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Who owns your block

900 block of Arrott St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 68% since 2016, now about $269K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$269K
$64K–$1.1M
ZIP median $170K
Price / sq ft
$162
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
77%
10 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$96
5 years
+61%
value · tax +$659
10 years
+68%
value · tax +$536

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 $269K — about 1.2× 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 blockZIP 19124Philadelphia
Median home value$269K$170K$223K
Owner-occupied69%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 36 reported crimes (9 violent) and 60 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
36
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
60
14 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses6
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Other Assaults5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Fraud2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint10
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
Street Defect5
Traffic Signal Emergency5
Abandoned Vehicle4
Illegal Dumping4

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
Phila Charter For Arts At Hr Edmunds
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$269K2016: $160K2017: $160K2018: $160K2019: $160K2020: $166K2021: $166K2022: $166K2023: $234K2024: $234K2025: $277K2026: $275K2027: $269K2016202020232027

▲ +68% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3592016: $1,8232017: $1,8232018: $1,8232019: $1,6762020: $1,7002021: $1,7002022: $1,7002023: $2,1542024: $2,1542025: $2,4762026: $2,4552027: $2,3592016202020232027

▲ +29% 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 168 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $168 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+68%
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 12 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20042008201220162020
12arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels7 parcels3 parcels
$64K$323K+

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

House by house

All 13 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
900 ARROTT ST Absentee individual $107K —/— 365 1940 1
947 ARROTT ST Bought for $120K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $302K 4/1 1,784 1940 2
949 ARROTT ST Bought for $147K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $284K 4/1 1,784 1940 1
951 ARROTT ST Traded 3×: $115K in 2003 → $188K in 2018 (+64%). Owner-occupied $323K 4/1 1,656 1940 3
953 ARROTT ST Bought for $90K in 2001, use permit in 2010, sold for $125K in 2015 (+39%). Owner-occupied $273K 4/1 1,656 1940 3
955 ARROTT ST Owner-occupied $271K 4/1 1,656 1940 1
957 ARROTT ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $269K 4/1 1,656 1940 0
959 ARROTT ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $258K 4/1 1,656 1940 0
960 ARROTT ST L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2024); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $249K 4/1 1,680 1940 0 1 viol
961 ARROTT ST Owner-occupied $258K 4/1 1,656 1940 0
962 ARROTT ST sold $130K (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016). Owner-occupied $266K 3/2 1,680 1940 1
963 ARROTT ST Vacant $64K —/— 0
999 ARROTT ST Vacant $1.1M —/— 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)

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.