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Who owns your block

1700 block of S Bancroft St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 64% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 5 homes behind $30,937 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 166% since 2016, now about $228K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$228K
$194K–$386K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$232
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$280K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $228K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 56
$40K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
64%
36 of 56
city 41%
Rentals
13%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$31K
5 of 56 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$86
5 years
+70%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+166%
value · tax +$2K

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 $228K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$228K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied39%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 94 reported crimes (22 violent) and 281 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
94
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
281
47 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle17
Other Assaults15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Thefts11
All Other Offenses9
Motor Vehicle Theft9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection68
Street Defect45
Maintenance Complaint25
Salting25
Other (Streets)19
Sanitation Violation17

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
George W Childs
1599 Wharton St · 443 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$228K2016: $86K2017: $86K2018: $86K2019: $124K2020: $134K2021: $134K2022: $134K2023: $193K2024: $193K2025: $220K2026: $220K2027: $228K2016202020232027

▲ +166% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,0192016: $1,1742017: $1,1742018: $1,1742019: $1,6062020: $1,7172021: $1,6872022: $1,6872023: $2,5932024: $2,6262025: $2,9452026: $2,9332027: $3,0192016202020232027

▲ +157% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

4
4 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $40,361 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$2,398pays now $4,709at the full rate

1739 S Bancroft St is assessed at $336K but pays $2,398 a year — about 51% of the $4,709 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 266 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $266 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+166%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.8 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 93 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
93arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 56 parcels

Owner-occupied: 36Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 16 56parcels
  • Owner-occupied 36
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 16

Value distribution today

10 parcels25 parcels1 parcels0 parcels8 parcels3 parcels9 parcels
$194K$350K+

The block's largest owner, Nguyen Thang Cao, carries 1 open violation across 11 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Nguyen Thang Cao (individual)211$2.2Mphila.gov ↗
B & D Properties Llc13$601Kphila.gov ↗
Chimera Investors Llc12$430Kphila.gov ↗
Lemes Master Construction Llc11$194Kphila.gov ↗
1754 South Bancroft Llc11$288Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 56 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 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $15K in 2002. Owner pulled a use permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $230K —/— 1,843 1923 1
1701 S BANCROFT ST Traded 2×: $76K in 2002 → $135K in 2014 (+78%). Owner-occupied $350K —/— 2,502 1923 2 tax lien
1702 S BANCROFT ST Investor / LLC $234K 3/1 1,174 1923 1 rented
1703 S BANCROFT ST Traded 2×: $35K in 2001 → $70K in 2010 (+100%). Absentee individual $229K 3/1 1,112 1923 2
1704 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,284 1923 1
1705 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $100K in 2014. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2017. Absentee individual $223K 3/1 1,046 1923 1
1706 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $12K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $170K in 2025 (+1317%). Investor / LLC $194K 3/1 784 1923 2 2 violtax lien
1707 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $23K in 2014, plumbing permit in 2014, sold for $337K in 2024 (+1398%). Owner-occupied $303K 2/1 1,046 1923 3
1708 S BANCROFT ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2000 → $25K in 2020 (+0%). Absentee individual $211K 3/1 904 1923 2
1709 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $47K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 998 1923 4
1710 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,024 1923 0 tax lien
1711 S BANCROFT ST Traded 4×: $57K in 2006 → $290K in 2020 (+409%). Owner-occupied $303K 3/1 1,046 1923 4
1712 S BANCROFT ST Traded 3×: $18K in 2001 → $18K in 2020 (+0%). Owner-occupied $230K 3/1 1,124 1923 3 rented
1713 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,046 1923 0
1714 S BANCROFT ST Traded 2×: $76K in 2008 → $245K in 2018 (+223%). Owner-occupied $290K 2/1 938 1923 2
1715 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $135K in 2018, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $307K in 2019 (+127%). Owner-occupied $386K 2/1 1,046 1923 2
1716 S BANCROFT ST Investor / LLC $220K 3/1 1,004 1923 0 rented
1717 S BANCROFT ST Traded 2×: $28K in 2000 → $68K in 2006 (+144%). Absentee individual $226K 3/1 1,079 1923 2
1718 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $162K in 2018, electrical permit in 2018, sold for $305K in 2021 (+88%). Absentee individual $298K 3/1 1,004 1923 2 rented
1719 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $85K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $360K in 2022 (+323%). Owner-occupied $307K 3/1 1,080 1923 3
1720 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $91K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $335K in 2018 (+268%). Owner-occupied $344K 2/1 1,004 1923 3
1721 S BANCROFT ST Traded 2×: $31K in 2005 → $92K in 2007 (+202%). Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,046 1923 2
1722 S BANCROFT ST Absentee individual $194K 3/1 784 1923 0
1723 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $70K in 2017, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $300K in 2018 (+329%). Owner-occupied $303K 3/1 1,046 1923 3
1724 S BANCROFT ST Absentee individual $233K 3/1 1,158 1923 1 rented
1725 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $30K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,046 1923 4
1726 S BANCROFT ST sold $38K (2003); L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 904 1923 1
1727 S BANCROFT ST Traded 4×: $30K in 2001 → $210K in 2024 (+602%). Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 912 1923 4
1728 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $35K in 2001, addition and/or alterations permit in 2024, sold for $382K in 2025 (+991%). Owner-occupied $340K 2/2 1,176 1923 3
1729 S BANCROFT ST Traded 3×: $66K in 2012 → $259K in 2024 (+292%). Owner-occupied $223K 2/1 1,046 1923 3
1730 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 784 1923 0 abated
1731 S BANCROFT ST Absentee individual $223K 3/1 1,046 1923 1
1732 S BANCROFT ST Traded 2×: $38K in 2003 → $75K in 2007 (+97%). Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,004 1923 2
1733 S BANCROFT ST Absentee individual $223K 3/1 1,046 1923 0
1734 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $22K in 2001. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2013. Absentee individual $194K 3/1 784 1923 2
1735 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,046 1923 1
1736 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $24K in 2002, demolition permit in 2018, sold for $375K in 2021 (+1463%). Owner-occupied $359K 2/2 1,120 1923 3
1737 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,046 1923 1
1738 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $105K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $306K 2/1 1,070 1923 2
1739 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $135K in 2016, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $199K in 2018. Absentee individual $336K 3/1 1,158 1923 2 abated
1740 S BANCROFT ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $230K 3/1 1,120 1923 0 abated
1741 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 912 1923 0
1742 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 784 1923 1
1743 S BANCROFT ST Absentee individual $223K 3/1 1,046 1923 1 rented
1744 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 904 1923 0
1745 S BANCROFT ST Traded 2×: $70K in 2013 → $193K in 2014 (+176%). Owner-occupied $306K 2/1 1,076 1923 2
1746 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $16K in 2000, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $280K in 2022. Owner-occupied $335K 2/1 938 1923 2 abated
1747 S BANCROFT ST Traded 3×: $38K in 2003 → $180K in 2013 (+374%). Absentee individual $303K 3/1 1,046 1923 3 rented
1748 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $128K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Absentee individual $226K 3/1 1,072 1923 1 tax lien
1749 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $150K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $320K in 2021. Owner-occupied $341K 3/1 984 1923 2
1750 S BANCROFT ST Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2025. Absentee individual $228K 3/1 1,096 1923 0
1751 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 1,056 1923 1
1752 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,096 1923 0 tax lien
1753 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $93K in 2012, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $301K in 2022 (+225%). Owner-occupied $296K 2/1 990 1923 2
1754 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $280K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $288K —/— 1,854 1923 1
1755 S BANCROFT ST built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $65K in 2012. Absentee individual $380K 2/2 1,394 1923 2 5 viol

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