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Who owns your block

1700 block of 68th Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $6,429 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $231K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$231K
$202K–$318K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$145
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$182K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $231K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
83%
25 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
10%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
1 of 30 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax −$65
5 years
+66%
value · tax +$778
10 years
+90%
value · tax +$923

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 $231K — 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 blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$231K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied60%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 60 reported crimes (11 violent) and 196 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
60
11 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
196
51 still open

Most reported crimes

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Thefts8
Other Assaults7
Theft from Vehicle6
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection65
Maintenance Complaint32
Abandoned Vehicle29
Illegal Dumping13
Salting12
Construction Complaints5

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
Prince Hall
6101 N Gratz St · 317 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$231K2016: $122K2017: $122K2018: $122K2019: $137K2020: $139K2021: $139K2022: $139K2023: $176K2024: $176K2025: $228K2026: $228K2027: $231K2016202020232027

▲ +90% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3662016: $1,4432017: $1,4432018: $1,5962019: $1,8742020: $1,7882021: $1,5882022: $1,5882023: $1,6442024: $1,6442025: $2,2082026: $2,4312027: $2,3662016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016 · ~+5%/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:

12 homes pay the full 1.40%18 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 190 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $190 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+90%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.5 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 37 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
37arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 2 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

12 parcels3 parcels3 parcels1 parcels4 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$202K$302K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bright Investments 9888 LLC13$819Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Christiana Trust Tr11$210Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
66 Beechwood Properties LLC11$297Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Spartan Property Manager LLC11$231Kphila.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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1700 68TH AVE Bought for $44K in 2013, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $359K in 2021 (+725%). Owner-occupied $304K 5/3 1,832 1920 2 rentedtax lien
1701 68TH AVE Traded 4×: $34K in 2001 → $285K in 2020 (+738%). Owner-occupied $225K 4/1 1,710 1965 4
1702 68TH AVE Traded 4×: $79K in 2005 → $215K in 2019 (+172%). Owner-occupied $281K 4/2 1,472 1965 4
1703 68TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,420 1965 0
1704 68TH AVE Bought for $40K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,472 1965 3
1705 68TH AVE sold $61K (2001); 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,420 1965 1
1706 68TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,472 1936 0
1707 68TH AVE Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,420 1965 0 tax lien
1708 68TH AVE Bought for $138K in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,472 1965 1
1709 68TH AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,420 1965 0
1710 68TH AVE Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,472 1965 0
1711 68TH AVE Bought for $240K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $202K 4/1 1,420 1965 1
1712 68TH AVE Bought for $158K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Investor / LLC $207K 3/1 1,472 1965 1
1713 68TH AVE Traded 2×: $165K in 2022 → $260K in 2023 (+58%). Owner-occupied $249K 3/2 1,420 1965 2
1714 68TH AVE Bought for $70K in 2009. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2025. Absentee individual $272K 5/— 1,844 1920 1
1715 68TH AVE Bought for $180K in 2021. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $297K —/— 1,600 1915 1 rented
1719 68TH AVE Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,760 1920 0
1720 68TH AVE Bought for $203K in 2024. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $237K 3/1 1,918 1965 1 2 viol
1721 68TH AVE Traded 2×: $114K in 2013 → $140K in 2018 (+23%). Owner-occupied $269K 4/3 1,760 1920 2 rented
1722 68TH AVE Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,480 1965 0
1723 68TH AVE Bought for $149K in 2018. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $269K 3/2 1,760 1920 1
1724 68TH AVE Bought for $125K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $279K —/— 1,480 1920 1
1725 68TH AVE Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $231K 4/1 1,760 1965 0
1726 68TH AVE Traded 3×: $75K in 2024 → $330K in 2025 (+340%). Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,480 1965 3
1727 68TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $269K —/— 1,760 1920 0
1728 68TH AVE Bought for $29K in 2016, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $185K in 2017 (+549%). Owner-occupied $280K 4/2 1,480 1965 2
1729 68TH AVE sold $185K (2018); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $231K 4/2 1,760 1920 1
1730 68TH AVE Traded 2×: $72K in 2017 → $215K in 2018 (+199%). Owner-occupied $318K 4/2 1,590 1920 2
1732 68TH AVE L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $234K 4/1 1,872 1965 0 tax lien
1734 68TH AVE Bought for $46K in 2015. Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2023. Absentee individual $302K 4/3 1,844 1965 3

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

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