Who owns your block
1700 block of Stenton Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $12,026 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $215K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $215K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19141 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $215K | $176K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 38% | 48% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (30 violent) and 205 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $215K typical home, up +78% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,407 to $2,676 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.4M assessed, $39,439/yr to the city, about $2,465 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +78% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +90% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% 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 $178 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 15 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700 STENTON AVE | Absentee individual | $232K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1702 STENTON AVE Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $33K in 1999 → $245K in 2024 (+653%). | Owner-occupied | $185K | 3/2 | 1,380 | 1965 | 5 | |
| 1704 STENTON AVE | Owner-occupied | $185K | 3/2 | 1,380 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1706 STENTON AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $75K in 2006 → $285K in 2023 (+280%). | Owner-occupied | $274K | 3/2 | 1,502 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1708 STENTON AVE | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/2 | 1,238 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1710 STENTON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $135K in 2023 → $285K in 2023 (+111%). | Owner-occupied | $240K | 3/2 | 1,496 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1712 STENTON AVE | Absentee individual | $198K | 4/1 | 1,502 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1714 STENTON AVE | Owner-occupied | $213K | 4/1 | 1,722 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1716 STENTON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2017 → $257K in 2024 (+157%). | Owner-occupied | $214K | 4/2 | 1,722 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1718 STENTON AVE | Owner-occupied | $215K | 4/1 | 1,722 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1720 STENTON AVE | Owner-occupied | $217K | 4/1 | 1,728 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1722 STENTON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $130K in 2023 → $320K in 2024 (+146%). | Owner-occupied | $218K | 4/1 | 1,722 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1724 STENTON AVE | Owner-occupied | $218K | 4/1 | 1,730 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1726 STENTON AVE | Owner-occupied | $196K | 3/1 | 1,496 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1728 STENTON AVE | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/2 | 1,502 | 1929 | 1 | |
| 1730 STENTON AVE | Absentee individual | $243K | 4/1 | 1,944 | 1925 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)