Who owns your block
900 block of South St
A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 50% since 2016, now about $486K. Property taxes are climbing about 16% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $486K — about 2.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $486K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 113 reported crimes (29 violent) and 284 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
- $486K typical home, up +50% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,163 to $5,844 a year, +16%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $18M assessed, $244,254/yr to the city, about $13,570 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +50% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +402% since 2016 · ~+16%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
938 South St is assessed at $417K but pays $5,131 a year — about 88% of the $5,834 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 +3.8% 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 $150 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penshurst Realty Group | 2 | 3 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Al Re Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901-03 SOUTH ST ImprovedBought for $825K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $1.8M | —/— | 7,020 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 905-49 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $7.7M | —/— | 39,588 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $482K | 2/1 | 1,172 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $893K | 3/3 | 2,670 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $514K | 2/2 | 1,281 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $521K | 2/2 | 1,307 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $478K | 1/1 | 1,160 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $482K | 2/1 | 1,172 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $886K | 3/3 | 2,644 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST | Investor / LLC | $348K | —/— | 2,476 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal granted (2015). | Investor / LLC | $350K | —/— | 2,494 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 920 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal granted (2009). | Owner-occupied | $478K | 2/1 | 1,160 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 926-28 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. | Absentee individual | $978K | —/— | 4,956 | 2006 | 0 | tax lien |
| 932 SOUTH ST ImprovedBought for $510K in 2009. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $391K | —/— | 1,550 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 934-36 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal granted (2010). | Owner-occupied | $613K | —/— | 2,554 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 938 SOUTH ST New constructionBought for $135K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $250K in 2006. | Owner-occupied | $417K | —/— | 969 | 1983 | 2 | abated |
| 940 SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $165K in 2002 → $425K in 2021 (+158%). | Owner-occupied | $485K | 2/2 | 1,215 | 1983 | 4 | |
| 942 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2002 → $200K in 2004 (+90%). | Absentee individual | $488K | —/— | 960 | 1983 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)