Who owns your block
9200 block of Alton St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is up 102% since 2016, now about $408K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year.
- 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 $408K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19115 median of $383K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19115 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19115 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $408K | $383K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 56% | 66% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 11 reported crimes (1 violent) and 41 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
- $408K typical home, up +102% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,543 to $4,135 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.5M assessed, $86,236/yr to the city, about $5,390 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +102% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +63% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
9215 Alton St is assessed at $456K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $6,386 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% 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 $202 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9200 ALTON ST Historysold $195K (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016). | Owner-occupied | $326K | —/— | 1,060 | 1961 | 1 | |
| 9202 ALTON ST | Owner-occupied | $327K | —/— | 1,060 | 1961 | 1 | |
| 9204 ALTON ST TradedTraded 2×: $145K in 2002 → $200K in 2016 (+38%). | Owner-occupied | $327K | —/— | 1,060 | 1961 | 2 | |
| 9206 ALTON ST | Owner-occupied | $327K | —/— | 1,060 | 1961 | 1 | |
| 9208 ALTON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $162K in 2006 → $275K in 2020 (+70%). | Owner-occupied | $359K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1961 | 4 | |
| 9210 ALTON ST | Owner-occupied | $327K | —/— | 1,060 | 1961 | 1 | |
| 9211 ALTON ST HistoryL&I violation (2015). | Absentee individual | $460K | —/— | 2,500 | 1974 | 0 | rented |
| 9212 ALTON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $327K | 3/— | 1,060 | 1961 | 0 | |
| 9213 ALTON ST HistoryL&I violation (2016). | Owner-occupied | $456K | —/— | 2,500 | 1974 | 0 | rented |
| 9214 ALTON ST | Owner-occupied | $332K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1961 | 1 | |
| 9215 ALTON ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $456K | —/— | 2,500 | 1974 | 0 | abated |
| 9217 ALTON ST Historysold $132K (2002); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016); 4 L&I violations (2018). | Owner-occupied | $456K | —/— | 2,500 | 1974 | 1 | rented |
| 9219 ALTON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $456K | —/— | 2,500 | 1974 | 0 | rented |
| 9221 ALTON ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $123K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $456K | —/— | 2,500 | 1974 | 1 | abated |
| 9223 ALTON ST TradedTraded 2×: $227K in 2009 → $225K in 2015 (-1%). | Absentee individual | $456K | —/— | 2,500 | 1974 | 2 | rented |
| 9271 ALTON ST History2 L&I violations (2014); sold $1.0M (2023); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2026). | Absentee individual | $1.6M | —/— | 11,431 | 1961 | 1 | 1 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)