1900 block of Walnut St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $3.3M — about 14.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 277 reported crimes (50 violent) and 418 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $3.3M typical home, up +108% since 2016
• Tax bill $20,993 to $3,758 a year, -14%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $506M assessed, $1,233,194/yr to the city, about $16,226 per home

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1909 Walnut St is assessed at $129M but pays $180,808 a year — about 10% of the $1,808,089 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% 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 $208 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 73 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

House by house

All 76 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

New construction

1909 Walnut St

$129M · built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

1901-05 Walnut St

$48M · built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

1900 Walnut St

$9.0M · built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

1917 Walnut St

$2.4M · built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

1904 Walnut St

$1.1M · built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated).

Improved

1919 Walnut St

$2.5M · Bought for $400K in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025.

Neighborhood