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Who owns your block

1300 block of 72nd Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $25,133 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $258K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$258K
$89K–$511K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$136
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 30
$30K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
83%
25 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
13%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$25K
1 of 30 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$35
5 years
+39%
value · tax +$257
10 years
+66%
value · tax +$489

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 $258K — about 1.2× 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$258K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied67%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 33 reported crimes (9 violent) and 61 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
33
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
61
16 still open

Most reported crimes

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Other Assaults5
All Other Offenses4
Thefts4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint10
Street Defect10
Abandoned Vehicle6
Salting5
License Complaint4
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-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$258K2016: $155K2017: $155K2018: $155K2019: $180K2020: $186K2021: $186K2022: $186K2023: $212K2024: $212K2025: $258K2026: $258K2027: $258K2016202020232027

▲ +66% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3412016: $1,8652017: $1,8522018: $1,8542019: $2,0502020: $2,0812021: $2,0812022: $2,0842023: $2,3342024: $2,2842025: $2,3282026: $2,3062027: $2,3412016202020232027

▲ +26% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

1
1 property 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 $29,532 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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 30 homes pay that full rate — and 21 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. 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
$1,755pays now $3,291at the full rate

The starkest example: 1315 72nd Ave is assessed at $235K but pays $1,755 a year — about 53% of the $3,291 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 166 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $166 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+66%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.8 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
28arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels10 parcels7 parcels5 parcels4 parcels
$89K$364K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Youngquest LLC12$561Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Yengam Properties LLC11$287Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1331 72nd LLC11$371Kphila.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 30 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1300 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $219K 4/1 1,509 1925 0
1301 72ND AVE Bought for $95K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $185K in 2020 (+95%). Owner-occupied $227K 5/1 1,710 1925 3
1302 72ND AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $230K 4/1 1,509 1925 0
1303-05 72ND AVE 6 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $89K —/— 0
1304 72ND AVE Traded 2×: $64K in 2015 → $200K in 2016 (+212%). Owner-occupied $284K 4/1 1,520 1925 2
1306 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $231K 4/1 1,520 1925 0
1307-09 72ND AVE L&I violation (2024); Appeal complete (2024). Owner-occupied $144K 5/1 1,744 1925 0
1308 72ND AVE Traded 4×: $74K in 2004 → $195K in 2022 (+164%). Owner-occupied $284K 4/1 1,520 1925 4
1310 72ND AVE Bought for $92K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $254K 4/1 1,875 1925 1
1311-13 72ND AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $287K —/— 2,112 1950 0 rented
1312 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $269K 5/1 1,830 1925 0
1314 72ND AVE sold $83K (2000); L&I violation (2010); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $244K 4/1 2,000 1925 1
1315 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $235K 4/1 2,000 1925 0 abated
1316 72ND AVE Bought for $36K in 2013, major alteration permit in 2013, sold for $215K in 2013 (+497%). Owner-occupied $289K 4/1 2,000 1925 2 tax lien
1318 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $228K 5/1 1,875 1925 1
1319 72ND AVE Traded 2×: $109K in 2023 → $324K in 2023 (+197%). Owner-occupied $348K 5/2 2,000 1925 2
1320 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $228K 5/3 1,875 1925 1
1321 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $269K 5/1 2,000 1925 0 tax lien
1322 72ND AVE Traded 2×: $94K in 2019 → $250K in 2019 (+167%). Owner-occupied $364K 4/2 1,769 1925 2
1324 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $244K 4/1 2,160 1925 0
1325 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $262K 5/1 2,000 1925 0
1326 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $244K 5/1 2,160 1925 0
1329 72ND AVE 7 L&I violations (2022). Absentee individual $323K 5/3 2,325 1925 0 rented
1331 72ND AVE Bought for $96K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $212K in 2021 (+121%). Investor / LLC $371K 5/3 2,063 1925 3 rented1 viol
1333 72ND AVE 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $173K 4/1 2,064 1925 0
1335 72ND AVE Traded 3×: $5K in 2003 → $180K in 2006 (+3498%). Owner-occupied $266K 5/3 2,014 1925 3
1337-39 72ND AVE Bought for $60K in 2007. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $511K —/— 5,480 1925 1 rented
1357 72ND AVE sold $125K (2004); 5 L&I violations (2023). Owner-occupied $306K 5/1 2,188 1925 1
1363 72ND AVE Owner pulled a fast form building permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $190K 5/1 2,160 1925 0
1365 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $304K 4/1 2,160 1925 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.