Who owns your block
1700 block of Barbara St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 74% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 51% since 2016, now about $263K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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 $263K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19145 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $263K | $242K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 63% | 46% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 48 reported crimes (9 violent) and 124 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
- $263K typical home, up +51% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,010 to $2,279 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.4M assessed, $59,401/yr to the city, about $3,126 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +51% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +13% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.8% 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 $151 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Son Llc | 1 | 1 | $281K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1727 BARBARA ST Renovated & sold onBought for $60K in 2011, alterations permit in 2024, sold for $265K in 2025 (+342%). | Investor / LLC | $281K | —/— | 1,044 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1729 BARBARA ST | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1731 BARBARA ST | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1733 BARBARA ST | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1735 BARBARA ST Historysold $25K (2002); L&I violation (2010). | Absentee individual | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1737 BARBARA ST | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1739 BARBARA ST | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1741 BARBARA ST | Owner-occupied | $285K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1743 BARBARA ST ImprovedOwner pulled a zoning permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1745 BARBARA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $127K in 2008 → $250K in 2017 (+97%). | Owner-occupied | $285K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1747 BARBARA ST | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1749 BARBARA ST History3 L&I violations (2010); 3 L&I violations (2016); 4 L&I violations (2018); sold $225K (2023). | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1751 BARBARA ST TradedTraded 2×: $43K in 2002 → $260K in 2024 (+505%). | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1753 BARBARA ST ImprovedBought for $225K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1755 BARBARA ST | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1757 BARBARA ST | Absentee individual | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1759 BARBARA ST Renovated & sold onBought for $115K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $239K in 2019 (+108%). | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1760 BARBARA ST TradedTraded 2×: $6K in 2001 → $70K in 2004 (+1173%). | Absentee individual | $630K | —/— | 5,036 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1761 BARBARA ST | Absentee individual | $285K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)