Who owns your block
1900 block of Sterling St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 3 homes behind $3,321 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $203K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $203K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19138 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $203K | $187K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 82% | 53% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (19 violent) and 252 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $203K typical home, up +76% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,199 to $1,446 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.8M assessed, $64,861/yr to the city, about $1,707 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +76% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +21% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1961 Sterling St is assessed at $204K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,850 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 25 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 23 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 38 parcels
- Owner-occupied 35
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 38 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 STERLING ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $23K in 2001 → $80K in 2005 (+248%). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,332 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 1951 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $213K | 3/1 | 1,332 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1952 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,374 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1953 STERLING ST TradedTraded 2×: $68K in 2002 → $230K in 2023 (+239%). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 1,344 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 1954 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,356 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1955 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $249K | 3/1 | 1,332 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1956 STERLING ST TradedTraded 2×: $63K in 2000 → $100K in 2007 (+59%). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,374 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 1957 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1958 STERLING ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $60K in 2012 → $209K in 2025 (+248%). | Owner-occupied | $248K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 1959 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1960 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1961 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 1,344 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 1962 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,356 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1963 STERLING ST | Absentee individual | $202K | 3/1 | 1,326 | 1930 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 1964 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,374 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1965 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 1,344 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1966 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $201K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1967 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,332 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1968 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,374 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1969 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/2 | 1,338 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1970 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $201K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1971 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,326 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1972 STERLING ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $64K in 2000 → $85K in 2019 (+32%). | Absentee individual | $203K | 3/1 | 1,374 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 1973 STERLING ST TradedTraded 2×: $46K in 2014 → $140K in 2016 (+204%). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 1,344 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 1974 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,356 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1975 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,326 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1976 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1977 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,338 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 1978 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,356 | 1930 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 1979 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,332 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1980 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,374 | 1930 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 1981 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,332 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1982 STERLING ST | Absentee individual | $203K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1983 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,332 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1984 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1985 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,338 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1986 STERLING ST TradedTraded 2×: $219K in 2019 → $290K in 2022 (+32%). | Owner-occupied | $225K | 4/3 | 1,332 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 1987 STERLING ST | Owner-occupied | $211K | 3/1 | 1,332 | 1930 | 0 | 1 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)