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Who owns your block

900 block of N 47th St

An investor-heavy block: 44% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 8 homes behind $27,012 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 1492% since 2016, now about $76K. Property taxes are climbing about 30% 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
$76K
$42K–$268K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$110
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $1K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
28%
2 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$27K
8 of 18 behind
▲ block 44% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+21%
value · tax +$123
5 years
+810%
value · tax +$563
10 years
+810%
value · tax +$563

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 $76K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$76K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied11%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 89 reported crimes (33 violent) and 111 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
89
33 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
111
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults18
Thefts12
Fraud11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Motor Vehicle Theft4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Maintenance Complaint25
Illegal Dumping15
Abandoned Vehicle5
Street Defect5
License Complaint4

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
Martha Washington
1198 S 5th St · 370 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$50K$100K$76K2016: $5K2017: $8K2018: $8K2019: $8K2020: $8K2021: $8K2022: $8K2023: $24K2024: $24K2025: $68K2026: $63K2027: $76K2016202020232027

▲ +1492% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6322016: $342017: $692018: $692019: $692020: $692021: $692022: $692023: $2032024: $2032025: $5222026: $5092027: $6322016202020232027

▲ +1759% since 2016 · ~+30%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +28.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100200020162019202220252027This block 1592 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $1592 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+28.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+1492%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+28.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+25.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+22.1 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2012. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K201220142016201820202022
7arm's-length sales since 2012
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 14 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 14

Value distribution today

7 parcels1 parcels3 parcels4 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$42K$145K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Phila (individual)33871$6561Mphila.gov ↗
Ira Development Llc153$14Mphila.gov ↗
Abdul Mused 1234 Llc111$766Kphila.gov ↗
Pecna Properties Llc18$206Kphila.gov ↗
Ramcon Construction Inc36$370Kphila.gov ↗
Nnn Oasi Llc16$635Kphila.gov ↗
923 N 47th St Llc11$89Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 18 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

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
901 N 47TH ST Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2019. Vacant $42K —/— 0 tax lien
903 N 47TH ST Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2019. Vacant $42K —/— 0 tax lien
905 N 47TH ST Vacant $42K —/— 0
907 N 47TH ST L&I violation (2010). Absentee individual $91K 3/1 840 1920 0 tax lien
909 N 47TH ST Vacant $45K —/— 0
911 N 47TH ST 3 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2012). Vacant $45K —/— 0 tax lien
913 N 47TH ST Vacant $89K —/— 1
915 N 47TH ST Bought for $4K in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Vacant $76K —/— 1 tax lien
917 N 47TH ST Bought for $4K in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $88K —/— 560 1920 1 tax lien
919 N 47TH ST Bought for $500 in 2017. Vacant $76K —/— 2 tax lien
921 N 47TH ST demolished in 2011 and rebuilt (2020). Vacant $49K —/— 0 tax lien
923 N 47TH ST demolished in 2011 and rebuilt (2021), then sold for $100K in 2021. Vacant $89K —/— 1 tax lien
925 N 47TH ST demolished in 2011 and rebuilt (2023), then sold for $35K in 2022. Vacant $76K —/— 1 tax lien
927 N 47TH ST Owner-occupied $128K —/— 1,156 1920 0 tax lien
929 N 47TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $145K —/— 1,360 1920 0 tax lien
931 N 47TH ST Vacant $61K —/— 0
933 N 47TH ST 4 L&I violations (2009). Vacant $55K —/— 0
935-65 N 47TH ST Vacant $268K —/— 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.