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Who owns your block

300 block of E Sterner St

A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 19% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 4 homes behind $20,154 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 48% since 2016, now about $73K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$73K
$17K–$81K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$77
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $1K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 21
$4K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
38%
7 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
14%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$20K
4 of 21 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+26%
value · tax +$5
5 years
+192%
value · tax −$30
10 years
+48%
value · tax −$128

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 $73K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$73K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied14%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 361 reported crimes (55 violent) and 227 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
361
55 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
227
23 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses92
Vagrancy/Loitering42
Fraud36
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations32
Prostitution and Commercialized Vice30
Other Assaults22

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping50
Opioid Response Unit40
Maintenance Complaint29
Information Request17
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Homeless Encampment Request10

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 · K-4
Isaac Sheppard
120 W Cambria St · 107 students
Middle · K-8
Julia Deburgos
401 W Lehigh Ave · 512 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$50K$100K$73K2016: $50K2017: $50K2018: $50K2019: $33K2020: $25K2021: $25K2022: $25K2023: $51K2024: $51K2025: $58K2026: $58K2027: $73K2016202020232027

▲ +48% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$3212016: $4492017: $4492018: $4492019: $2792020: $3512021: $3512022: $3512023: $7152024: $7152025: $3162026: $3162027: $3212016202020232027

▼ -29% since 2016 · ~-3%/yr

4
4 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $3,975 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $1,027at the full rate

303 E Sterner St is assessed at $73K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,027 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 +3.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

5110025020162019202220252027This block 148 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $148 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+48%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.9 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K20002005201020152020
24arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 7 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

7 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels14 parcels
$17K$73K+

The block's largest owner, Warwick Holdings Llc, carries 3 open violations across 14 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Warwick Holdings Llc114$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Jafarikal Properties Llc13$59Kphila.gov ↗
3452frankfordave Llc11$73Kphila.gov ↗
Andrew And Sons Housing Development Llc11$17Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 21 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$50K$100K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
300 E STERNER ST Owner-occupied $81K 3/1 952 1935 1 tax lien
301 E STERNER ST Bought for $3K in 2014. Vacant $19K —/— 3 2 violtax lien
302 E STERNER ST Vacant $17K —/— 0 tax lien
303 E STERNER ST Bought for $2K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $83K in 2022. Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 952 1935 3 abated2 viol
304 E STERNER ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2006 → $4K in 2011 (-93%). Absentee individual $73K 3/1 952 1935 2 rentedtax lien
305 E STERNER ST Traded 2×: $10K in 2004 → $33K in 2018 (+233%). Absentee individual $73K 3/1 952 1935 2
306 E STERNER ST Absentee individual $73K 3/1 952 1935 1
307 E STERNER ST Traded 4×: $2K in 2001 → $26K in 2007 (+1646%). Absentee individual $73K 3/1 952 1935 4 rented
308 E STERNER ST Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 952 1935 0 abatedtax lien
309 E STERNER ST Absentee individual $73K 3/1 952 1935 0
310 E STERNER ST Vacant $17K —/— 0 tax lien
311 E STERNER ST Traded 2×: $36K in 2006 → $25K in 2020 (-31%). Investor / LLC $73K 3/1 952 1935 2 rented
312 E STERNER ST Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 952 1935 0
313 E STERNER ST Vacant $18K —/— 1
314 E STERNER ST Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 952 1935 0
315 E STERNER ST Vacant $23K —/— 1
316 E STERNER ST Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 952 1935 0 abated
318 E STERNER ST Bought for $5K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $42K in 2010. Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 952 1935 3 abated
320 E STERNER ST Bought for $14K in 2022. Vacant $17K —/— 1 tax lien
322 E STERNER ST Absentee individual $73K 3/1 952 1935 0
324 E STERNER ST Vacant $18K —/— 0 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)

Where this comes from

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