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Who owns your block

1700 block of Bergen St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 73% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 1 home behind $37,488 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $313K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$313K
$301K–$345K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$237
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$255K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $313K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
73%
35 of 48
city 41%
Rentals
19%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$37K
1 of 48 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$236
5 years
+49%
value · tax +$719
10 years
+84%
value · tax +$1K

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 $313K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19152Philadelphia
Median home value$313K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied54%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 33 reported crimes (9 violent) and 80 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
33
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
80
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft8
Other Assaults6
Theft from Vehicle4
Thefts4
All Other Offenses3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Abandoned Vehicle15
Maintenance Complaint10
Shoveling9
Salting5
Other (Streets)3

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 & Middle · K-8
Louis H Farrell
8300 Castor Ave · 1255 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$313K2016: $170K2017: $170K2018: $170K2019: $190K2020: $209K2021: $209K2022: $209K2023: $239K2024: $239K2025: $299K2026: $299K2027: $313K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,0162016: $1,9612017: $1,9612018: $1,9612019: $2,1052020: $2,2972021: $2,2972022: $2,2972023: $2,2282024: $2,2282025: $2,7802026: $2,7802027: $3,0162016202020232027

▲ +54% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 64 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
64arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 48 parcels

Owner-occupied: 35Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 12 48parcels
  • Owner-occupied 35
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 12

Value distribution today

5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels37 parcels1 parcels5 parcels
$301K$318K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
L&A Installations Llc14$955Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 48 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 BERGEN ST Traded 3×: $145K in 2008 → $220K in 2018 (+52%). Owner-occupied $320K 3/1 1,320 1960 3
1701 BERGEN ST 4 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2024); 10 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). Absentee individual $314K 3/1 1,320 1960 0 10 viol
1702 BERGEN ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,320 1960 0
1703 BERGEN ST Traded 3×: $46K in 2002 → $176K in 2004 (+283%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 3 rented
1704 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $301K —/— 1,320 1960 1
1705 BERGEN ST Bought for $120K in 2008. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 3
1706 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $301K —/— 1,320 1960 1
1707 BERGEN ST sold $175K (2009); 2 L&I violations (2011). Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 1 rented
1708 BERGEN ST Traded 2×: $152K in 2004 → $300K in 2021 (+98%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 2
1709 BERGEN ST Bought for $175K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1710 BERGEN ST Absentee individual $313K —/— 1,320 1960 1 rented
1711 BERGEN ST 2 L&I violations (2014). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 0 tax lien
1712 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $313K —/— 1,320 1960 0
1713 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1714 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1715 BERGEN ST Bought for $179K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 1 rented
1716 BERGEN ST Traded 4×: $117K in 2003 → $325K in 2026 (+178%). Absentee individual $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 4
1717 BERGEN ST Bought for $75K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2019, sold for $365K in 2022 (+387%). Absentee individual $345K 3/1 1,320 1960 3 rented
1718 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1719 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1720 BERGEN ST Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 0
1721 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1722 BERGEN ST Bought for $225K in 2026. Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $312K —/— 1,320 1960 1
1723 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $318K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1724 BERGEN ST Traded 2×: $91K in 2000 → $218K in 2020 (+140%). Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 2
1725 BERGEN ST Bought for $93K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1726 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1727 BERGEN ST Traded 2×: $190K in 2005 → $188K in 2009 (-1%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 2
1728 BERGEN ST Bought for $86K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $264K in 2019 (+207%). Absentee individual $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 3 rented
1729 BERGEN ST Absentee individual $301K 3/1 1,320 1960 1 rented
1730 BERGEN ST Bought for $164K in 2007, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $315K in 2022 (+92%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 2
1731 BERGEN ST 9 L&I violations (2016); sold $112K (2017). Absentee individual $301K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1732 BERGEN ST sold $82K (1999); 2 L&I violations (2011). Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1733 BERGEN ST Bought for $125K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $272K in 2021 (+118%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 3
1734 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1735 BERGEN ST Traded 2×: $130K in 2003 → $160K in 2009 (+23%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 2
1736 BERGEN ST Absentee individual $313K —/— 1,320 1960 1
1737 BERGEN ST Bought for $143K in 2017, built new under a 2023 permit, sold for $105K in 2022. Investor / LLC $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 2 rented
1738 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $313K —/— 1,320 1960 0
1739 BERGEN ST Bought for $165K in 2011, major alteration permit in 2013, sold for $290K in 2022 (+76%). Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 2
1740 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1741 BERGEN ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 0
1742 BERGEN ST Bought for $165K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $320K —/— 1,320 1960 1
1743 BERGEN ST Traded 2×: $200K in 2005 → $170K in 2017 (-15%). Owner-occupied $318K 3/1 1,320 1960 2
1745 BERGEN ST Traded 3×: $125K in 2003 → $285K in 2025 (+128%). Absentee individual $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 3 rented
1747 BERGEN ST Absentee individual $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 1
1749 BERGEN ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,320 1960 0
1751 BERGEN ST Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,320 1960 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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