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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.

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
$66K
$22K–$12M
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$29
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$30K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $66K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $162K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 23
$18K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
4%
1 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
26%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
1 of 23 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
10
9 homes · ZBA & boards
block 39% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+181%
value · tax +$0
10 years
+260%
value · tax +$0

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 $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 blockZIP 19122Philadelphia
Median home value$66K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied0%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.

Crimes · 12mo
103
32 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
119
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts21
Other Assaults18
Theft from Vehicle13
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint45
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Illegal Dumping13
Abandoned Vehicle8
Salting8
Information Request5

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
Paul Laurence Dunbar
1750 N 12th St · 223 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 students

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$125K$250K$66K2016: $5K2017: $18K2018: $19K2019: $19K2020: $21K2021: $24K2022: $24K2023: $77K2024: $77K2025: $63K2026: $63K2027: $66K2016202020232027

▲ +1341% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$1122018: $2422019: $2582020: $112201820192020

▼ -54% since 2018 · ~-32%/yr

8
8 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 $17,667 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,565pays now $7,825at the full rate

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

95100200020162019202220252027This block 1441 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+27.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+1341%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+27.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+24.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+21 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 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

$0$250K$500K2012201620202024
22arm's-length sales since 1991
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 8 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 8

Value distribution today

16 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$22K$559K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)74773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)32498$133Mphila.gov ↗
Golden Rule Llc134$21Mphila.gov ↗
Phila Housing Auth (individual)214$4.1Mphila.gov ↗
Bsk Ph Development Llc112$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Uncommon Properties Lp12$654Kphila.gov ↗
Paseo Verde New Market Lp11$12Mphila.gov ↗
K & K 1336 Erie Qof Llc11$62Kphila.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

$0$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1900 N 9TH ST built new under a 2016 permit. Investor / LLC $12M —/— 159,580 2012 0 rented
1907 N 9TH ST Bought for $30K in 2025, built new under a 2021 permit. Investor / LLC $68K —/— 2,364 2025 2 rentedtax lien
1909 N 9TH ST 2 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 Bought for $44K in 2014, built new under a 2021 permit. Absentee individual $68K —/— 1,827 2026 4 rented
1913 N 9TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $184K —/— 1,050 1920 0 abated
1915-17 N 9TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $44K —/— 3,036 2018 0 abated
1919 N 9TH ST Bought for $50K in 2011. Owner pulled a use permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $379K 5/— 1,107 1920 1 rented
1921 N 9TH ST 2 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 2 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 Bought for $267K in 2017, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $22K —/— 1,472 2018 1 abated
1927 N 9TH ST Bought 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 Bought 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 demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017). Absentee individual $44K —/— 2,944 2018 0 abated
1933 N 9TH ST Bought for $267K in 2017, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $22K —/— 1,472 2018 1 abated
1935 N 9TH ST 2 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 Traded 2×: $1K in 1991 → $10K in 2017 (+900%). Vacant $62K —/— 2 tax lien
1939 N 9TH ST 2 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 built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $154K in 2021. Vacant $62K —/— 1 tax lien
1943-51 N 9TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $88K —/— 6,679 2018 0 abated
1950 N 9TH ST built new under a 2014 permit. Absentee individual $1.3M —/— 80,810 2012 0 rented
1953 N 9TH ST Bought 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 Bought for $348K in 2017, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $22K —/— 1,546 2018 1 abated
1957 N 9TH ST 2 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)

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