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Who owns your block

1900 block of Spring Garden St

A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 22% investor-held, with 11 open code violations and 1 home behind $39 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 129% since 2016, now about $689K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$689K
$74K–$1.3M
ZIP median $457K
Price / sq ft
$345
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$758K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $689K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $19K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1900
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
38%
26 of 69
city 41%
Rentals
35%
24 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
11
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$39
1 of 69 behind
▼ block 1% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
10
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+38%
value · tax +$4K
5 years
+90%
value · tax +$5K
10 years
+108%
value · tax +$6K

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 $689K — about 3.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19130Philadelphia
Median home value$689K$457K$223K
Owner-occupied19%37%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 69 reported crimes (12 violent) and 189 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
69
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
189
16 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts13
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Fraud10
Other Assaults7
Theft from Vehicle6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Other (Streets)20
Street Defect20
Illegal Dumping18
Traffic Signal Emergency18
Graffiti Removal9

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
Laura W Waring
1801 Green St · 170 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$689K2016: $301K2017: $331K2018: $340K2019: $363K2020: $363K2021: $363K2022: $363K2023: $417K2024: $417K2025: $501K2026: $501K2027: $689K2016202020232027

▲ +129% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$9,5492016: $2,7172017: $3,3182018: $4,4992019: $4,5332020: $4,9432021: $4,7612022: $4,7612023: $5,5842024: $5,5472025: $5,6062026: $5,6992027: $9,5492016202020232027

▲ +251% since 2016 · ~+12%/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 +7.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 229 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $229 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+129%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.3 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 56 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M2004201020162022
19arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
56homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 69 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26Investor / LLC: 14Absentee individual: 27Vacant: 2 69parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26
  • Investor / LLC 14
  • Absentee individual 27
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

5 parcels11 parcels2 parcels11 parcels18 parcels13 parcels9 parcels
$74K$1.1M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Tiny Pieces Llc613$4.5Mphila.gov ↗
Wp Commonwealth Lp112$8.4Mphila.gov ↗
Trinity Investments Llc24$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Skyway Llc22$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
1910 Spring Garden Llc11$207Kphila.gov ↗
1917 Spring Garden St Llc11$793Kphila.gov ↗
1933 Associates Lp11$740Kphila.gov ↗
1933 Associates L P11$761Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 69 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 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $829K —/— 3,780 1890 0 2 viol
1901 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $148K —/— 8,152 1880 0 3 viol
1902 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2015. Absentee individual $1.1M —/— 3,780 1890 0 rented
1903 SPRING GARDEN ST Bought for $750K in 2013. Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 8,434 1920 1 rented
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $524K 2/2 1,171 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $718K 2/2 2,134 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $524K 2/2 1,171 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $526K 2/2 1,176 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $524K 2/2 1,169 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $524K 2/2 1,169 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $524K 2/2 1,169 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $524K 2/2 1,169 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $508K 2/1 1,129 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $695K 3/3 2,036 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $526K 2/2 1,176 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $507K 2/1 1,126 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $682K 3/3 1,982 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $717K 2/2 2,131 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $714K 2/2 2,120 2007 0
1904-08 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $689K 2/2 2,146 2007 0
1905 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $925K —/— 5,901 1890 0 rented
1910 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $207K —/— 1,524 2014 0 tax lien
1910 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $688K 2/2 1,815 2014 0
1910 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/2 3,124 2014 0 tax lien
1910 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $688K 2/2 1,815 2014 0
1910 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $688K 2/2 1,815 2014 0
1912 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $388K 2/1 1,076 1900 0
1912 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $235K 1/1 517 1900 0
1912 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $228K 1/1 494 1900 0
1912 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $313K 1/1 786 1900 0
1912 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $177K 1/1 641 1900 0 rented
1912 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $259K 1/1 596 1900 0 rented
1913 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $74K —/— 3,195 1920 0 rented
1914 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $874K —/— 4,675 1885 0 1 viol
1915 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $568K —/— 3,090 1890 0 rented
1916 SPRING GARDEN ST sold $303K (2003); Appeal sustained (2009). Absentee individual $874K —/— 3,600 1885 1 rented
1917 SPRING GARDEN ST Traded 3×: $500K in 2007 → $992K in 2022 (+98%). Investor / LLC $793K —/— 3,342 1880 3 rented
1918 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $775K —/— 3,600 1885 0 rented
1919 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $740K —/— 3,216 1880 1 rented
1920 SPRING GARDEN ST Vacant $779K —/— 0
1921 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $930K —/— 3,795 1920 0 tax lien
1922 SPRING GARDEN ST Vacant $780K —/— 0
1923 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $1.1M —/— 4,425 1920 0
1924 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $1.3M —/— 5,250 1962 0
1925 SPRING GARDEN ST Traded 2×: $240K in 2000 → $1.1M in 2017 (+338%). Investor / LLC $740K —/— 3,750 1880 2 rented
1926 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $329K —/1 863 1900 0
1926 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $268K —/1 638 1900 0 tax lien
1926 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $335K —/1 883 1900 0
1926 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $832K 2/2 1,213 1900 0
1926 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $246K —/1 563 1900 0
1926 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $808K 2/2 1,163 1900 0
1927 SPRING GARDEN ST Traded 2×: $225K in 2000 → $1.1M in 2017 (+367%). Investor / LLC $764K —/— 4,155 1850 2 rented
1928 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $873K 2/2 1,148 1900 0
1928 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $896K 2/2 1,192 1900 0
1928 SPRING GARDEN ST Bought for $490K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $840K 2/2 1,089 1900 1
1928 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner-occupied $918K 2/2 1,236 1900 0
1929 SPRING GARDEN ST sold $575K (2010); Appeal city affirmed (2012). Absentee individual $1.0M —/— 3,945 1920 1 rented
1930 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $221K 1/1 560 1900 0 rented
1930 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $232K 1/1 605 1900 0 rented
1930 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $184K 1/1 519 1900 0 rented
1930 SPRING GARDEN ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $440K 2/1 1,293 1900 0
1930 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $869K 2/2 1,293 1900 0 rented
1930 SPRING GARDEN ST Absentee individual $232K 1/1 605 1900 0 rented
1931 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $783K —/— 4,155 1885 1 rented
1933 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $761K —/— 4,155 1885 0 rented3 viol
1935 SPRING GARDEN ST Traded 2×: $201K in 2003 → $1.3M in 2026 (+522%). Owner-occupied $1.1M —/— 4,000 1920 2
1937 SPRING GARDEN ST Traded 2×: $699K in 2006 → $1.4M in 2019 (+107%). Absentee individual $862K —/— 3,760 1900 2 rented
1939 SPRING GARDEN ST Investor / LLC $646K —/— 3,760 1895 1 rented2 viol
1941 SPRING GARDEN ST sold $600K (2008); Appeal city affirmed (2010). Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 3,978 1920 1 rented

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

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