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Who owns your block

6900 block of N 19th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 98% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 3 homes behind $24,529 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 67% since 2016, now about $247K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$247K
$158K–$350K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$143
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$285K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $247K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
98%
43 of 44
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$25K
3 of 44 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-6%
value · tax −$284
5 years
+44%
value · tax +$307
10 years
+67%
value · tax +$439

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 $247K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$247K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied75%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 45 reported crimes (9 violent) and 103 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
45
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
103
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Other Assaults7
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts6
Fraud5
Theft from Vehicle3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection25
Abandoned Vehicle23
Maintenance Complaint16
Street Trees7
Illegal Dumping6
Inlet Cleaning6

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
William Rowen
6841 N 19th St · 272 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$250K$500K$247K2016: $148K2017: $148K2018: $148K2019: $178K2020: $172K2021: $172K2022: $172K2023: $229K2024: $229K2025: $263K2026: $263K2027: $247K2016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1372016: $1,6742017: $1,6982018: $1,6982019: $1,9502020: $1,8202021: $1,7952022: $1,8302023: $2,0792024: $2,0792025: $2,4412026: $2,4212027: $2,1372016202020232027

▲ +28% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 +4.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 167 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $167 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+67%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.7 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 31 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 27 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
31arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
27homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 44 parcels

Owner-occupied: 43Absentee individual: 1 44parcels
  • Owner-occupied 43
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels21 parcels12 parcels0 parcels9 parcels
$158K$317K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 44 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
6900 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,750 1925 0
6901 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6902 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $317K 3/2 1,750 1925 1
6903 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $255K 3/1 1,728 1925 0 tax lien
6904 N 19TH ST Bought for $158K in 2009. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $254K 3/1 1,750 1925 1
6905 N 19TH ST Traded 3×: $76K in 2015 → $195K in 2016 (+156%). Owner-occupied $312K 3/2 1,728 1925 3
6906 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $255K 3/1 1,728 1925 1
6907 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6908 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6909 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $252K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6910 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6911 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $252K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6912 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 0 tax lien
6913 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2018); L&I violation (2019); L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6914 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6915 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,728 1925 0 tax lien
6916 N 19TH ST sold $75K (2002); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $247K 3/1 1,728 1925 1
6917 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $250K 3/2 1,728 1925 0
6918 N 19TH ST Traded 3×: $88K in 2005 → $275K in 2021 (+214%). Owner-occupied $316K 3/2 1,728 1925 3
6919 N 19TH ST Bought for $235K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $249K 3/2 1,728 1925 1
6920 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 1
6921 N 19TH ST sold $130K (2004); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $306K 3/1 1,728 1925 1
6922 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6923 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $248K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6924 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $76K in 2004 → $143K in 2004 (+88%). Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 2
6925 N 19TH ST Bought for $225K in 2017. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $330K 4/2 1,728 1925 2
6926 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1920 0
6927 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $246K 3/2 1,728 1925 0
6928 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6929 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013). Owner-occupied $158K 3/1 1,728 1925 0 tax lien
6930 N 19TH ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2019 → $300K in 2020 (+567%). Owner-occupied $350K 3/— 1,728 1925 3
6931 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 4/1 1,728 1925 0
6932 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6933 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $100K in 2023 → $310K in 2024 (+210%). Owner-occupied $350K 4/3 1,728 1925 2 tax lien
6934 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $247K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6935 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $175K in 2016 → $285K in 2024 (+63%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,728 1925 2
6936 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $247K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6937 N 19TH ST Traded 3×: $80K in 2013 → $285K in 2025 (+256%). Owner-occupied $298K 4/1 1,728 1925 3
6938 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $83K in 2016 → $195K in 2016 (+135%). Owner-occupied $247K 3/1 1,728 1925 2
6939 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6941 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,728 1925 0
6943 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $130K in 2019 → $176K in 2025 (+35%). Absentee individual $239K 3/1 1,728 1925 2
6945 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $238K 3/1 1,728 1925 0 tax lien
6947 N 19TH ST L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,728 1925 0 1 viol

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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