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Who owns your block

1900 block of W Thompson St

An investor-heavy block: 86% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 993% since 2016, now about $60K. Property taxes are climbing about 30% 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
$60K
$33K–$251K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$180
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$841
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2020
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
29%
2 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
14%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$11
5 years
+811%
value · tax +$749
10 years
+993%
value · tax +$764

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $60K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$60K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied29%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 97 reported crimes (34 violent) and 159 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
97
34 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
159
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults24
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
All Other Offenses9
Theft from Vehicle9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint52
Illegal Dumping19
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection15
Abandoned Vehicle13
Sanitation Violation10
Other (Streets)7

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
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$250K$500K$60K2016: $6K2017: $6K2018: $6K2019: $6K2020: $6K2021: $6K2022: $7K2023: $68K2024: $68K2025: $59K2026: $59K2027: $60K2016202020232027

▲ +993% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$8412016: $452017: $772018: $772019: $772020: $772021: $772022: $922023: $9482024: $9482025: $8302026: $8302027: $8412016202020232027

▲ +1769% since 2016 · ~+30%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +24.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100200020162019202220252027This block 1093 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $1093 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+24.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+993%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+24.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+21.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+17.8 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Vacant: 5 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

4 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$33K$248K+

The block's largest owner, Ridge Pointe Llc, carries 8 open violations across 25 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ridge Pointe Llc625$2.0Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1901 W THOMPSON ST Appeal granted (2024). Owner-occupied $248K 2/— 1,392 2020 0 rented
1905 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $251K 2/— 1,392 2020 0
1908 W THOMPSON ST Appeal granted (2023). Vacant $44K —/— 0
1909 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $66K —/— 0
1910 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $47K —/— 0
1911 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $33K —/— 0
1913 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $60K —/— 0

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.