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Who owns your block

1300 block of 68th Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $4,200 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 74% since 2016, now about $313K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$313K
$250K–$369K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$130
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1928
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
75%
3 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
50%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 25% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
1 of 4 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$210
5 years
+92%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+74%
value · tax +$785

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $313K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$313K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied75%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 58 reported crimes (23 violent) and 73 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
58
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
73
10 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults17
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Thefts6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4
Fraud4

Top 311 complaints

Traffic Signal Emergency15
Maintenance Complaint12
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection7
Salting6
Illegal Dumping5
Street Light Outage5

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-5
Ellwood
6701 N 13th St · 252 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$313K2016: $179K2017: $179K2018: $179K2019: $152K2020: $163K2021: $163K2022: $163K2023: $229K2024: $229K2025: $298K2026: $298K2027: $313K2016202020232027

▲ +74% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9792016: $2,1942017: $2,1942018: $2,0912019: $1,8352020: $1,9482021: $1,9482022: $1,9722023: $2,0912024: $2,0912025: $2,7692026: $2,7692027: $2,9792016202020232027

▲ +36% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8510025020162019202220252027This block 174 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $174 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+74%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20042008201220162020
6arm's-length sales since 2003
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Absentee individual: 1 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$250K$317K+

The block's largest owner, Soco Properties II LLC, carries 1 open violation across 19 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Soco Properties II LLC119$4.6Mphila.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 4 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1301 68TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2009); 5 L&I violations (2016); 3 L&I violations (2018); sold $225K (2020). Owner-occupied $317K 3/2 3,655 1925 1 rentedtax lien
1303 68TH AVE Owner pulled a use permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $309K 5/3 2,373 1925 0
1304 68TH AVE Bought for $42K in 2010, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $225K in 2020 (+435%). Owner-occupied $250K 3/2 1,260 1950 3
1310 68TH AVE Bought for $174K in 2003. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Absentee individual $369K 5/3 3,120 1930 2 rented1 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

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.