Who owns your block
1900 block of W Venango St
A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 27% investor-held, with 12 open code violations and 11 homes behind $35,778 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 129% since 2016, now about $110K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year.
- 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 $110K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $110K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 24% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (46 violent) and 180 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
- $110K typical home, up +129% since 2016
- Tax bill $417 to $1,029 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.2M assessed, $50,767/yr to the city, about $1,372 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +129% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +147% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
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:
- 1939 W Venango Sttax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $704K
- 1926 W Venango Sttax-abated new construction0.13%$140/yr on $110K
- 1928 W Venango Sttax-abated new construction0.13%$140/yr on $110K
- 1930 W Venango Sttax-abated new construction0.13%$140/yr on $110K
- 1932 W Venango Sttax-abated new construction0.13%$140/yr on $110K
- …and 5 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The starkest example: 1939 W Venango St is assessed at $704K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $9,850 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 +7.8% 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 $229 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 33 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 37 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 8
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Pa Star Properties LLC, carries 15 open violations across 19 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pa Star Properties LLC | 1 | 19 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Sigma Properties LLC | 1 | 17 | $2.9M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Warwick Holdings LLC | 1 | 14 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Astute Investing LLC | 1 | 11 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Nestalgia Properties LLC | 1 | 5 | $844K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Lakeshore Real Estate LLC | 1 | 4 | $566K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Selene Finance LP | 1 | 1 | $225K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 1909 Venango St LLC | 1 | 1 | $37K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Milestown Legacy Properties LLC | 1 | 1 | $225K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Gtown Ave Lofts LLC | 1 | 1 | $110K | phila.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 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $4K in 2011 → $4K in 2012 (+0%). | Vacant | $34K | —/— | — | — | 2 | tax lien |
| 1901 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $256K | —/— | 3,008 | 1930 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 1902 W VENANGO ST Improved | Vacant | $39K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1903 W VENANGO ST Renovated & sold onBought for $35K in 2018, addition and/or alteration permit in 2022, sold for $160K in 2025 (+357%). | Investor / LLC | $92K | 8/3 | 2,928 | 1930 | 4 | |
| 1904 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/— | 2,560 | 1939 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1905 W VENANGO ST ImprovedBought for $3K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $169K | —/— | 2,585 | 1930 | 4 | 1 violtax lien |
| 1906 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2008 → $75K in 2018 (-38%). | Owner-occupied | $225K | 5/— | 2,560 | 1939 | 2 | |
| 1907 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1908 W VENANGO ST | Investor / LLC | $258K | 3/— | 3,050 | 1939 | 0 | rented |
| 1909 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1910 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $225K | 3/— | 2,560 | 1939 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1911 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1912 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 2006 → $215K in 2021 (+269%). | Investor / LLC | $225K | 7/3 | 2,560 | 1939 | 2 | rented |
| 1913 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1914 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $117K in 2010 → $135K in 2023 (+15%). | Absentee individual | $158K | 4/2 | 1,616 | 1939 | 3 | |
| 1915 W VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal withdrawn (2013); sold $120K (2025). | Investor / LLC | $230K | 5/3 | 2,855 | 1930 | 1 | rented4 violtax lien |
| 1916 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $174K | 3/— | 2,560 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 1917 W VENANGO ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $183K | —/— | 2,855 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 1918 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $174K | 3/— | 2,560 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 1919 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $3K in 2006 → $3K in 2007 (+0%). | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 2 | tax lien |
| 1920 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $278K | 5/2 | 3,867 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 1921 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $355K | —/— | 2,832 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1923 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 2 violtax lien |
| 1924 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $110K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1939 | 1 | rented |
| 1926 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1939 | 0 | abated |
| 1927 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 1,666 | 2008 | 0 | rented |
| 1928 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1939 | 0 | abated |
| 1929 W VENANGO ST LandVacant land, last sold for $200K in 2005. | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 1,666 | 2008 | 1 | rented |
| 1930 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1939 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1931 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 1,666 | 2008 | 0 | rented |
| 1932 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1939 | 0 | abated |
| 1933 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 1,666 | 2008 | 0 | rented |
| 1934 W VENANGO ST | Investor / LLC | $110K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 1936 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 1938 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 1939 W VENANGO ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $200K in 2005. | Owner-occupied | $704K | —/— | 21,472 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 1940 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $127K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1939 | 0 | 4 viol |
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