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Who owns your block

900 block of Vernon Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 84% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 16 open code violations and 4 homes behind $25,683 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 89% since 2016, now about $326K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$326K
$176K–$513K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$189
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$402K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $326K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 44
$42K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
84%
37 of 44
city 41%
Rentals
14%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
16
L&I code
▲ block 18% · city 5%
Back taxes
$26K
4 of 44 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$184
5 years
+73%
value · tax +$842
10 years
+89%
value · tax +$760

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 $326K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19150 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19150 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19150Philadelphia
Median home value$326K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied64%67%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 26 reported crimes (5 violent) and 153 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
26
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
153
12 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft7
Thefts5
Fraud4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2
All Other Offenses2
Other Assaults2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection86
Other (Streets)11
Maintenance Complaint9
Street Trees8
Sanitation Violation7
Smoke Detector6

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
Anna Blakiston Day
6324 Crittenden St · 289 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$326K2016: $173K2017: $173K2018: $173K2019: $186K2020: $188K2021: $188K2022: $188K2023: $201K2024: $201K2025: $304K2026: $304K2027: $326K2016202020232027

▲ +89% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1702016: $2,4102017: $2,4102018: $2,3802019: $2,4212020: $2,3282021: $2,2912022: $2,3282023: $2,6972024: $2,7772025: $3,1992026: $2,9862027: $3,1702016202020232027

▲ +32% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

3
3 properties 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 $42,425 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%
$0pays now $4,652at the full rate

911 Vernon Rd is assessed at $332K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,652 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 +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 189 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $189 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+89%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.6 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 25 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
26arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
25homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 44 parcels

Owner-occupied: 37Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 6 44parcels
  • Owner-occupied 37
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels7 parcels4 parcels32 parcels
$176K$327K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
60 Mosaic Investment Group Llc11$176Kphila.gov ↗
Barnard & West Enterprise11$326Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 44 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
900 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $320K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
901 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $289K 4/2 1,814 1950 1
902 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $315K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
903 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $299K 3/2 1,814 1950 1
904 VERNON RD Absentee individual $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
905 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $299K 3/2 1,814 1950 0
906 VERNON RD Absentee individual $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 1 rented
907 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $312K 3/2 1,814 1950 0
908 VERNON RD Absentee individual $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 1 rented
909 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $307K 3/2 1,814 1950 1
910 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
911 VERNON RD Bought for $99K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $220K in 2017. Owner-occupied $332K 3/2 2,163 1950 2 abated
912 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 1 rented
914 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
916 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 0 rented
918 VERNON RD Absentee individual $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
919 VERNON RD Traded 2×: $165K in 2022 → $165K in 2022 (+0%). Investor / LLC $176K 3/2 1,672 1950 2
920 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 1 tax lien
921 VERNON RD Traded 2×: $225K in 2004 → $229K in 2012 (+2%). Owner-occupied $322K 4/2 1,729 1955 2
922 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $327K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
924 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 0 abated
926 VERNON RD Absentee individual $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 1 rented
928 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
930 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
932 VERNON RD Appeal granted with conditions (2007). Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
934 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 0 abated
936 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 1 rented
938 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
940 VERNON RD Absentee individual $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
942 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
944 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 1,720 1950 0 tax lien
946 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $336K 4/2 1,720 1950 0
957 VERNON RD Traded 2×: $230K in 2011 → $230K in 2011 (+0%). Owner-occupied $513K 5/3 2,208 1950 2
959 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $319K 3/2 2,208 1950 0
961 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $319K 3/2 2,208 1950 0
963 VERNON RD Traded 2×: $221K in 2023 → $221K in 2023 (+0%). Owner-occupied $319K 3/— 2,208 1950 2
965 VERNON RD sold $120K (2005); Appeal filed (2025). Owner-occupied $267K 3/1 1,496 1950 1 2 viol
967 VERNON RD Traded 2×: $223K in 2025 → $430K in 2025 (+93%). Owner-occupied $267K 3/3 1,496 1950 2 2 viol
969 VERNON RD Appeal filed (2025). Owner-occupied $267K 3/2 1,496 1950 0 2 viol
971 VERNON RD Appeal filed (2025). Owner-occupied $267K 3/2 1,496 1950 0 2 viol
973 VERNON RD Traded 2×: $111K in 2010 → $143K in 2010 (+28%). Owner-occupied $267K 3/2 1,496 1950 2 2 viol
975 VERNON RD Appeal complete (2025). Owner-occupied $267K 3/2 1,496 1950 0 2 viol
977 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $287K 3/2 1,696 1950 1 2 viol
979 VERNON RD Owner-occupied $267K 3/2 1,496 1950 1 2 viol

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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