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Who owns your block

1700 block of Bleigh Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $294K. 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
$294K
$33K–$390K
ZIP median $293K
Price / sq ft
$234
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$390K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $294K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1958
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
65%
11 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
35%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$300
5 years
+53%
value · tax +$792
10 years
+87%
value · tax +$862

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 $294K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19111Philadelphia
Median home value$294K$293K$223K
Owner-occupied59%57%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 17 reported crimes (5 violent) and 37 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
17
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
37
9 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Other Assaults2
Thefts2
Burglary Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle10
Maintenance Complaint7
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Salting4
Street Defect3
Sanitation Violation2

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
Rhawnhurst
7809 Castor Ave · 584 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 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$294K2016: $158K2017: $158K2018: $158K2019: $175K2020: $193K2021: $193K2022: $193K2023: $224K2024: $224K2025: $278K2026: $278K2027: $294K2016202020232027

▲ +87% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8602016: $1,9672017: $1,9982018: $1,9672019: $1,8952020: $2,0682021: $2,0682022: $2,0682023: $2,0122024: $2,0122025: $2,5492026: $2,5602027: $2,8602016202020232027

▲ +45% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 187 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+87%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
20arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 1 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels10 parcels4 parcels
$33K$390K
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Paul Nawrocki (individual)23$796Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 17 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
1718 BLEIGH AVE Bought for $97K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Absentee individual $294K —/— 1,222 1958 4 rented
1720 BLEIGH AVE Traded 2×: $80K in 2000 → $163K in 2015 (+105%). Owner-occupied $292K —/— 1,222 1958 2
1722 BLEIGH AVE 5 L&I violations (2010); 3 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $286K —/— 1,222 1958 0
1724 BLEIGH AVE Traded 3×: $106K in 2002 → $285K in 2021 (+169%). Owner-occupied $297K 3/1 1,222 1958 3
1725 BLEIGH AVE Traded 2×: $155K in 2011 → $193K in 2018 (+25%). Owner-occupied $317K —/— 1,220 1958 2 rented
1726 BLEIGH AVE Owner-occupied $286K —/— 1,222 1958 1
1727 BLEIGH AVE Owner-occupied $313K —/— 1,222 1958 0
1728 BLEIGH AVE Owner-occupied $289K —/— 1,222 1958 0
1729 BLEIGH AVE Vacant $33K —/— 0
1730 BLEIGH AVE Bought for $127K in 2004, electrical permit in 2013, sold for $390K in 2025 (+207%). Absentee individual $390K 4/2 1,760 1958 3 rented
1731 BLEIGH AVE Absentee individual $372K —/— 1,760 1955 0 rented
1732 BLEIGH AVE 9 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2015). Absentee individual $372K —/— 1,760 1955 0 rented
1733 BLEIGH AVE 2 L&I violations (2015). Owner-occupied $293K —/— 1,296 1958 0
1735 BLEIGH AVE Bought for $154K in 2004, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $310K in 2022. Owner-occupied $304K 3/1 1,296 1958 2
1737 BLEIGH AVE Owner-occupied $293K —/— 1,296 1958 1
1739 BLEIGH AVE Owner-occupied $293K —/— 1,296 1958 1
1741 BLEIGH AVE Absentee individual $390K —/— 1,760 1958 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.