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Who owns your block

900 block of Shunk St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 128% since 2016, now about $294K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$294K
$291K–$380K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$223
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
69%
9 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
8%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$82
5 years
+84%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+128%
value · tax +$2K

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 $294K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$294K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied69%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 106 reported crimes (31 violent) and 242 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
106
31 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
242
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults21
Theft from Vehicle19
Thefts14
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Fraud10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection48
Abandoned Vehicle27
Salting27
Illegal Dumping24
Maintenance Complaint16
Other (Streets)12

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
D Newlin Fell
900 W Oregon Ave · 519 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$250K$500K$294K2016: $129K2017: $129K2018: $129K2019: $148K2020: $160K2021: $160K2022: $160K2023: $263K2024: $263K2025: $287K2026: $287K2027: $294K2016202020232027

▲ +128% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,0892016: $1,3902017: $1,3902018: $1,7442019: $2,0692020: $1,6112021: $1,6112022: $1,6112023: $2,5622024: $2,8882025: $2,8772026: $3,0072027: $3,0892016202020232027

▲ +122% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 +7.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 228 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $228 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+128%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.3 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
23arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Absentee individual: 4 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

7 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$291K$349K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 13 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
909 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $294K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
911 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $294K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
913 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $349K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
915 SHUNK ST Absentee individual $291K 3/1 1,320 1920 1 4 viol
917 SHUNK ST Traded 4×: $58K in 2003 → $295K in 2018 (+409%). Absentee individual $380K 3/2 1,600 1920 4
925 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $321K 4/1 1,600 1920 1
927 SHUNK ST Absentee individual $291K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
929 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $291K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
931 SHUNK ST Traded 3×: $55K in 2006 → $300K in 2023 (+445%). Owner-occupied $294K 4/1 1,320 1920 3
933 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $294K 3/1 1,320 1920 1
935 SHUNK ST Traded 5×: $85K in 2000 → $165K in 2015 (+94%). Absentee individual $349K 3/2 1,320 1920 5 rented
937 SHUNK ST Traded 3×: $80K in 2005 → $215K in 2017 (+169%). Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,320 1920 3
939 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $349K 4/2 1,320 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)

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.