Who owns your block
1900 block of Wakeling St
A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 3 homes behind $16,971 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $151K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $151K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19124 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $151K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 31% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 104 reported crimes (51 violent) and 113 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
- $151K typical home, up +82% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,142 to $1,923 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.4M assessed, $29,212/yr to the city, about $1,826 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +82% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +68% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1900 Wakeling St is assessed at $3.9M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $53,986 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 +5.6% 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 $182 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Cafa Group I Llc, carries 1 open violation across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cafa Group I Llc | 1 | 2 | $308K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Orha Homes Inc | 1 | 1 | $332K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 WAKELING ST | Absentee individual | $3.9M | —/— | 8,443 | 1960 | 0 | abated |
| 1912 WAKELING ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $15K in 2006 → $40K in 2020 (+167%). | Investor / LLC | $134K | —/— | 1,638 | 1925 | 3 | 1 viol |
| 1913 WAKELING ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $17K in 2001 → $48K in 2017 (+182%). | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1945 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1915 WAKELING ST | Absentee individual | $142K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 1917 WAKELING ST | Owner-occupied | $141K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 1919 WAKELING ST | Owner-occupied | $141K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 1921 WAKELING ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $14K in 2004 → $24K in 2010 (+71%). | Owner-occupied | $141K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1945 | 3 | |
| 1943 WAKELING ST ImprovedBought for $250K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $228K | —/— | 2,280 | 1940 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1947 WAKELING ST | Absentee individual | $145K | —/— | 1,508 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 1949 WAKELING ST LandVacant land, last sold for $250K in 2007. | Absentee individual | $218K | —/— | 3,402 | 2008 | 1 | |
| 1951 WAKELING ST | Absentee individual | $158K | 4/1 | 1,216 | 1945 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1953 WAKELING ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $42K in 2000 → $210K in 2025 (+400%). | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/2 | 1,536 | 1945 | 4 | |
| 1955 WAKELING ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $5K in 2001 → $317K in 2025 (+6240%). | Owner-occupied | $243K | 4/2 | 1,320 | 1945 | 5 | |
| 1961 WAKELING ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2003 → $73K in 2018 (-9%). | Owner-occupied | $225K | 4/2 | 1,876 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 1963 WAKELING ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $80K in 2001 → $50K in 2023 (-37%). | Investor / LLC | $332K | 4/2 | 6,268 | 1945 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1981 WAKELING ST TradedTraded 2×: $6K in 2000 → $50K in 2023 (+733%). | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 2 | 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)