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Who owns your block

1400 block of 72nd Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 29% since 2016, now about $262K. 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
$262K
$217K–$5.4M
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$136
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$6.3M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $262K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $76K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1955
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
50%
3 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
33%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax −$43
5 years
+23%
value · tax +$809
10 years
+29%
value · tax +$856

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 $262K — 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$262K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied33%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 50 reported crimes (19 violent) and 50 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
50
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
50
11 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Thefts7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5
Fraud3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint17
Street Defect8
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5
Other (Streets)3
Abandoned Vehicle2
Illegal Dumping2

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$1.0M$2.0M$262K2016: $203K2017: $203K2018: $207K2019: $214K2020: $214K2021: $214K2022: $214K2023: $241K2024: $241K2025: $260K2026: $260K2027: $262K2016202020232027

▲ +29% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,5232016: $2,6672017: $2,6672018: $2,7182019: $2,7552020: $2,7142021: $2,7142022: $2,7142023: $2,9622024: $3,2832025: $3,5662026: $3,5662027: $3,5232016202020232027

▲ +32% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 129 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $129 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+29%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.2 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M200020052010201520202025
9arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$217K$2.1M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Mount West Apartments Lp12$4.3Mphila.gov ↗
1410 W 72nd Ave Llc11$5.4Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1401 72ND AVE Owner-occupied $242K —/— 1,600 1955 0
1403 72ND AVE Owner pulled a fast form building permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $217K 4/1 1,600 1955 0
1405 72ND AVE Bought for $16K in 2000. Owner pulled a use permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $221K 4/1 1,600 1955 3
1409 72ND AVE Bought for $252K in 2005, zoning permit in 2008, sold for $395K in 2010 (+57%). Absentee individual $282K —/— 4,165 1930 2
1410 72ND AVE Bought for $3.0M in 2005, use permit in 2019, sold for $6.3M in 2025 (+109%). Investor / LLC $5.4M —/— 56,192 1962 3 rented1 viol
1411 72ND AVE Bought for $2.4M in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $2.1M —/— 18,700 1955 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.