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Who owns your block

1400 block of 69th Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 3 homes behind $5,616 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 72% since 2016, now about $194K. 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
$194K
$172K–$298K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$132
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
88%
30 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
3 of 34 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$9
5 years
+59%
value · tax +$299
10 years
+72%
value · tax +$210

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 $194K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below 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$194K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied62%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 66 reported crimes (17 violent) and 110 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
66
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
110
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft19
Other Assaults10
All Other Offenses8
Thefts6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Disorderly Conduct3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection40
Maintenance Complaint13
Abandoned Vehicle10
Other (Streets)8
Salting6
Street Light Outage6

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
William Rowen
6841 N 19th St · 272 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$125K$250K$194K2016: $113K2017: $113K2018: $113K2019: $128K2020: $122K2021: $122K2022: $122K2023: $160K2024: $160K2025: $199K2026: $199K2027: $194K2016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4152016: $1,2052017: $1,2052018: $1,2052019: $1,2632020: $1,1162021: $1,1162022: $1,1162023: $1,1802024: $1,1802025: $1,4242026: $1,4242027: $1,4152016202020232027

▲ +17% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

13 homes pay the full 1.40%21 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 172 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $172 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+72%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
26arm's-length sales since 2004
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 30Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 30
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

5 parcels15 parcels10 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$172K$255K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
521 Prime Properties LLC14$786Kphila.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 34 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1417 69TH AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,376 1925 0
1418 69TH AVE Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,596 1925 0
1419 69TH AVE Bought for $60K in 2009, electrical permit in 2010, sold for $125K in 2016 (+108%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,436 1925 2
1420 69TH AVE Bought for $58K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $201K 4/1 1,596 1925 1
1421 69TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 0
1422 69TH AVE sold $205K (2022); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,596 1925 1
1423 69TH AVE 15 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2024); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 0
1424 69TH AVE Bought for $75K in 2009. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $201K 4/1 1,596 1925 2
1425 69TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,472 1925 0
1426 69TH AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $201K 4/1 1,596 1925 0
1427 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 1
1428 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $201K 4/1 1,596 1925 1
1429 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 1
1430 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $201K 4/1 1,596 1925 0
1431 69TH AVE L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 0
1432 69TH AVE Bought for $54K in 2017, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $190K in 2018 (+252%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,596 1925 2
1433 69TH AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 0 1 viol
1434 69TH AVE Bought for $88K in 2014, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $185K in 2024 (+110%). Investor / LLC $249K 2/2 1,596 1925 2 rented
1435 69TH AVE L&I violation (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 0
1436 69TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
1437 69TH AVE sold $87K (2007); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024). Absentee individual $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 1
1438 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
1439 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 1
1440 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
1441 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 1
1442 69TH AVE built new under a 2019 permit. Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
1443 69TH AVE L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 0
1444 69TH AVE Traded 2×: $72K in 2019 → $185K in 2019 (+157%). Owner-occupied $255K 3/1 1,152 1925 2
1445 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,472 1925 0
1446 69TH AVE Traded 3×: $89K in 2006 → $100K in 2018 (+12%). Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,152 1925 3
1447 69TH AVE Absentee individual $208K 4/1 1,644 1925 1
1448 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,296 1925 1
1449 69TH AVE Bought for $100K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,472 1925 1
1451 69TH AVE Traded 2×: $110K in 2007 → $81K in 2021 (-27%). Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,376 1925 2

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.