Who owns your block
900 block of S 54th St
A mixed-ownership block: 59% owner-occupied, 27% investor-held, with 7 open code violations and 3 homes behind $23,464 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 214% since 2016, now about $147K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $147K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $147K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (40 violent) and 247 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $147K typical home, up +214% since 2016
- Tax bill $309 to $937 a year, +11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.4M assessed, $31,593/yr to the city, about $1,436 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +214% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +203% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
919 S 54th St is assessed at $147K but pays $870 a year — about 42% of the $2,055 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11% 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 $314 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Ismaleah Llc, carries 2 open violations across 16 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ismaleah Llc | 1 | 16 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| St Joseph Properties Llc | 1 | 6 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Penn Houses Llc | 2 | 3 | $736K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Foy Property Investments Llc | 1 | 2 | $298K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hs Realty New York Manage | 1 | 1 | $144K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 S 54TH ST | Owner-occupied | $172K | —/— | 990 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 901 S 54TH ST ImprovedBought for $3K in 2003. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. | Investor / LLC | $144K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 902 S 54TH ST ImprovedBought for $3K in 2007. | Vacant | $34K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 903 S 54TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $5K in 2003, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $155K in 2020 (+3000%). | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 904 S 54TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $155K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 905 S 54TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $145K in 2022, addition and/or alteration permit in 2022, sold for $345K in 2025 (+138%). | Owner-occupied | $299K | 4/2 | 1,280 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 906 S 54TH ST ImprovedBought for $110K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $155K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 907 S 54TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit, sold for $90K in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $129K | —/— | 1,285 | 1925 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 908 S 54TH ST | Investor / LLC | $155K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 909 S 54TH ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2008. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $154K | —/— | 1,368 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 910 S 54TH ST | Owner-occupied | $155K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 911 S 54TH ST | Investor / LLC | $147K | 3/2 | 1,280 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 912 S 54TH ST | Owner-occupied | $155K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 913 S 54TH ST | Owner-occupied | $147K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 914 S 54TH ST ImprovedBought for $82K in 2025. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $196K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 915 S 54TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $147K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 917 S 54TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $147K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 919 S 54TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $147K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 921 S 54TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $147K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 923 S 54TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $15K in 2008, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $234K in 2021 (+1460%). | Absentee individual | $252K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 4 | 4 violtax lien |
| 925 S 54TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2014). | Owner-occupied | $147K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 927 S 54TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $36K in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $114K | —/— | 1,664 | 1925 | 1 | abated3 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)