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Who owns your block

1400 block of 71st Ave

An investor-heavy block: 71% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $70,709 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 145% since 2016, now about $382K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$382K
$205K–$2.3M
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$118
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$315K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $382K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $32K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1959
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
14%
1 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
71%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 14% · city 5%
Back taxes
$71K
1 of 7 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+13%
value · tax +$600
5 years
+35%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+145%
value · tax +$3K

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 $382K — about 1.7× 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$382K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied14%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 89 reported crimes (36 violent) and 66 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
89
36 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
66
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults24
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
All Other Offenses6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint29
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Abandoned Vehicle5
Salting5
Fire Safety Complaint4
Dangerous Building Complaint2

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$382K2016: $156K2017: $156K2018: $241K2019: $279K2020: $282K2021: $282K2022: $282K2023: $308K2024: $308K2025: $339K2026: $339K2027: $382K2016202020232027

▲ +145% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,3502016: $2,1852017: $2,1852018: $3,3782019: $3,9002020: $3,9532021: $3,9532022: $3,9532023: $4,3112024: $4,3112025: $4,7502026: $4,7502027: $5,3502016202020232027

▲ +145% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 245 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $245 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+145%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20052010201520202025
8arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 1 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels2 parcels
$205K$433K+

The block's largest owner, Windsor Estates Apts Lp, carries 4 open violations across 8 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Windsor Estates Apts Lp48$7.5Mphila.gov ↗
Mount West Apartments Lp12$4.3Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 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$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1403 71ST AVE 6 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2021). Owner-occupied $205K 3/— 1,344 1925 0 2 violtax lien
1405 71ST AVE Bought for $78K in 2001, administrative permit in 2015, sold for $315K in 2025 (+304%). Absentee individual $304K 3/2 1,344 1925 3
1414 71ST AVE Bought for $2.4M in 2015. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $2.3M —/— 22,950 1955 1 rented
1440 71ST AVE sold $4.0M (2007); 4 L&I violations (2022). Investor / LLC $390K —/— 3,313 1959 1 rented
1442 71ST AVE Investor / LLC $382K —/— 3,313 1959 1 rented
1444 71ST AVE Investor / LLC $382K —/— 3,313 1959 1 rented
1446 71ST AVE sold $4.0M (2007); 4 L&I violations (2009); 3 L&I violations (2022). Investor / LLC $433K —/— 2,142 1959 1 rented

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.