900 block of Brighton St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $296K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 43 reported crimes (9 violent) and 80 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $296K typical home, up +88% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,824 to $3,652 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $12M assessed, $136,573/yr to the city, about $3,414 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 902 Brighton Stexemption0.88%$2,398/yr on $271K
• 908 Brighton Stexemption0.88%$2,398/yr on $271K
• 918 Brighton Stexemption0.88%$2,398/yr on $271K
• 926 Brighton Stexemption0.88%$2,398/yr on $271K
• 932 Brighton Stexemption0.88%$2,398/yr on $271K
• …and 15 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.9% 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 $188 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 68 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Ztc Group LLC, carries 5 open violations across 3 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 40 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

Worth a look

New construction

912 Brighton St

$271K · Bought for $160K in 2006, built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $165K in 2017.

Renovated & sold on

909 Brighton St

$297K · Bought for $116K in 2002, use permit in 2011, sold for $310K in 2022 (+167%).

Renovated & sold on

928 Brighton St

$271K · Bought for $82K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $170K in 2022 (+107%).

Renovated & sold on

932 Brighton St

$271K · Bought for $159K in 2012, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $292K in 2023 (+84%).

Improved

938 Brighton St

$351K · Bought for $190K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021.

Improved

927 Brighton St

$349K · Bought for $210K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.