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Who owns your block

1900 block of E Sterner St

An investor-heavy block: 57% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 3 homes behind $1,957 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 374% since 2016, now about $17K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$17K
$16K–$17K
ZIP median $113K
Vs. Philadelphia
0.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$232
typical · up to $239
city ≈$3K/yr
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2K
3 of 7 behind
▲ block 43% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-47%
value · tax −$203
5 years
+374%
value · tax +$183
10 years
+374%
value · tax +$183

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 $17K — about 0.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$17K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied0%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 273 reported crimes (41 violent) and 154 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
273
41 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
154
26 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses88
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations41
Disorderly Conduct37
Vagrancy/Loitering23
Other Assaults19
Thefts10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint31
Homeless Encampment Request15
Opioid Response Unit14
Abandoned Vehicle11
Construction Complaints9
Information Request9

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-4
Frances Willard
1930 E Elkhart St · 352 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$25K$50K$17K2016: $4K2017: $4K2018: $4K2019: $4K2020: $4K2021: $4K2022: $4K2023: $30K2024: $30K2025: $31K2026: $31K2027: $17K2016202020232027

▲ +374% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$2322016: $492017: $492018: $492019: $492020: $492021: $492022: $492023: $4162024: $4162025: $4352026: $4352027: $2322016202020232027

▲ +373% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +15.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 474 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $474 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+15.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+374%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+15.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+12.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+8.7 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5K$10K20022003
4arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Vacant: 7 7parcels
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels2 parcels
$16K$17K+

The block's largest owner, Stable Genius LLC, carries 11 open violations across 51 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Stable Genius LLC151$1.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Shiraz Investment LLC227$794Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Wild River Enterprises Ll13$89Kphila.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 7 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$25K$50K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1907 E STERNER ST Vacant $17K 0
1909 E STERNER ST Bought for $8K in 2002. Vacant $16K 1 tax lien
1911 E STERNER ST Bought for $500 in 2000. Vacant $17K 1 tax lien
1913 E STERNER ST Bought for $8K in 2002. Vacant $17K 1 tax lien
1915 E STERNER ST Bought for $5K in 2003. Vacant $17K 1 tax lien
1917 E STERNER ST Vacant $17K 0
1919 E STERNER ST Vacant $17K 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.