Who owns your block
1900 block of N Van Pelt St
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 8 homes behind $63,617 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 340% since 2016, now about $91K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $91K — 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 | $91K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 21% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 113 reported crimes (52 violent) and 114 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
- $91K typical home, up +340% since 2016
- Tax bill $254 to $479 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.6M assessed, $20,814/yr to the city, about $867 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +340% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +89% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1927 N Van Pelt St is assessed at $365K but pays $1,020 a year — about 20% of the $5,105 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 +14.4% 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 $440 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 10
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Lotus 04a Llc, carries 1 open violation across 88 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Lotus 04a Llc | 1 | 88 | $14M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philly Property Investors Inc | 1 | 3 | $371K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Stokes & Stokes Properties Llc | 1 | 3 | $946K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jrh Homes Inc | 1 | 1 | $35K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1911 N VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,560 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1913 N VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 4/1 | 1,560 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1915 N VAN PELT ST | Absentee individual | $66K | 4/1 | 1,560 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1917 N VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 4/1 | 1,560 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1919 N VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $133K | 4/1 | 1,560 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1921 N VAN PELT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $12K in 2017 → $70K in 2020 (+483%). | Absentee individual | $66K | 3/1 | 1,560 | 1915 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1923 N VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $133K | 4/1 | 1,560 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1925 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1927 N VAN PELT ST New constructionBought for $28K in 2020, built new (tax-abated), sold for $370K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $365K | 3/— | 1,788 | 2022 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 1929 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1931 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1933 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1935 N VAN PELT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $68K in 2004 → $65K in 2019 (-4%). | Investor / LLC | $130K | 4/1 | 1,504 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1937 N VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $130K | 4/1 | 1,504 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1939 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1941 N VAN PELT ST ImprovedBought for $4K in 2011. | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1943 N VAN PELT ST ImprovedBought for $1.3M in 2012. | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 3 | |
| 1945 N VAN PELT ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $10K in 2017, demolished in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $399K | 4/— | 1,957 | 2022 | 2 | |
| 1947 N VAN PELT ST Improved | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1949 N VAN PELT ST | Absentee individual | $130K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1951 N VAN PELT ST | Investor / LLC | $204K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1915 | 0 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1953 N VAN PELT ST | Owner-occupied | $116K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1915 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1955 N VAN PELT ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 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)