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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

1900 block of S 9th St

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 24% investor-held, with 9 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 96% since 2016, now about $284K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$284K
$82K–$6.7M
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$199
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$333K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $284K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $59K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 37
$69K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
57%
21 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
8%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-21%
value · tax −$745
5 years
+60%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+96%
value · tax +$2K

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 $284K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$284K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied35%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 125 reported crimes (27 violent) and 359 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
125
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
359
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts25
Theft from Vehicle22
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief19
Other Assaults18
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7

Top 311 complaints

Salting75
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection54
Illegal Dumping46
Maintenance Complaint33
Abandoned Vehicle31
Information Request18

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
Southwark
1835 S 9th St · 889 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$250K$500K$284K2016: $145K2017: $145K2018: $135K2019: $168K2020: $178K2021: $178K2022: $178K2023: $300K2024: $327K2025: $360K2026: $360K2027: $284K2016202020232027

▲ +96% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,3612016: $1,6142017: $1,6142018: $1,6142019: $1,9962020: $2,0482021: $2,0482022: $2,0482023: $3,6272024: $3,7672025: $4,0692026: $4,1062027: $3,3612016202020232027

▲ +108% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

5
5 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 $68,793 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%
$58,803pays now $94,125at the full rate

1901 S 9th St is assessed at $6.7M but pays $58,803 a year — about 62% of the $94,125 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9310025020162019202220252027This block 196 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $196 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+96%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.2 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 50 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
50arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 9 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 9

Value distribution today

2 parcels25 parcels4 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$82K$962K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Building Bok Lp66$9.2Mphila.gov ↗
Building 6 & 7 Lp22$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Reds Remixed Llc11$218Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 37 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1900 S 9TH ST Traded 2×: $360K in 2023 → $300K in 2025 (-17%). Investor / LLC $218K —/— 1,380 1920 2 rented
1901 S 9TH ST Investor / LLC $481K —/— 7,010 1936 0
1901 S 9TH ST Owner-occupied $481K —/— 14,300 1936 0 abated
1901 S 9TH ST Investor / LLC $481K —/— 8,734 1936 0
1901 S 9TH ST Owner-occupied $962K —/— 35,300 1936 0 abated
1901 S 9TH ST Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 17,254 1936 0
1901 S 9TH ST Investor / LLC $382K —/— 14,404 1936 0
1901 S 9TH ST Investor / LLC $82K —/— 1,219 1936 0
1901 S 9TH ST Investor / LLC $6.7M —/— 159,800 1936 0 abated
1902 S 9TH ST Bought for $58K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Absentee individual $243K 3/1 1,140 1925 3 rented
1904 S 9TH ST Bought for $105K in 2009, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $365K in 2025 (+248%). Owner-occupied $356K 2/1 1,176 1925 4
1906 S 9TH ST Bought for $98K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $282K 3/1 1,092 1925 1
1908 S 9TH ST Bought for $153K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Absentee individual $225K 3/1 980 1925 1
1910 S 9TH ST Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,004 1925 0
1912 S 9TH ST Bought for $235K in 2024. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,084 1925 1
1914 S 9TH ST Bought for $120K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $247K 3/1 1,204 1920 1
1916 S 9TH ST Bought for $90K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $231K —/— 1,464 1925 3
1918 S 9TH ST Bought for $285K in 2024. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $264K 2/1 936 1925 1
1920 S 9TH ST Bought for $247K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,140 1925 1
1922 S 9TH ST Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,140 1925 1
1924 S 9TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,140 1925 0
1926 S 9TH ST Traded 2×: $57K in 2002 → $80K in 2003 (+40%). Absentee individual $268K 3/1 1,350 1925 2 rented
1928 S 9TH ST Traded 4×: $67K in 2002 → $210K in 2016 (+213%). Owner-occupied $197K —/— 1,249 1925 4 4 viol
1930 S 9TH ST 2 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2012); sold $80K (2013); 4 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $268K 3/1 1,216 1925 1
1932 S 9TH ST Traded 3×: $68K in 2001 → $375K in 2022 (+451%). Owner-occupied $382K 3/1 1,482 1925 3
1933 S 9TH ST Traded 4×: $52K in 2001 → $130K in 2004 (+150%). Absentee individual $326K 3/1 1,808 1925 4 5 viol
1934 S 9TH ST Traded 2×: $160K in 2012 → $280K in 2022 (+75%). Owner-occupied $329K 3/1 1,482 1925 2
1935 S 9TH ST Bought for $67K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $300K in 2021 (+348%). Absentee individual $284K 3/1 1,400 1925 3
1936 S 9TH ST Bought for $75K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $150K in 2009. Owner-occupied $390K 3/1 1,482 1925 3 abated
1937 S 9TH ST Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,400 1925 1
1938 S 9TH ST Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,598 1925 0
1939 S 9TH ST sold $79K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2009). Owner-occupied $299K 3/1 1,520 1925 1
1940 S 9TH ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2003 → $100K in 2008 (+100%). Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,598 1925 2
1941 S 9TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,400 1925 0 abated
1942 S 9TH ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2001 → $40K in 2002 (+0%). Absentee individual $240K —/— 1,792 1925 2
1943 S 9TH ST Bought for $80K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Absentee individual $299K 3/1 1,520 1925 2
1945 S 9TH ST Bought for $38K in 2001. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $253K —/— 1,600 1925 1

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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