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Who owns your block

900 block of S 18th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 76% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 86% since 2016, now about $657K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$657K
$350K–$869K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$389
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$725K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $657K
Tax / yr
$8K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 25
$69K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
76%
17 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
12%
3 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
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 12% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
0%
value · tax +$1
5 years
+34%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+71%
value · tax +$3K

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 $657K — about 2.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$657K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied36%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 100 reported crimes (16 violent) and 355 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
100
16 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
355
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts26
Theft from Vehicle14
Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Fraud10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection111
Street Defect37
Graffiti Removal27
Traffic Signal Emergency25
Maintenance Complaint23
Shoveling21

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
Edwin M Stanton
901 S 17th St · 316 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$500K$1.0M$657K2016: $353K2017: $384K2018: $384K2019: $503K2020: $492K2021: $492K2022: $492K2023: $574K2024: $574K2025: $658K2026: $658K2027: $657K2016202020232027

▲ +86% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,7952016: $3,7912017: $4,4362018: $4,4012019: $6,1232020: $6,2572021: $6,2572022: $6,2572023: $6,9542024: $7,2912025: $7,7942026: $7,7942027: $7,7952016202020232027

▲ +106% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

7
7 properties 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 $68,664 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,048pays now $10,480at the full rate

932 S 18th St is assessed at $749K but pays $1,048 a year — about 10% of the $10,480 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 186 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $186 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+86%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 47 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
47arm's-length sales since 2002
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 2 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels5 parcels4 parcels3 parcels8 parcels
$350K$798K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Mam Developments Llc16$5.9Mphila.gov ↗
Ascend Venture Partners Pa Llc13$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Quincy Court Hoa (individual)22$0phila.gov ↗

House by house

All 25 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
900 S 18TH ST Vacant —/— 0
900 S 18TH ST Vacant —/— 0
900 S 18TH ST Bought for $245K in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $567K 2/1 1,304 2005 2 tax lien
909 S 18TH ST Bought for $100K in 2004. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $811K —/— 2,622 1915 2
911 S 18TH ST Traded 4×: $130K in 2004 → $650K in 2022 (+400%). Owner-occupied $696K 4/2 1,932 1915 4
913 S 18TH ST Bought for $485K in 2016, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $750K in 2019 (+862%). Owner-occupied $771K —/— 1,764 1915 3
915 S 18TH ST Bought for $198K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $830K in 2025 (+319%). Investor / LLC $798K 7/— 2,550 1915 4 rented
917 S 18TH ST Bought for $117K in 2010, built new under a 2011 permit. Investor / LLC $567K 3/3 1,968 2011 1 rented
918 S 18TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $613K 4/2 1,656 1915 0 abated
919 S 18TH ST Traded 4×: $175K in 2005 → $485K in 2019 (+177%). Owner-occupied $574K 3/2 1,440 1915 4
920 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $645K —/— 1,656 1915 0 abated
921 S 18TH ST Bought for $38K in 2002, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $590K in 2022 (+1453%). Owner-occupied $574K 3/2 1,440 1915 4
922 S 18TH ST built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $730K —/— 2,124 1915 0 abated
923 S 18TH ST Bought for $124K in 2010, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $647K in 2018 (+422%). Owner-occupied $657K 3/2 1,680 1915 3
924 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $739K —/— 2,176 1915 0 abated
925 S 18TH ST Traded 2×: $495K in 2024 → $629K in 2026 (+27%). Owner-occupied $438K —/— 1,440 1915 2
926 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $552K 5/1 1,734 1915 1
927 S 18TH ST Vacant land, last sold for $325K in 2006. Owner-occupied $731K 2/2 1,588 2008 3 rented
928 S 18TH ST Traded 3×: $178K in 2008 → $11K in 2018 (-94%). Absentee individual $645K 2/2 1,656 1915 3
929 S 18TH ST Bought for $150K in 2004, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $620K in 2020. Owner-occupied $869K 3/— 1,586 2005 4
930 S 18TH ST Bought for $187K in 2007, demolition permit in 2007, sold for $765K in 2023 (+309%). Owner-occupied $774K 4/2 1,760 1996 3
931 S 18TH ST Bought for $150K in 2004, built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $736K in 2022. Owner-occupied $766K 3/3 1,676 2007 4
932 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $749K 3/3 2,364 2019 0 abated
932 S 18TH ST Absentee individual $511K 2/2 1,445 2019 0 abated
932 S 18TH ST Absentee individual $350K 1/1 849 2019 0 abated

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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