1900 block of Waterloo St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $205K — about 0.9× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19122 median of $313K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (about 10 a month, 30% of them violent) and 324 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $205K typical home, up +285% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $745 to $2,793 a year through 2027, +13%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $117,620/yr from taxable assessments, or $2,450 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 1920 Waterloo Stmajor assessment exemption0.21%$441/yr on $212K
• 1937 Waterloo Stmajor assessment exemption0.30%$622/yr on $207K
• 1913 Waterloo Stmajor assessment exemption0.35%$622/yr on $180K
• 1932 Waterloo Stlower taxable assessment0.64%$1,190/yr on $185K
• 1909 Waterloo Stlower taxable assessment0.72%$1,491/yr on $207K
• …and 18 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 1920 Waterloo St has a $441/year assessment-based estimate on $212K assessed value — about 15% of the $2,961 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +13% 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 $385 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 64 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Brotman Enterprises LLC, carries 13 open violations across 16 properties it owns around the city.

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 50 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

1909 Waterloo St

$335K · Bought for $105K in 2005, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $359K in 2022.

New construction

1931 Waterloo St

$307K · Bought for $15K in 2007, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $374K in 2022.

New construction

1918 Waterloo St

$205K · built new under a 2010 permit.

New construction

1920 Waterloo St

$205K · built new under a 2011 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

1913 Waterloo St

$203K · built new under a 2026 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

1941 Waterloo St

$200K · built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $5K in 2012.

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