Who owns your block
900 block of Adams Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $282 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $283K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $283K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19124 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $283K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 34 reported crimes (7 violent) and 56 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $283K typical home, up +69% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,922 to $2,520 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.9M assessed, $32,148/yr to the city, about $2,679 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +69% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +31% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% 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 $169 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Of Pythias Greenwood Cemetery Co | 1 | 1 | $4.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 ADAMS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $197K in 2006 → $110K in 2014 (-44%). | Owner-occupied | $280K | 4/1 | 1,376 | 1930 | 6 | |
| 905 ADAMS AVE History3 L&I violations (2013); 3 L&I violations (2017). | Owner-occupied | $304K | 4/1 | 2,280 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 907 ADAMS AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $190K in 2009, alteration permit in 2014, sold for $255K in 2022 (+34%). | Owner-occupied | $305K | 3/2 | 2,136 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 911 ADAMS AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $100K in 2013, major alteration permit in 2013, sold for $280K in 2020 (+180%). | Owner-occupied | $345K | 3/1 | 1,872 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 913 ADAMS AVE ImprovedBought for $95K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $307K | 4/3 | 1,872 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 917 ADAMS AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $274K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 919 ADAMS AVE ImprovedBought for $230K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $269K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 921 ADAMS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2005 → $245K in 2021 (+96%). | Owner-occupied | $267K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 923 ADAMS AVE ImprovedBought for $40K in 2015. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $286K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 930 ADAMS AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a mechanical permit in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $4.8M | —/— | 2,740 | — | 0 | |
| 931 ADAMS AVE ImprovedBought for $105K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/2 | 1,680 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 933 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2016). | Owner-occupied | $237K | 4/1 | 1,680 | 1930 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)