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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.

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
$408K
$326K–$1.6M
ZIP median $383K
Price / sq ft
$308
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $22K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 16
$18K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
75%
12 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
31%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$427
5 years
+74%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+102%
value · tax +$2K

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 $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 blockZIP 19115Philadelphia
Median home value$408K$383K$223K
Owner-occupied56%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.

Crimes · 12mo
11
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
41
10 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts5
Theft from Vehicle2
All Other Offenses1
Fraud1
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Other Assaults1

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect9
Maintenance Complaint8
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5
Information Request3
Other (Streets)3
Shoveling3

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 · K-8
Anne Frank
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$408K2016: $201K2017: $201K2018: $201K2019: $221K2020: $235K2021: $235K2022: $235K2023: $296K2024: $296K2025: $382K2026: $382K2027: $408K2016202020232027

▲ +102% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,1352016: $2,5432017: $2,5432018: $2,5432019: $2,6552020: $2,8212021: $2,8212022: $2,8212023: $3,4102024: $3,3622025: $3,7082026: $3,7082027: $4,1352016202020232027

▲ +63% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 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 $18,061 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 $6,386at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 202 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+6.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+102%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.1 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 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

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
16arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Absentee individual: 4 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

7 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels8 parcels
$326K$460K+

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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
9200 ALTON ST sold $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 Traded 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 Traded 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 L&I violation (2015). Absentee individual $460K —/— 2,500 1974 0 rented
9212 ALTON ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $327K 3/— 1,060 1961 0
9213 ALTON ST L&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 built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $456K —/— 2,500 1974 0 abated
9217 ALTON ST sold $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 Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $456K —/— 2,500 1974 0 rented
9221 ALTON ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $123K in 2000. Owner-occupied $456K —/— 2,500 1974 1 abated
9223 ALTON ST Traded 2×: $227K in 2009 → $225K in 2015 (-1%). Absentee individual $456K —/— 2,500 1974 2 rented
9271 ALTON ST 2 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)

Where this comes from

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