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Who owns your block

1900 block of Solly Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 109% since 2016, now about $381K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$381K
$35K–$399K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$227
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$400K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $381K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
50%
9 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
22%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax −$182
5 years
+79%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+109%
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 $381K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19152Philadelphia
Median home value$381K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied33%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 122 reported crimes (10 violent) and 42 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
122
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
42
6 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts86
All Other Offenses10
Other Assaults6
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Fraud3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint8
Street Trees7
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5
Shoveling5
Illegal Dumping4
Other (Streets)3

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
Louis H Farrell
8300 Castor Ave · 1255 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$381K2016: $183K2017: $183K2018: $183K2019: $199K2020: $213K2021: $213K2022: $213K2023: $304K2024: $304K2025: $369K2026: $369K2027: $381K2016202020232027

▲ +109% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,5272016: $2,4902017: $2,4902018: $2,4902019: $2,5452020: $2,7302021: $2,7302022: $2,8142023: $3,7282024: $3,5862025: $4,7092026: $4,7092027: $4,5272016202020232027

▲ +82% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

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:

12 homes pay the full 1.40%6 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 209 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $209 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+109%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
26arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 1 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels14 parcels
$35K$396K+

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

House by house

All 18 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
1901 SOLLY AVE Traded 4×: $120K in 2008 → $210K in 2012 (+75%). Owner-occupied $348K —/— 1,280 1940 4
1904 SOLLY AVE Absentee individual $381K —/— 1,680 1960 1 rented
1905 SOLLY AVE Absentee individual $321K —/— 1,320 1950 1
1906 SOLLY AVE Absentee individual $381K —/— 1,680 1960 1
1907 SOLLY AVE Absentee individual $321K —/— 1,320 1950 1
1908 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $95K in 2000 → $300K in 2022 (+216%). Absentee individual $396K —/— 1,680 1960 3
1910 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $140K in 2017 → $125K in 2017 (-11%). Absentee individual $381K —/— 1,680 1960 2 2 violtax lien
1911 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $371K —/— 1,575 1940 1
1912 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $97K in 2000 → $199K in 2016 (+105%). Owner-occupied $381K —/— 1,680 1960 3
1914 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $225K in 2005 → $195K in 2014 (-13%). Owner-occupied $396K —/— 1,680 1960 2 rented
1916 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $105K in 2001 → $400K in 2025 (+281%). Owner-occupied $381K 4/2 1,680 1960 3 rented
1918 SOLLY AVE Absentee individual $381K 4/2 1,680 1960 1
1919 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $399K —/— 1,814 1940 0
1920 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $381K —/— 1,680 1960 1
1922 SOLLY AVE Absentee individual $381K —/— 1,680 1960 1 rented
1923 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $365K —/— 1,530 1940 1
1935 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $326K —/— 1,205 1940 0
1937 SOLLY AVE Vacant $35K —/— 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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