Who owns your block
1900 block of N 29th St
A mixed-ownership block: 45% owner-occupied, 27% investor-held, with 10 open code violations and 2 homes behind $12,355 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 366% since 2016, now about $89K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% a year.
- 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 $89K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $89K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 27% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 172 reported crimes (73 violent) and 158 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
- $89K typical home, up +366% since 2016
- Tax bill $263 to $1,247 a year, +15%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.1M assessed, $11,278/yr to the city, about $1,025 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +366% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +374% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1962 N 29th St is assessed at $91K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,279 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 +15% 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 $466 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 11 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Lotus 6 Llc, carries 1 open violation across 65 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Lotus 6 Llc | 1 | 65 | $9.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philadelphia Lotus 20 Llc | 1 | 35 | $6.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Joint Forces Development Llc | 1 | 7 | $777K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 11 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 N 29TH ST ImprovedBought for $900K in 2024. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $88K | 3/1 | 828 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1952 N 29TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $89K | 3/1 | 828 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1954 N 29TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $89K | 3/1 | 828 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1956 N 29TH ST | Absentee individual | $89K | 3/1 | 828 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1958 N 29TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $1K in 2002 → $100K in 2022 (+9900%). | Investor / LLC | $89K | 3/1 | 828 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1960 N 29TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $89K | 3/1 | 828 | 1915 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1961-65 N 29TH ST History4 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2018); 10 L&I violations (2020); 10 L&I violations (2022); Appeal complete (2024). | Absentee individual | $120K | —/— | 1,602 | 1915 | 0 | 10 violtax lien |
| 1962 N 29TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $10K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $91K | 3/1 | 966 | 1915 | 1 | abated |
| 1964 N 29TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $133K | 3/1 | 966 | 1915 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 1966 N 29TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Absentee individual | $142K | —/— | 1,590 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1967 N 29TH ST History3 L&I violations (2007). | Owner-occupied | $56K | 3/1 | 990 | 1915 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)