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Who owns your block

1900 block of W Somerset St

A mixed-ownership block: 47% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 13 open code violations and 9 homes behind $30,847 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 161% since 2016, now about $90K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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
$90K
$45K–$220K
ZIP median $79K
Price / sq ft
$76
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$79K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $90K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
11 of 40
$15K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
47%
19 of 40
city 41%
Rentals
20%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
13
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$31K
9 of 40 behind
▲ block 23% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$35
5 years
+149%
value · tax +$736
10 years
+161%
value · tax +$761

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 $90K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19132Philadelphia
Median home value$90K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied28%26%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 110 reported crimes (53 violent) and 130 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
110
53 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
130
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults33
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
All Other Offenses9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint35
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Other (Streets)10
Illegal Dumping9
Abandoned Vehicle7
Street Defect7

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
Thomas M Peirce
2300 W Cambria St · 292 students
Middle · K-8
E Washington Rhodes
2900 W Clearfield St · 350 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$50K$100K$90K2016: $35K2017: $35K2018: $35K2019: $35K2020: $36K2021: $36K2022: $36K2023: $63K2024: $63K2025: $86K2026: $86K2027: $90K2016202020232027

▲ +161% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2412016: $4802017: $4802018: $4812019: $4892020: $5052021: $5052022: $5052023: $8432024: $8522025: $1,1732026: $1,2062027: $1,2412016202020232027

▲ +159% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

11
11 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $15,067 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

28 homes pay the full 1.40%12 pay less
$562pays now $1,908at the full rate

The starkest example: 1903 W Somerset St is assessed at $136K but pays $562 a year — about 29% of the $1,908 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

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 261 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $261 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+161%
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 51 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K200020052010201520202025
51arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 40 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 13Vacant: 1 40parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 13
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels4 parcels1 parcels25 parcels2 parcels2 parcels5 parcels
$45K$136K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Lotus 07 LLC126$4.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Sfr3-040 LLC110$1.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Daisy Financial Company LLC34$358Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Sheldon & Son Real Estate LLC11$90Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
C & G Investment LLC11$108Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 40 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

New construction
1930 W Somerset St
$94K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2005.
New construction
1932 W Somerset St
$94K · Bought for $9K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $65K in 2007.
New construction
1938 W Somerset St
$94K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $7K in 2005.
New construction
1909 W Somerset St
$87K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $60K in 2021.
New construction
1928 W Somerset St
$68K · Bought for $7K in 2012, built new (tax-abated), sold for $7K in 2012.
Improved
1925 W Somerset St
$111K · Bought for $8K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025.
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1900 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $93K 3/1 1,260 1929 1
1901 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $117K —/— 2,020 1929 0 5 violtax lien
1902 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $90K 3/1 1,188 1929 0 abated
1903 W SOMERSET ST Investor / LLC $136K 3/1 1,090 1929 0 rentedabatedtax lien
1904 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $90K 3/1 1,188 1929 1
1905 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,090 1929 0 abated
1906 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $90K 3/1 1,188 1929 0
1907 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,090 1929 0 abatedtax lien
1908 W SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $26K in 2008 → $85K in 2025 (+227%). Investor / LLC $90K 3/1 1,188 1929 2 rented
1909 W SOMERSET ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $60K in 2021. Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,090 1929 1 abatedtax lien
1910 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $90K 3/1 1,188 1929 1
1911 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $7K in 2000 → $100K in 2019 (+1329%). Owner-occupied $128K 3/2 1,298 1929 6 3 viol
1912 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $91K 3/1 1,188 1929 0 tax lien
1913 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $7K in 2000 → $100K in 2019 (+1329%). Owner-occupied $130K —/— 2,000 1929 6 2 viol
1914 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $85K in 2016 → $75K in 2025 (-12%). Absentee individual $91K 3/1 1,188 1929 4 2 viol
1915 W SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2000 → $70K in 2024 (+40%). Investor / LLC $108K —/— 1,856 1929 2 1 violtax lien
1916-18 W SOMERSET ST LandVacant land, last sold for $60K in 2005. Owner-occupied $220K 4/1 1,850 2006 1
1917 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $87K 3/1 1,094 1929 0 rented
1919 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $87K 3/1 1,094 1929 0 rented
1920 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $86K 3/1 1,198 1929 0 tax lien
1921 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,094 1929 0 abatedtax lien
1922 W SOMERSET ST Investor / LLC $66K 3/1 1,198 1929 1 tax lien
1923 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $55K in 2006 → $86K in 2023 (+56%). Absentee individual $87K 3/1 1,094 1929 3
1924 W SOMERSET ST Investor / LLC $91K 3/1 1,198 1929 1 rentedtax lien
1925 W SOMERSET ST ImprovedBought for $8K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $111K —/— 1,920 1929 3 rentedtax lien
1926 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 1,344 1929 0
1927 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $68K —/— — — 0
1928 W SOMERSET ST New constructionBought for $7K in 2012, built new (tax-abated), sold for $7K in 2012. Owner-occupied $68K 3/1 1,248 1929 2 abated
1929 W SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $9K in 2017 → $5K in 2018 (-44%). Owner-occupied $69K 3/1 1,286 1929 2
1930 W SOMERSET ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2005. Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,248 1929 1 abated
1931 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $5K in 2012 → $1K in 2018 (-78%). Owner-occupied $45K 3/1 1,156 1929 3 tax lien
1932 W SOMERSET ST New constructionBought for $9K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $65K in 2007. Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,248 1925 2 abated
1933 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $90K 3/1 1,156 1929 1 rented
1934 W SOMERSET ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $79K in 2016 → $90K in 2022 (+14%). Investor / LLC $94K 3/1 1,248 1925 4 rented
1935 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $90K 3/1 1,156 1929 0 tax lien
1936 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,248 1925 0 abated
1937 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $91K 3/1 1,156 1929 0 tax lien
1938 W SOMERSET ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $7K in 2005. Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,248 1925 1 abated
1939 W SOMERSET ST TradedTraded 2×: $53K in 2002 → $68K in 2004 (+28%). Owner-occupied $162K 3/2 1,890 1929 2
1940 W SOMERSET ST HistoryAppeal complete (2026). Absentee individual $71K 3/1 1,344 1960 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

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

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