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Who owns your block

1900 block of S 28th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 91% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 85% since 2016, now about $253K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year.

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
$253K
$226K–$317K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$226
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$260K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $253K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 23
$22K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
91%
21 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$188
5 years
+65%
value · tax +$483
10 years
+85%
value · tax +$648

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 $253K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$253K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied61%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 52 reported crimes (4 violent) and 188 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
52
4 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
188
42 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft16
Thefts8
Fraud7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Other Assaults4
Theft from Vehicle4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection82
Maintenance Complaint23
Abandoned Vehicle19
Alley Light Outage7
Salting7
Inlet Cleaning6

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
Universal Institute Charter School At Alcorn
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$250K$500K$253K2016: $137K2017: $137K2018: $137K2019: $143K2020: $154K2021: $154K2022: $154K2023: $212K2024: $212K2025: $238K2026: $238K2027: $253K2016202020232027

▲ +85% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1462016: $1,4982017: $1,4982018: $1,4982019: $1,5242020: $1,6142021: $1,6142022: $1,6632023: $1,8482024: $1,8482025: $1,9582026: $1,9582027: $2,1462016202020232027

▲ +43% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

1
1 property 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 $21,705 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

8 homes pay the full 1.40%15 pay less
$1,667pays now $3,775at the full rate

The starkest example: 1944 S 28th St is assessed at $270K but pays $1,667 a year — about 44% of the $3,775 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 185 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $185 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+85%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 31 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
31arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Absentee individual: 2 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels6 parcels2 parcels1 parcels10 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$226K$270K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1900 S 28TH ST L&I violation (2011). Owner-occupied $279K 3/1 1,120 1950 0
1902 S 28TH ST Bought for $120K in 2009. Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 2
1904 S 28TH ST Bought for $58K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1906 S 28TH ST Bought for $96K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $234K 3/1 1,120 1950 2
1908 S 28TH ST Bought for $130K in 2006. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 2
1910 S 28TH ST Bought for $170K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1912 S 28TH ST Bought for $50K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $234K 3/1 1,120 1950 2 rented
1914 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1916 S 28TH ST L&I violation (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011); sold $152K (2013). Owner-occupied $234K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1918 S 28TH ST Absentee individual $234K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1920 S 28TH ST Bought for $155K in 2006. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1922 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $245K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1924 S 28TH ST Bought for $67K in 2002. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $234K 3/1 1,120 1950 4
1926 S 28TH ST Traded 2×: $105K in 2004 → $100K in 2022 (-5%). Owner-occupied $245K 3/1 1,120 1950 2 2 viol
1928 S 28TH ST Bought for $115K in 2017. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $226K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1930 S 28TH ST Traded 2×: $200K in 2018 → $238K in 2019 (+19%). Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 2
1932 S 28TH ST Traded 3×: $139K in 2010 → $260K in 2026 (+88%). Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 1,120 1950 3
1934 S 28TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2003 → $275K in 2021 (+400%). Owner-occupied $317K 3/1 1,120 1950 2
1936 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $245K 3/1 1,120 1950 0
1938 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1940 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
1942 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,120 1950 0
1944 S 28TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,120 1950 0 abated

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.