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Who owns your block

2900 block of S 18th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 72% since 2016, now about $301K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year.

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
$301K
$286K–$452K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$228
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
88%
23 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$230
5 years
+34%
value · tax +$342
10 years
+72%
value · tax +$819

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.

2027
  • 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 $301K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$301K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied73%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 42 reported crimes (7 violent) and 137 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
42
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
137
37 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft15
Other Assaults7
Thefts5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Theft from Vehicle3
All Other Offenses2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection34
Abandoned Vehicle20
Street Defect16
Salting12
Traffic Calming Request6
Inlet Cleaning5

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
F Amedee Bregy
1700 Bigler St · 244 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 students

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$301K2016: $175K2017: $175K2018: $175K2019: $208K2020: $224K2021: $224K2022: $224K2023: $266K2024: $266K2025: $284K2026: $284K2027: $301K2016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8452016: $2,0262017: $2,0262018: $2,0442019: $2,3522020: $2,5032021: $2,5032022: $2,5032023: $2,6022024: $2,6342025: $2,6112026: $2,6152027: $2,8452016202020232027

▲ +40% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 172 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $172 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+72%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.4 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.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 20 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
20arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels17 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$286K$376K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Galfios Real Estate Llc11$372Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 26 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2900 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $397K 3/1 1,440 1920 0
2902 S 18TH ST Traded 2×: $220K in 2010 → $400K in 2021 (+82%). Owner-occupied $452K 3/1 1,148 1920 2
2904 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $339K 3/1 1,148 1920 1
2906 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $339K 3/1 1,148 1920 0
2908 S 18TH ST Absentee individual $371K —/— 1,440 1920 1
2910 S 18TH ST Bought for $210K in 2003. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $372K —/— 2,450 1920 1 rented
2912 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $286K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
2914 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
2916 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
2918 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
2920 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
2922 S 18TH ST Bought for $235K in 2023. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
2924 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
2926 S 18TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
2928 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
2930 S 18TH ST Bought for $120K in 2009, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $264K in 2016 (+120%). Owner-occupied $325K 3/1 1,320 1920 3
2932 S 18TH ST L&I violation (2013). Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
2934 S 18TH ST 8 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2023); 6 L&I violations (2024); 3 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 0 6 viol
2936 S 18TH ST sold $90K (2001); L&I violation (2018). Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
2938 S 18TH ST Traded 3×: $215K in 2011 → $340K in 2021 (+58%). Owner-occupied $376K 3/1 1,320 1920 3
2940 S 18TH ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2003 → $315K in 2023 (+250%). Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 2
2942 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
2944 S 18TH ST Bought for $110K in 2011. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
2946 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
2948 S 18TH ST Bought for $135K in 2015. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,140 1920 1
2950 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $306K 3/1 1,380 1920 1

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.