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Who owns your block

1700 block of N 72nd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 26% since 2016, now about $487K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$487K
$463K–$545K
ZIP median $189K
Price / sq ft
$201
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
3 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 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
-2%
value · tax −$158
5 years
+46%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+26%
value · tax +$180

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $487K — about 2.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19151 median of $189K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19151 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19151Philadelphia
Median home value$487K$189K$223K
Owner-occupied100%54%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 5 reported crimes (1 violent) and 17 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
5
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
17
to the city

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft2
All Other Offenses1
Other Assaults1
Receiving Stolen Property1

Top 311 complaints

Street Light Outage9
Salting3
Illegal Dumping2
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance1
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection1
Street Defect1

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
Robert E Lamberton
7501 Woodbine Ave · 362 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$500K$1.0M$487K2016: $387K2017: $387K2018: $387K2019: $365K2020: $333K2021: $333K2022: $333K2023: $333K2024: $333K2025: $498K2026: $498K2027: $487K2016202020232027

▲ +26% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,4102016: $5,2302017: $5,2302018: $5,2302019: $4,8142020: $4,1812021: $4,1812022: $4,1812023: $3,5362024: $3,5362025: $5,5682026: $5,5682027: $5,4102016202020232027

▲ +3% since 2016 · ~+0%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8610025020162019202220252027This block 126 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $126 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+26%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.4 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2005201020152020
4arm's-length sales since 2001
2times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3 3parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$463K$487K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 3 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1721 N 72ND ST Bought for $225K in 2001. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $487K —/— 2,584 1925 2
1725 N 72ND ST Bought for $235K in 2017, zoning permit in 2017, sold for $505K in 2022 (+115%). Owner-occupied $545K 5/3 2,032 1925 2 tax lien
1729 N 72ND ST Owner-occupied $463K —/— 2,304 1925 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)

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.