Who owns your block
9200 block of Ambassador Pl
A mixed-ownership block: 45% owner-occupied, 5% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $452K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $452K — about 2.0× 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 | $452K | $383K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 20% | 66% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 13 reported crimes (3 violent) and 53 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
- $452K typical home, up +93% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,261 to $6,330 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.1M assessed, $115,773/yr to the city, about $5,789 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +93% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +94% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
9217 Ambassador Pl is assessed at $453K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $6,347 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 +6.1% 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 10
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Community Corp | 1 | 18 | $6.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Taras Smerechanskyy (individual) | 2 | 2 | $904K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9200 AMBASSADOR PL Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $278K in 2005 → $485K in 2023 (+74%). | Absentee individual | $465K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1980 | 3 | |
| 9201 AMBASSADOR PL Historysold $228K (2014); 2 L&I violations (2017). | Owner-occupied | $452K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1980 | 1 | rented |
| 9202 AMBASSADOR PL | Owner-occupied | $450K | 4/— | 2,200 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 9203 AMBASSADOR PL | Absentee individual | $452K | 4/2 | 2,200 | 1980 | 1 | rented |
| 9204 AMBASSADOR PL History4 L&I violations (2007); 6 L&I violations (2008); sold $225K (2015). | Absentee individual | $473K | 4/— | 2,200 | 1984 | 1 | rented |
| 9205 AMBASSADOR PL | Owner-occupied | $452K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 9206 AMBASSADOR PL | Absentee individual | $473K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1984 | 1 | rented |
| 9207 AMBASSADOR PL ImprovedBought for $208K in 2005. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $452K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1980 | 2 | rented |
| 9208 AMBASSADOR PL TradedTraded 2×: $132K in 2000 → $241K in 2014 (+82%). | Absentee individual | $465K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1980 | 2 | |
| 9209 AMBASSADOR PL | Absentee individual | $452K | 4/— | 2,200 | 1984 | 1 | |
| 9210 AMBASSADOR PL | Absentee individual | $457K | 4/— | 2,200 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 9211 AMBASSADOR PL Historysold $255K (2008); 3 L&I violations (2015). | Absentee individual | $444K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1980 | 1 | rented |
| 9212 AMBASSADOR PL | Absentee individual | $450K | 4/2 | 2,200 | 1980 | 1 | |
| 9213 AMBASSADOR PL | Owner-occupied | $444K | 4/— | 2,200 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 9214 AMBASSADOR PL | Owner-occupied | $452K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1980 | 1 | |
| 9215 AMBASSADOR PL | Owner-occupied | $440K | 4/— | 2,200 | 1984 | 0 | rented |
| 9217 AMBASSADOR PL | Investor / LLC | $453K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1980 | 0 | abated |
| 9219 AMBASSADOR PL | Owner-occupied | $465K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1980 | 1 | |
| 9221 AMBASSADOR PL | Owner-occupied | $468K | 4/— | 2,200 | 1980 | 1 | |
| 9223 AMBASSADOR PL | Owner-occupied | $464K | 4/4 | 2,200 | 1984 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)