Who owns your block
1900 block of N 9th St
A mixed-ownership block: 4% owner-occupied, 22% investor-held, with 1 home behind $1,281 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 1341% since 2016, now about $66K. Property taxes are climbing about 32% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $66K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19122 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $66K | $278K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 21% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 103 reported crimes (32 violent) and 119 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
- $66K typical home, up +1341% since 2016
- Tax bill $242 to $112 a year, -32%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $16M assessed, $199,371/yr to the city, about $8,668 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +1341% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -54% since 2018 · ~-32%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1953 N 9th St is assessed at $559K but pays $1,565 a year — about 20% of the $7,825 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 +27.5% 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 $1441 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 22 arm's-length sales since 1991. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 10
- Vacant 8
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 7 | 4773 | $1418M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philadelphia Land Bank (individual) | 3 | 2498 | $133M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Golden Rule Llc | 1 | 34 | $21M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Phila Housing Auth (individual) | 2 | 14 | $4.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bsk Ph Development Llc | 1 | 12 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Uncommon Properties Lp | 1 | 2 | $654K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Paseo Verde New Market Lp | 1 | 1 | $12M | phila.gov ↗ |
| K & K 1336 Erie Qof Llc | 1 | 1 | $62K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 N 9TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit. | Investor / LLC | $12M | —/— | 159,580 | 2012 | 0 | rented |
| 1907 N 9TH ST New constructionBought for $30K in 2025, built new under a 2021 permit. | Investor / LLC | $68K | —/— | 2,364 | 2025 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 1909 N 9TH ST History2 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $68K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1911 N 9TH ST New constructionBought for $44K in 2014, built new under a 2021 permit. | Absentee individual | $68K | —/— | 1,827 | 2026 | 4 | rented |
| 1913 N 9TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $184K | —/— | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1915-17 N 9TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $44K | —/— | 3,036 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1919 N 9TH ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2011. Owner pulled a use permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $379K | 5/— | 1,107 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1921 N 9TH ST History2 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1923 N 9TH ST History2 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1925 N 9TH ST New constructionBought for $267K in 2017, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $22K | —/— | 1,472 | 2018 | 1 | abated |
| 1927 N 9TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2010, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $325K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $293K | 6/— | 1,683 | 2011 | 2 | |
| 1929 N 9TH ST New constructionBought for $15K in 2010, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $363K in 2026. | Absentee individual | $307K | —/— | 1,410 | 1960 | 3 | |
| 1931 N 9TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017). | Absentee individual | $44K | —/— | 2,944 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1933 N 9TH ST New constructionBought for $267K in 2017, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $22K | —/— | 1,472 | 2018 | 1 | abated |
| 1935 N 9TH ST History2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1937 N 9TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $1K in 1991 → $10K in 2017 (+900%). | Vacant | $62K | —/— | — | — | 2 | tax lien |
| 1939 N 9TH ST History2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $64K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1941 N 9TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit, sold for $154K in 2021. | Vacant | $62K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1943-51 N 9TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $88K | —/— | 6,679 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1950 N 9TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit. | Absentee individual | $1.3M | —/— | 80,810 | 2012 | 0 | rented |
| 1953 N 9TH ST New constructionBought for $73K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $559K | —/— | 1,686 | 2022 | 4 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1955 N 9TH ST New constructionBought for $348K in 2017, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $22K | —/— | 1,546 | 2018 | 1 | abated |
| 1957 N 9TH ST History2 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2021). | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 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)