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Who owns your block

5900 block of N 19th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 79% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 11 homes behind $148,317 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $178K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$178K
$13K–$279K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$120
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$127K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $178K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 29
$26K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
79%
23 of 29
city 41%
Rentals
7%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$148K
11 of 29 behind
▲ block 38% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax −$58
5 years
+69%
value · tax +$246
10 years
+76%
value · tax +$94

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 $178K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$178K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied59%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 84 reported crimes (25 violent) and 286 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
84
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
286
43 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Thefts12
All Other Offenses11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8
Motor Vehicle Theft7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection81
Maintenance Complaint53
Illegal Dumping31
Salting19
Street Trees14
Sanitation Violation13

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-5
Joseph Pennell
1800 Nedro Ave · 249 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$100K$200K$178K2016: $101K2017: $101K2018: $101K2019: $110K2020: $106K2021: $106K2022: $106K2023: $145K2024: $145K2025: $182K2026: $182K2027: $178K2016202020232027

▲ +76% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0932016: $9992017: $9992018: $9992019: $9832020: $8472021: $8472022: $8472023: $9042024: $9042025: $1,1512026: $1,1512027: $1,0932016202020232027

▲ +9% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

1
1 property 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 $25,779 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%
$840pays now $2,822at the full rate

5900 N 19th St is assessed at $202K but pays $840 a year — about 30% of the $2,822 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 +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 176 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+76%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20082012201620202024
15arm's-length sales since 2006
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 29 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 29parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels23 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$13K$252K+

The block's largest owner, Corestates Group Llc, carries 7 open violations across 105 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Corestates Group Llc1105$25Mphila.gov ↗
Gv Property Inc110$1.9Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 29 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
5900 N 19TH ST built new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $202K 3/— 1,800 1925 0 abated
5902 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 tax lien
5904 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5906 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,344 1925 1
5908 N 19TH ST Bought for $76K in 2018. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $252K 3/2 1,344 1925 2
5910 N 19TH ST 2 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2026). Investor / LLC $170K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 rentedtax lien
5912 N 19TH ST Appeal withdrawn (2011); 3 L&I violations (2023). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5914 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5916 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5918 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 tax lien
5920 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 1
5922 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 0
5924 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 0 tax lien
5926 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 0
5928 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 0 tax lien
5930 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $181K 3/1 1,480 1925 0 rented
5932 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 0 1 viol
5934 N 19TH ST Bought for $126K in 2021. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 1
5936 N 19TH ST Bought for $73K in 2018, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $250K in 2024 (+242%). Absentee individual $279K 3/2 1,664 1925 3 tax lien
5938 N 19TH ST Bought for $3K in 2009. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $181K 3/2 1,480 1925 2
5940 N 19TH ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $215K in 2020. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,480 1925 1 tax lien
5942 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2012); L&I violation (2018); 8 L&I violations (2026). Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 0 3 viol
5944 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2018); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 0
5946 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2026). Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 0 1 violtax lien
5948 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2023); sold $10K (2025). Absentee individual $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 1
5950 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $178K 3/1 1,480 1925 0
5952 N 19TH ST Traded 3×: $50K in 2006 → $195K in 2024 (+288%). Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,480 1925 3
5954 N 19TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 5 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2023); Appeal complete (2023); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,480 1925 0
5956 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); 3 L&I violations (2025); L&I violation (2026). Vacant $13K —/— 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)

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