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Who owns your block

1900 block of South St

A mixed-ownership block: 37% owner-occupied, 7% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $38,473 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 160% since 2016, now about $807K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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
$807K
$223K–$1.5M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$385
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$725K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $807K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $21K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
37%
10 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
19%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$38K
1 of 27 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax +$767
5 years
+30%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+144%
value · tax +$7K

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 $807K — about 3.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$807K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied22%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 201 reported crimes (23 violent) and 506 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
201
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
506
37 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts125
Other Assaults17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Theft from Vehicle12
All Other Offenses6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection96
Graffiti Removal66
Salting53
Information Request52
Sanitation Violation32
Maintenance Complaint30

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 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$500K$1.0M$807K2016: $310K2017: $331K2018: $465K2019: $636K2020: $621K2021: $621K2022: $621K2023: $648K2024: $648K2025: $711K2026: $711K2027: $807K2016202020232027

▲ +160% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,5012016: $3,8492017: $3,8492018: $4,8672019: $7,7022020: $7,7792021: $8,0642022: $8,0642023: $9,0332024: $9,0752025: $9,7342026: $9,7342027: $10,5012016202020232027

▲ +173% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 260 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $260 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+160%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.6 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 17 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
17arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 27 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 16 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 16

Value distribution today

6 parcels1 parcels2 parcels4 parcels5 parcels5 parcels4 parcels
$223K$1.2M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Living Revocable Trust Of15$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Nikee Properties Ltd Llc11$975Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 27 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1900-02 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 2,592 2005 0
1904 SOUTH ST Traded 3×: $125K in 2001 → $445K in 2007 (+256%). Absentee individual $677K —/— 2,090 1915 3
1906 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $824K —/— 2,544 1915 0 1 viol
1908 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $1000K —/— 3,240 1915 0 1 viol
1910 SOUTH ST Vacant land, last sold for $325K in 2010. Absentee individual $1.1M 8/4 3,096 2011 2 rented
1912-14 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $1.5M —/— 4,972 1915 0 rented
1916 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $905K —/— 2,208 1979 0
1918 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $1.2M 3/2 2,208 1979 1
1920 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $850K —/— 2,199 1979 0
1922 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $856K —/— 1,995 1979 0
1924 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $905K 3/1 2,208 1979 1
1926 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $501K 2/2 1,772 1900 1
1926 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $385K 1/1 793 1900 0
1926 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $501K 2/1 1,300 1900 0
1928 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $884K —/— 3,456 1915 1 rented
1930 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $138K in 1999 → $497K in 2006 (+261%). Owner-occupied $750K —/2 2,244 1915 2
1932 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $223K 1/1 560 1900 0
1932 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $245K 1/1 635 1900 0
1932 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $241K 1/1 620 1900 0
1934 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $245K 1/1 635 1900 0
1934 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $241K 1/1 620 1900 0
1934 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $223K 1/1 560 1900 0
1936 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $740K —/— 2,154 1915 0
1938 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $740K 6/3 2,154 1915 1 rented
1940 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $807K —/— 2,490 1915 1 rentedtax lien
1942 SOUTH ST Investor / LLC $975K —/— 2,760 1915 1
1944 SOUTH ST Traded 3×: $279K in 2000 → $950K in 2025 (+241%). Owner-occupied $988K —/— 3,202 1915 3

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

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.