900 block of W Duncannon Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $201K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 99 reported crimes (42 violent) and 213 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $201K typical home, up +93% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,446 to $2,145 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $6.2M assessed, $67,752/yr to the city, about $2,258 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 915 W Duncannon Aveexemption0.00%$0/yr on $21K
• 925 W Duncannon Aveexemption0.64%$1,186/yr on $185K
• 913 W Duncannon Aveexemption0.66%$1,246/yr on $189K
• 909 W Duncannon Aveexemption0.70%$1,418/yr on $201K
• 916 W Duncannon Aveexemption0.70%$1,418/yr on $201K
• …and 9 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% 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 $193 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 37 arm's-length sales since 1969. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 30 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

Renovated & sold on

927 W Duncannon Ave

$263K · Bought for $82K in 2018, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $226K in 2019 (+177%).

Renovated & sold on

914 W Duncannon Ave

$201K · Bought for $48K in 2004, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2025, sold for $310K in 2026 (+546%).

Renovated & sold on

928 W Duncannon Ave

$201K · Bought for $25K in 2003, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $90K in 2011 (+260%).

Improved

911 W Duncannon Ave

$291K · Bought for $5K in 2010. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010.

Improved

923 W Duncannon Ave

$245K · Bought for $36K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008.

Improved

903 W Duncannon Ave

$240K · Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.