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Who owns your block

1900 block of Stenton Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 78% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 8 open code violations and 3 homes behind $18,681 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 72% since 2016, now about $157K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$157K
$131K–$240K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$132
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$150K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $157K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
78%
7 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
11%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▲ block 22% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
3 of 9 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$288
5 years
+64%
value · tax +$858
10 years
+72%
value · tax +$917

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 $157K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$157K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied33%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 55 reported crimes (20 violent) and 130 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
55
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
130
33 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
All Other Offenses5
Fraud5
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Thefts5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint23
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Abandoned Vehicle14
Street Defect13
Other (Streets)8
Illegal Dumping7

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 · K-5
Prince Hall
6101 N Gratz St · 317 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$100K$200K$157K2016: $91K2017: $91K2018: $91K2019: $100K2020: $96K2021: $96K2022: $96K2023: $128K2024: $128K2025: $152K2026: $152K2027: $157K2016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1952016: $1,2782017: $1,2782018: $9362019: $8552020: $1,3372021: $1,3372022: $1,3372023: $1,7952024: $1,7952025: $1,9072026: $1,9072027: $2,1952016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 172 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $172 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+72%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 8 arm's-length sales since 1993. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K19952002200920162023
8arm's-length sales since 1993
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels5 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$131K$232K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Evertrust Capital Llc16$925Kphila.gov ↗
1945 Little Spot Inc22$293Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 9 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1931 STENTON AVE Traded 2×: $65K in 2020 → $249K in 2024 (+283%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/2 1,188 1920 2 3 viol
1933 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $157K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1935 STENTON AVE Traded 2×: $59K in 2020 → $198K in 2023 (+236%). Owner-occupied $232K 3/1 1,188 1920 2 tax lien
1937 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $157K 3/1 1,188 1920 0 tax lien
1939 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $157K 3/1 1,188 1920 0 5 viol
1941 STENTON AVE Absentee individual $157K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1943 STENTON AVE Traded 2×: $2K in 1993 → $150K in 2026 (+9577%). Investor / LLC $157K 3/1 1,188 1920 2 rented
1945 STENTON AVE Bought for $50K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $131K —/— 1,782 1920 1 tax lien
1947 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $162K —/— 1,450 1920 1 tax lien

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.