1700 block of Borbeck Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $390K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 38 reported crimes (9 violent) and 60 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $390K typical home, up +99% since 2016
• Tax bill $2,741 to $5,412 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $11M assessed, $139,161/yr to the city, about $5,154 per home

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:

• 1729 Borbeck Aveexemption1.04%$3,998/yr on $386K
• 1731 Borbeck Aveexemption1.04%$3,998/yr on $386K
• 1710 Borbeck Aveexemption1.04%$4,012/yr on $387K
• 1720 Borbeck Aveexemption1.04%$4,012/yr on $387K
• 1722 Borbeck Aveexemption1.04%$4,012/yr on $387K
• …and 3 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 1711 Borbeck Ave is assessed at $403K but pays $5,146 a year — about 91% of the $5,638 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.5% 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 $199 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 36 arm's-length sales since 1986. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 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

New construction

1711 Borbeck Ave

$403K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $126K in 2002.

Renovated & sold on

1718 Borbeck Ave

$387K · Bought for $44K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $220K in 2023 (+400%).

Improved

1707 Borbeck Ave

$403K · Bought for $210K in 2010. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010.

Improved

1710 Borbeck Ave

$387K · Owner pulled a use permit in 2018.

Improved

1714 Borbeck Ave

$387K · Bought for $106K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016.

Improved

1733 Borbeck Ave

$386K · Bought for $120K in 2002. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.