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Who owns your block

900 block of N 27th St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 156% since 2016, now about $14K.

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
$14K
$14K–$488K
ZIP median $457K
Price / sq ft
$355
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$430K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $14K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2010
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
1 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+76%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+156%
value · tax +$0
10 years
+156%
value · tax +$0

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $14K — about 0.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19130Philadelphia
Median home value$14K$457K$223K
Owner-occupied0%37%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 142 reported crimes (38 violent) and 274 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
142
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
274
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts47
Other Assaults21
Theft from Vehicle10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
All Other Offenses8

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping44
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection36
Maintenance Complaint24
Abandoned Vehicle18
Salting18
Traffic Signal Emergency14

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 · K-8
Robert Morris
2600 W Thompson St · 216 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$14K2016: $6K2017: $6K2018: $6K2019: $6K2020: $6K2021: $6K2022: $6K2023: $23K2024: $23K2025: $8K2026: $8K2027: $14K2016202020232027

▲ +156% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

Not enough history yet.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 256 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $256 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+156%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.4 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2009. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2009
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Vacant: 2 3parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels
$14K$14K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Phila (individual)23871$6561Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 3 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
920 N 27TH ST Vacant $14K —/— 0
922 N 27TH ST Vacant $14K —/— 0
924 N 27TH ST Bought for $50K in 2009, built new under a 2010 permit. Owner-occupied $488K 2/2 1,374 2010 1

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.