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Who owns your block

900 block of Foulkrod St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 4 parcels behind $25,552 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 70% since 2016, now about $272K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$272K
$20K–$346K
ZIP median $170K
Price / sq ft
$150
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$355K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $272K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 38
$41K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
92%
35 of 38
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$26K
4 of 38 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax −$89
5 years
+61%
value · tax +$646
10 years
+70%
value · tax +$598

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 $272K — about 1.2× the citywide median home, 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$272K$170K$223K
Owner-occupied68%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 47 reported crimes (9 violent) and 75 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
47
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
75
14 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults9
Thefts9
All Other Offenses7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Fraud4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection15
Abandoned Vehicle11
Street Defect10
Maintenance Complaint5
Sanitation Violation5
Construction Complaints3

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$272K2016: $160K2017: $160K2018: $160K2019: $162K2020: $169K2021: $169K2022: $169K2023: $236K2024: $236K2025: $278K2026: $278K2027: $272K2016202020232027

▲ +70% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,4222016: $1,8242017: $1,8242018: $1,8242019: $1,7072020: $1,7492021: $1,7332022: $1,7762023: $2,2922024: $2,2922025: $2,5922026: $2,5112027: $2,4222016202020232027

▲ +33% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 $40,716 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

11 homes pay the full 1.40%27 pay less
$0pays now $4,321at the full rate

The starkest example: 939 Foulkrod St is assessed at $309K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,321 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 170 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $170 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+70%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 49 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
49arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 38 parcels

Owner-occupied: 35Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 38parcels
  • Owner-occupied 35
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels17 parcels17 parcels
$20K$316K+

The block's largest owner, Chu-Yin Robson, carries 3 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Chu-Yin Robson (individual)22$226Kphila.gov ↗

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 38 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

Torn down & rebuilt
949 Foulkrod St
$343K · demolished in 2011 and rebuilt (2011).
New construction
929 Foulkrod St
$309K · built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $252K in 2021.
New construction
939 Foulkrod St
$309K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $200K in 2018.
Renovated & sold on
930 Foulkrod St
$272K · Bought for $79K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $290K in 2021 (+267%).
Renovated & sold on
935 Foulkrod St
$263K · Bought for $95K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $252K in 2024 (+167%).
Renovated & sold on
941 Foulkrod St
$263K · Bought for $90K in 2000, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $270K in 2022 (+200%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
916 FOULKROD ST History4 L&I violations (2008); 5 L&I violations (2009). Owner-occupied $287K 4/1 1,824 1930 0 tax lien
917 FOULKROD ST Owner-occupied $306K 4/2 1,808 1930 1
918 FOULKROD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $91K in 2002 → $120K in 2017 (+32%). Owner-occupied $275K 4/1 1,824 1930 3
919 FOULKROD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $274K 4/1 1,808 1930 0
920 FOULKROD ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2005 → $167K in 2011 (+178%). Owner-occupied $280K 4/1 1,944 1930 2
921 FOULKROD ST Owner-occupied $274K 4/1 1,808 1930 1
922 FOULKROD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $110K in 2002 → $121K in 2009 (+10%). Owner-occupied $281K 4/1 1,944 1930 3
923 FOULKROD ST Owner-occupied $274K 4/2 1,808 1930 1
924 FOULKROD ST TradedTraded 2×: $152K in 2023 → $359K in 2026 (+136%). Owner-occupied $281K 4/1 1,944 1930 2
925 FOULKROD ST Absentee individual $20K —/— 500 1930 1
926 FOULKROD ST History2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2019); sold $202K (2025). Owner-occupied $281K 4/1 1,944 1930 1
927 FOULKROD ST ImprovedBought for $120K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $206K —/— 1,808 1930 1 3 viol
928 FOULKROD ST HistoryL&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $272K 4/1 1,744 1930 0
929 FOULKROD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit, sold for $252K in 2021. Owner-occupied $309K 4/1 1,808 1930 1
930 FOULKROD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $79K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $290K in 2021 (+267%). Owner-occupied $272K 5/1 1,744 1930 3
931 FOULKROD ST Historysold $90K (2001); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $263K 4/2 1,808 1930 1
932 FOULKROD ST Historysold $65K (2000); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $272K 4/1 1,744 1930 1
933 FOULKROD ST Owner-occupied $263K 4/1 1,808 1930 0
934 FOULKROD ST History9 L&I violations (2007); Appeal denied (2008); 2 L&I violations (2010); 3 L&I violations (2012). Owner-occupied $272K 4/1 1,744 1930 0
935 FOULKROD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $95K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $252K in 2024 (+167%). Owner-occupied $263K 4/1 1,808 1930 2
936 FOULKROD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $272K 4/1 1,744 1930 0
937 FOULKROD ST ImprovedBought for $120K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $263K 4/2 1,808 1930 2
938 FOULKROD ST TradedTraded 2×: $69K in 2012 → $195K in 2013 (+185%). Owner-occupied $283K 4/2 1,744 1930 2
939 FOULKROD ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $200K in 2018. Owner-occupied $309K 4/1 1,808 1930 1 abatedtax lien
941 FOULKROD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $90K in 2000, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $270K in 2022 (+200%). Owner-occupied $263K 4/1 1,808 1930 5
943 FOULKROD ST ImprovedBought for $233K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $263K 4/2 1,808 1930 1
945 FOULKROD ST History7 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2024); 6 L&I violations (2025); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $263K 4/1 1,808 1930 0 1 viol
947 FOULKROD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $95K in 2003, demolition permit in 2010, sold for $260K in 2024 (+174%). Owner-occupied $263K 4/2 1,808 1930 4 tax lien
949 FOULKROD ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2011 and rebuilt (2011). Absentee individual $343K 5/3 2,608 2012 1 1 viol
950 FOULKROD ST Owner-occupied $280K 4/1 1,744 1930 0
952 FOULKROD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $260K 4/1 1,744 1930 0
954 FOULKROD ST ImprovedBought for $77K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $260K 4/1 1,744 1930 1
955 FOULKROD ST Owner-occupied $316K —/— 2,094 1930 0
956 FOULKROD ST TradedTraded 2×: $94K in 2001 → $220K in 2023 (+134%). Owner-occupied $270K 4/2 1,744 1930 2
957 FOULKROD ST ImprovedBought for $245K in 2006. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $346K —/— 2,094 1930 2
958 FOULKROD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $270K 4/1 1,744 1930 0
960 FOULKROD ST ImprovedBought for $75K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $204K —/— 1,744 1930 2
962 FOULKROD ST TradedTraded 2×: $5K in 2000 → $5K in 2001 (+13%). Vacant $50K —/— — — 2

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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