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Who owns your block

900 block of W Sterner St

A mixed-ownership block: 52% owner-occupied, 4% investor-held, with 10 homes behind $75,729 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 77% since 2016, now about $61K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$61K
$9K–$185K
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$73
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$44K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $61K
Tax / yr
$847
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 25
$7K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
52%
11 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$76K
10 of 25 behind
▲ block 40% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$3
5 years
+82%
value · tax −$14
10 years
+77%
value · tax −$76

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 $61K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19133Philadelphia
Median home value$61K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied24%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 216 reported crimes (83 violent) and 181 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
216
83 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
181
34 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts48
Other Assaults46
All Other Offenses27
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm12
Theft from Vehicle9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection39
Illegal Dumping32
Maintenance Complaint22
Sanitation Violation12
Street Defect11
Abandoned Vehicle10

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
Mastery Charter School At Clymer
Middle & High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$50K$100K$61K2016: $34K2017: $34K2018: $34K2019: $37K2020: $33K2021: $33K2022: $33K2023: $48K2024: $48K2025: $61K2026: $61K2027: $61K2016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$125$250$1262016: $1622017: $2022018: $1442019: $1402020: $1402021: $1402022: $1402023: $1502024: $1502025: $1232026: $1232027: $1262016202020232027

▼ -22% since 2016 · ~-2%/yr

7
7 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 $7,458 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 $1,162at the full rate

922 W Sterner St is assessed at $83K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,162 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 +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 177 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $177 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+77%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2005201020152020
13arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 8 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 8

Value distribution today

8 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels5 parcels7 parcels4 parcels
$9K$85K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
J Perez Llc11$185Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 25 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
900 W STERNER ST Absentee individual $85K —/1 1,160 1925 1
901 W STERNER ST Owner-occupied $69K —/1 900 1920 0 abatedtax lien
902 W STERNER ST Owner-occupied $73K —/1 998 1920 0 abated
903 W STERNER ST Traded 2×: $46K in 2017 → $52K in 2020 (+12%). Absentee individual $61K —/1 676 1920 2
904 W STERNER ST Traded 3×: $9K in 2001 → $44K in 2024 (+384%). Owner-occupied $185K —/1 1,026 1920 3
905 W STERNER ST Absentee individual $61K —/1 676 1920 0
906 W STERNER ST Traded 2×: $62K in 2022 → $194K in 2024 (+213%). Owner-occupied $129K 3/2 1,026 1920 2 tax lien
907 W STERNER ST Owner-occupied $61K —/1 676 1920 0 tax lien
908 W STERNER ST Absentee individual $74K —/1 1,026 1920 0 tax lien
909 W STERNER ST Owner-occupied $60K —/1 672 1920 1 tax lien
910 W STERNER ST Owner-occupied $58K —/1 1,026 1920 0 abatedtax lien
911 W STERNER ST Vacant $9K —/— 0 tax lien
912 W STERNER ST Traded 4×: $3K in 2002 → $5K in 2018 (+67%). Absentee individual $74K —/1 1,026 1920 4
913 W STERNER ST Vacant $9K —/— 0 tax lien
914 W STERNER ST Absentee individual $74K —/1 1,026 1920 0 abated
915 W STERNER ST Vacant $9K —/— 0 tax lien
916 W STERNER ST Owner-occupied $74K —/1 1,026 1920 0 abatedtax lien
917 W STERNER ST Vacant $9K —/— 0 tax lien
918 W STERNER ST Owner-occupied $73K —/1 1,020 1920 0 abated
919 W STERNER ST Vacant $9K —/— 0
920 W STERNER ST Vacant $12K —/— 0 tax lien
921 W STERNER ST Vacant $9K —/— 0
922 W STERNER ST Owner-occupied $83K —/1 1,220 1920 0 abated
923 W STERNER ST Vacant $9K —/— 0 tax lien
925 W STERNER ST Owner-occupied $49K —/1 1,185 1920 0

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.