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Who owns your block

1900 block of Catharine St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 2 homes behind $11,487 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 110% since 2016, now about $679K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$679K
$399K–$1.6M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$405
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$1.0M
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $679K
Tax / yr
$8K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 24
$72K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
71%
17 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
29%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
2 of 24 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$767
5 years
+36%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+110%
value · tax +$4K

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.

2027
  • 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 $679K — about 3.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$679K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied33%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 84 reported crimes (16 violent) and 390 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
84
16 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
390
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts22
Theft from Vehicle17
Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection120
Salting52
Graffiti Removal34
Shoveling28
Maintenance Complaint21
Information Request17

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
Marian Anderson Neighborhood Academy
2000 Catharine St · 348 students
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$500K$1.0M$679K2016: $324K2017: $324K2018: $324K2019: $436K2020: $498K2021: $498K2022: $498K2023: $535K2024: $535K2025: $629K2026: $629K2027: $679K2016202020232027

▲ +110% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,5732016: $3,9402017: $3,9402018: $4,0352019: $5,1892020: $4,6522021: $4,9892022: $5,5382023: $5,9852024: $5,9852025: $6,8062026: $6,8062027: $7,5732016202020232027

▲ +92% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

7
7 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $72,203 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

9 homes pay the full 1.40%15 pay less
$7,017pays now $21,716at the full rate

The starkest example: 1905 Catharine St is assessed at $1.6M but pays $7,017 a year — about 32% of the $21,716 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 210 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $210 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+110%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.5 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 53 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20002005201020152020
53arm's-length sales since 1999
2times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Absentee individual: 7 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels4 parcels6 parcels3 parcels2 parcels5 parcels
$399K$900K+

The block's largest owner, Kevin J Wright, carries 16 open violations across 12 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Kevin J Wright (individual)212$3.0Mphila.gov ↗
Benjamin Siegel-Wallace (individual)22$1.4Mphila.gov ↗

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 24 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1900 CATHARINE ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $677K —/— 1,734 1925 0 abated
1902 CATHARINE ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $399K 3/1 1,004 1925 0 rentedabatedtax lien
1903 CATHARINE ST Old house bought for $365K in 2017, demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2016), then sold for $1.1M in 2024. Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/— 2,224 2018 6 abated
1904 CATHARINE ST 4 L&I violations (2009). Absentee individual $502K 3/1 1,136 1925 0 rented
1905 CATHARINE ST Bought for $565K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.4M in 2020. Owner-occupied $1.6M 4/4 3,390 1925 4 abated
1906 CATHARINE ST Bought for $205K in 2004. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $788K —/— 1,872 1925 3
1907 CATHARINE ST Traded 4×: $151K in 2000 → $860K in 2024 (+470%). Owner-occupied $836K 3/2 2,033 1925 4 tax lien
1908 CATHARINE ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Absentee individual $452K 3/1 1,208 1925 0 rented
1909 CATHARINE ST Owner-occupied $553K 3/1 1,472 1925 0 abated
1910 CATHARINE ST Bought for $130K in 2004, electrical permit in 2009, sold for $330K in 2012 (+154%). Absentee individual $632K —/— 1,460 1915 3 rented
1911 CATHARINE ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $762K —/— 2,033 1925 0
1912 CATHARINE ST Bought for $52K in 2003. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Absentee individual $461K —/— 1,600 1925 2 rented
1913 CATHARINE ST built new under a 2021 permit. Owner-occupied $898K —/— 2,960 1915 0
1914 CATHARINE ST Bought for $75K in 2004, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $790K in 2018. Owner-occupied $900K 3/2 1,838 2005 4
1916 CATHARINE ST L&I violation (2012); 3 L&I violations (2017); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2025). Absentee individual $652K —/— 1,734 1915 0 rented1 violtax lien
1918 CATHARINE ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $680K 3/3 1,678 2018 0 abated
1918 CATHARINE ST Bought for $385K in 2017, built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $603K 3/3 1,368 2018 1 abated
1920 CATHARINE ST Bought for $90K in 1999, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $660K in 2023. Owner-occupied $750K 4/2 1,734 1925 5
1922 CATHARINE ST Bought for $245K in 2011, demolition permit in 2011, sold for $685K in 2021 (+427%). Owner-occupied $750K 3/2 1,734 1925 6
1924 CATHARINE ST Owner-occupied $561K —/— 1,440 1925 1
1926 CATHARINE ST Bought for $64K in 2001, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $635K in 2023. Owner-occupied $671K 4/2 1,734 1925 2
1928 CATHARINE ST Traded 2×: $105K in 2001 → $385K in 2006 (+267%). Absentee individual $683K —/— 1,734 1925 2
1930 CATHARINE ST Bought for $160K in 2009, electrical permit in 2010, sold for $687K in 2016 (+330%). Owner-occupied $757K 3/1 1,973 1925 3 rented
1932 CATHARINE ST Traded 7×: $25K in 2000 → $460K in 2021 (+1740%). Owner-occupied $611K 2/1 1,286 1925 7

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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