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Who owns your block

900 block of S 57th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 2 homes behind $11,931 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 134% since 2016, now about $153K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$153K
$106K–$194K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$118
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$735
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 11
$11K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
82%
9 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
2 of 11 behind
▲ block 18% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$25
5 years
+106%
value · tax +$164
10 years
+134%
value · tax +$230

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 $153K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$153K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied73%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 224 reported crimes (54 violent) and 223 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
224
54 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
223
60 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts109
Other Assaults40
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Fraud12
All Other Offenses11
Motor Vehicle Theft7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint51
Illegal Dumping35
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection34
Abandoned Vehicle19
Street Defect16
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance8

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
Add B Anderson
1034 S 60th St · 318 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$100K$200K$153K2016: $65K2017: $65K2018: $65K2019: $72K2020: $74K2021: $74K2022: $74K2023: $119K2024: $119K2025: $151K2026: $151K2027: $153K2016202020232027

▲ +134% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$7352016: $4942017: $5052018: $6342019: $5962020: $9692021: $5712022: $5712023: $5462024: $7782025: $7102026: $7102027: $7352016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 $11,198 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%
$77pays now $1,477at the full rate

910 S 57th St is assessed at $106K but pays $77 a year — about 5% of the $1,477 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 +8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 234 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $234 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+134%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5%/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 8 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2004200820122016
8arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels7 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$106K$177K+

The block's largest owner, Bell Town Properties Llc, carries 9 open violations across 42 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bell Town Properties Llc142$6.3Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 11 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
900 S 57TH ST Bought for $110K in 2011. Owner pulled a use permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,440 1920 1
902 S 57TH ST Bought for $35K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Investor / LLC $153K 3/1 1,288 1920 1
904 S 57TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,288 1920 0
906 S 57TH ST Bought for $37K in 2001, alteration permit in 2013, sold for $112K in 2017 (+203%). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,288 1920 2
908 S 57TH ST L&I violation (2015); 4 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $127K —/— 1,288 1920 0 tax lien
910 S 57TH ST built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $106K 3/1 1,288 1920 0 abated4 viol
912 S 57TH ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $118K in 2018. Owner-occupied $152K 3/1 1,278 1920 1 tax lien
914 S 57TH ST Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,288 1920 0
916 S 57TH ST Traded 2×: $43K in 2015 → $117K in 2016 (+175%). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,288 1920 2
918 S 57TH ST 3 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2012). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,288 1920 0 tax lien
920 S 57TH ST Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,288 1920 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.