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Who owns your block

9600 block of Bustleton Ave

An investor-heavy block: 67% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 7 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 12% since 2016, now about $1.1M. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$1.1M
$340K–$11M
ZIP median $383K
Price / sq ft
$140
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
4.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$15K
typical · up to $152K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1964
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
56%
5 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
22%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 22% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$626
5 years
+0%
value · tax +$49
10 years
+12%
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 $1.1M — about 4.9× 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$1.1M$383K$223K
Owner-occupied0%66%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 17 reported crimes (1 violent) and 65 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
17
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
65
13 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud3
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Theft from Vehicle3
Thefts3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
All Other Offenses1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Street Defect11
Abandoned Vehicle6
Maintenance Complaint4
Construction Complaints3
Illegal Dumping3

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$2.5M$5.0M$1.1M2016: $980K2017: $980K2018: $1.0M2019: $1.1M2020: $1.1M2021: $1.1M2022: $1.1M2023: $1.0M2024: $1.0M2025: $1.1M2026: $1.1M2027: $1.1M2016202020232027

▲ +12% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$15,4222016: $13,7182017: $13,7182018: $14,6702019: $15,1092020: $15,3732021: $15,3732022: $15,3732023: $13,9982024: $13,9982025: $14,7962026: $14,7962027: $15,4222016202020232027

▲ +12% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 9 of 9 homes pay that full rate. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.

1.40% — the full rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
home on this blocktax-abated

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 112 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $112 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+12%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.4 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M200020022004200620082010
4arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 1 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$340K$5.0M+

The block's largest owner, Gene Sterin Trust, carries 7 open violations across 26 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Gene Sterin Trust126$14Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Metro Properties Partners13$4.8Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
9601 Bustleton Holdings LLC11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Kozak Corp11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
D & S Realty11$1.9Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Chapelcroft Holdings LP11$11Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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 9 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$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
9601 BUSTLETON AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $1.1M 7,000 1965 0
9602R BUSTLETON AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $5.0M 35,600 1994 0 5 viol
9602 BUSTLETON AVE Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $1.1M 7,345 1962 0 2 viol
9614-22 BUSTLETON AVE Investor / LLC $1.9M 13,324 1995 0
9624-30 BUSTLETON AVE Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $726K 4,810 1984 0
9629 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $5.0M in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $11M 78,015 1964 1 rented
9633 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $563K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $2.5M 20,400 1960 1 rented
9636 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $150K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $542K 4,026 1910 1
9637 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $400K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $340K 2,500 1920 1

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

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.