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Who owns your block

1900 block of E Cornwall St

An industrial block: 2 industrial and commercial buildings, with 1 parcel behind $350 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 381% since 2016, now about $240K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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
    Appreciation

    Commercial properties on this block gained 381% in value since 2016, averaging 15.3% per year versus the city rate of 6.5%.

  2. 02
    Taxes

    Annual tax increases of 15% have outpaced the city average, adding carrying costs to the $240K median commercial value.

  3. 03
    Safety

    155 crimes occurred within 200 meters in the past 12 months, including 63 violent incidents, alongside 201 service requests.

By the Numbers

Median value
$240K
$187K–$293K
ZIP median $117K
Commercial
$240K
2 buildings · $62/sqft
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $230K
Median built
1913
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 2
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$350
1 of 2 behind
▲ block 50% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+41%
value · tax +$974
5 years
+348%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+381%
value · tax +$3K

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 parcel here is $240K — about 1.0× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19134 median of $117K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$240K$117K$230K
Owner-occupied0%36%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 155 reported crimes (63 violent) and 201 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
155
63 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
201
59 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults37
All Other Offenses28
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
Aggravated Assault No Firearm13
Thefts11
Fraud9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint45
Illegal Dumping35
Abandoned Vehicle28
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Information Request13
License Complaint8

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
John H Webster
3400 Frankford Ave · 413 students
Middle
Memphis St Charter At Jp Jones
High
Kensington Campus

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$240K2016: $50K2017: $50K2018: $51K2019: $53K2020: $54K2021: $54K2022: $54K2023: $82K2024: $82K2025: $170K2026: $170K2027: $240K2016202020232027

▲ +381% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,3582016: $6992017: $6992018: $7142019: $7462020: $7502021: $7502022: $7502023: $1,1482024: $1,1482025: $2,3842026: $2,3842027: $3,3582016202020232027

▲ +380% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +15.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 481 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $481 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+15.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+381%
since 2016
Real return
+12.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+8.8 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years). Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 3 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$25K$50K2004200820122016
3arm's-length sales since 2001
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 2 parcels

Absentee individual: 2 2parcels
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels
$187K$187K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

Parcel by parcel

All 2 parcels 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 parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1920 E CORNWALL ST Industrial building Bought for $30K in 2001. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. Absentee individual $187K 3,392 1926 3
1922-24 E CORNWALL ST Industrial building Absentee individual $293K 4,190 1900 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$-667M
household
Own vs. rent
38%
owner-occupied
Median age
22
residents
Median rent
$-667M
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.