Visions Llc | 1 | 1 | $163K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Legends Investments Llc | 1 | 1 | $218K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ram Phila Community 2 Llc | 1 | 1 | $41K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 36 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 W VENANGO ST ImprovedBought for $40K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $195K | —/— | 4,143 | 1930 | 3 | rented |
| 1803 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $163K | —/— | 2,356 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1805 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $25K in 2005 → $155K in 2019 (+520%). | Absentee individual | $221K | 6/— | 2,528 | 1930 | 5 | rented |
| 1807 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $211K | —/— | 2,356 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1809 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $232K | —/— | 2,733 | 1930 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 1811 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 1,573 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 1812 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $184K | —/— | 2,688 | 1915 | 0 | 4 violtax lien |
| 1813 W VENANGO ST LandVacant land, last sold for $116K in 2006. | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 1,573 | 2007 | 1 | rented |
| 1814 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $224K | 3/— | 2,683 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1815 W VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal moot (2009). | Vacant | $36K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1816 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $224K | —/— | 2,683 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1817 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2019 → $108K in 2023 (+95%). | Investor / LLC | $163K | —/— | 2,356 | 1930 | 2 | 6 viol |
| 1818 W VENANGO ST ImprovedBought for $38K in 2022. | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1819 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $45K in 2005 → $700K in 2025 (+1456%). | Investor / LLC | $218K | —/— | 2,694 | 1930 | 4 | |
| 1820 W VENANGO ST Historysold $28K (2021); Appeal granted with conditions (2021); Appeal complete (2022). | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1821 W VENANGO ST | Investor / LLC | $251K | —/— | 3,090 | 1930 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1822 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $218K | —/— | 3,788 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1823 W VENANGO ST | Investor / LLC | $216K | —/— | 2,397 | 1930 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 1824 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1825 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $130K | 6/2 | 2,516 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 1826 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1827 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $220K | —/— | 2,516 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1828 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $90K in 2011 → $650K in 2025 (+622%). | Owner-occupied | $194K | 5/3 | 3,000 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 1829 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $168K | —/— | 2,516 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1830 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 3,000 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1831 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $220K | —/— | 2,516 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1832 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $14K in 2010 → $3K in 2018 (-79%). | Owner-occupied | $266K | 5/3 | 3,000 | 1915 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1833 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $168K | —/— | 2,516 | 1930 | 1 | 2 violtax lien |
| 1834 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $43K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1835 W VENANGO ST ImprovedBought for $24K in 2006. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $130K | 3/3 | 2,516 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 1836 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $4K in 2005 → $240K in 2020 (+5900%). | Investor / LLC | $199K | 5/2 | 3,000 | 1915 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1837 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1838 W VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal denied (2008). | Owner-occupied | $340K | —/— | 5,010 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1839 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1841 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $168K | —/— | 2,516 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1843 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2006 → $23K in 2016 (-25%). | Owner-occupied | $201K | —/— | 3,417 | 1930 | 2 | tax lien |
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)