Who owns your block
1600 block of 68th Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 85% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 5 homes behind $89,673 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 94% since 2016, now about $229K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $229K — about 1.0× 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 block | ZIP 19126 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $229K | $219K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 52% | 60% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 78 reported crimes (21 violent) and 193 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $229K typical home, up +94% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,345 to $2,692 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.4M assessed, $69,524/yr to the city, about $2,575 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +94% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +100% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $194 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 35 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 27 parcels
- Owner-occupied 23
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Edwards (individual) | 2 | 5 | $900K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ariel Chai Properties Llc | 1 | 2 | $410K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 27 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $83K in 2022. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $208K | —/— | 1,568 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1602 68TH AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $54K in 2017, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $173K in 2017 (+219%). | Owner-occupied | $272K | 4/2 | 1,568 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1603 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $89K in 2003. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $285K | 4/3 | 1,750 | 1965 | 3 | |
| 1604 68TH AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $108K in 2023, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2023, sold for $287K in 2025 (+166%). | Owner-occupied | $210K | 3/2 | 1,568 | 1925 | 2 | 2 viol |
| 1605 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $185K in 2017. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $306K | 5/2 | 1,750 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 1606 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $8K in 2007. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/1 | 1,568 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1607 68TH AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $229K | 4/1 | 1,750 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1608 68TH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $55K in 2000 → $90K in 2005 (+64%). | Owner-occupied | $210K | 3/1 | 1,568 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1609 68TH AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $268K | —/— | 1,750 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 1610 68TH AVE History2 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2011); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2022). | Owner-occupied | $148K | 3/1 | 1,950 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1611 68TH AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $229K | 4/1 | 1,750 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1613 68TH AVE | Owner-occupied | $229K | 4/1 | 1,750 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1614 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $85K in 2007. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $248K | —/— | 1,760 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 1615 68TH AVE | Owner-occupied | $229K | 4/1 | 1,750 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 1616 68TH AVE HistoryL&I violation (2022); sold $228K (2023); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2025). | Owner-occupied | $190K | 4/1 | 1,400 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 1617 68TH AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $229K | 4/1 | 1,750 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1618 68TH AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $133K in 2022, addition and/or alteration permit in 2022, sold for $300K in 2023 (+126%). | Owner-occupied | $286K | 4/3 | 1,400 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 1619 68TH AVE History2 L&I violations (2018). | Owner-occupied | $229K | 4/1 | 1,750 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1620 68TH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $500 in 2001 → $270K in 2023 (+53900%). | Owner-occupied | $198K | 4/— | 1,400 | 1965 | 5 | |
| 1621 68TH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $90K in 2011 → $160K in 2021 (+78%). | Investor / LLC | $268K | 3/3 | 1,750 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 1622 68TH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $175K in 2018 → $255K in 2022 (+46%). | Owner-occupied | $258K | 4/2 | 1,584 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 1623 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $100K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $229K | 4/1 | 1,750 | 1965 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1624 68TH AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $198K | 3/1 | 1,400 | 1965 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1625 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $65K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $330K | 4/3 | 1,656 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 1626 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $75K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $192K | —/— | 1,760 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 1627 68TH AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $233K | 4/1 | 1,750 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1629 68TH AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $233K | 4/1 | 1,750 | 1965 | 0 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)