Who owns your block
900 block of S St Bernard St
A mixed-ownership block: 35% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $24,466 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 55% since 2016, now about $432K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $432K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and above 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 | $432K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 55 reported crimes (20 violent) and 147 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
- $432K typical home, up +55% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,493 to $5,536 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $174,783/yr to the city, about $5,141 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +55% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +58% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
930 S Saint Bernard St is assessed at $606K but pays $1,695 a year — about 20% of the $8,476 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 +4% 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 $155 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2017. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 34 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Cow Realty Llc | 1 | 9 | $3.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Formosa Homes Llc | 2 | 6 | $2.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Uc Cedar Lp | 2 | 5 | $2.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Walnut Hill Investments L | 1 | 2 | $744K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ls Revocable Trust | 1 | 1 | $432K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 908 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Owner-occupied | $467K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 909 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Vacant | $132K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 910 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Absentee individual | $432K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 911 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Vacant | $132K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 912 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Owner-occupied | $323K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 913 S SAINT BERNARD ST HistoryAppeal granted (2011). | Owner-occupied | $467K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 914 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Absentee individual | $432K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 915 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Owner-occupied | $467K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 916 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Vacant | $132K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 917 S SAINT BERNARD ST HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2024). | Investor / LLC | $432K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 918 S SAINT BERNARD ST HistoryAppeal complete (2026). | Vacant | $132K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 919 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Owner-occupied | $514K | 6/2 | 2,448 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 920 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Absentee individual | $432K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 921 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Absentee individual | $467K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 922 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Investor / LLC | $533K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 923 S SAINT BERNARD ST TradedTraded 2×: $425K in 2017 → $440K in 2018 (+4%). | Absentee individual | $467K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 924 S SAINT BERNARD ST ImprovedBought for $510K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $452K | 3/3 | 2,448 | 1920 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 925 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Absentee individual | $432K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 926 S SAINT BERNARD ST HistoryAppeal city affirmed (2014). | Absentee individual | $432K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 927 S SAINT BERNARD ST Historysold $425K (2018); Appeal complete (2026). | Owner-occupied | $467K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 928 S SAINT BERNARD ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2017 → $136K in 2020 (+442%). | Vacant | $132K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 929 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Owner-occupied | $432K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 930 S SAINT BERNARD ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $520K in 2018. | Absentee individual | $606K | 4/2 | 2,544 | 2017 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 931 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Owner-occupied | $467K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 932 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Investor / LLC | $533K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 933 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Investor / LLC | $432K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 934 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Absentee individual | $661K | —/— | 2,496 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 935 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Absentee individual | $432K | 6/3 | 2,448 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 936 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Investor / LLC | $432K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 937 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Investor / LLC | $533K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 938 S SAINT BERNARD ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $404K | —/— | 2,548 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 939 S SAINT BERNARD ST Historysold $685K (2021); Appeal granted (2024). | Absentee individual | $714K | 4/3 | 2,618 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 940 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Owner-occupied | $258K | —/— | 2,548 | 1920 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 941 S SAINT BERNARD ST | Owner-occupied | $614K | —/— | 2,448 | 1920 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)