Who owns your block
1700 block of Tilghman St
An investor-heavy block: 75% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 229% since 2016, now about $233K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $233K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19122 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $233K | $278K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 21% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 115 reported crimes (21 violent) and 233 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
- $233K typical home, up +229% since 2016
- Tax bill $891 to $2,893 a year, +11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $10M assessed, $62,815/yr to the city, about $3,926 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +229% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +225% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1731-39 Tilghman St is assessed at $5.3M but pays $7,401 a year — about 10% of the $74,010 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 +11.4% 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 $329 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 8
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phila Prop Llc | 1 | 6 | $4.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Af Builders Llc | 4 | 6 | $674K | phila.gov ↗ |
| City Center Rentals Llc | 1 | 3 | $2.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gm Holdings Llc | 1 | 2 | $371K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Glf Qoz Fund Llc | 1 | 2 | $655K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Monocacy Hill Llc | 1 | 1 | $396K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1731 39 Tilghman Qozb Llc | 1 | 1 | $5.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gottapaytoplay Llc | 1 | 1 | $240K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1753 Tilgh St Llc | 1 | 1 | $504K | phila.gov ↗ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1727-29 TILGHMAN ST | Investor / LLC | $396K | —/— | 3,960 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1731-39 TILGHMAN ST New constructionBought for $975K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $5.3M | —/— | 31,119 | 2024 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1741 TILGHMAN ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2003 → $408K in 2018 (+580%). | Owner-occupied | $688K | 3/3 | 2,932 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 1743 TILGHMAN ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2003 → $399K in 2017 (+565%). | Investor / LLC | $689K | 3/3 | 3,360 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 1745 TILGHMAN ST Historysold $145K (2018); Appeal filed (2026). | Investor / LLC | $240K | —/— | 2,000 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 1747 TILGHMAN ST New constructionBought for $150K in 2017, built new (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $936K | —/— | 4,160 | 2020 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1749 TILGHMAN ST | Investor / LLC | $130K | —/— | 1,000 | 1950 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1751 TILGHMAN ST New constructionBought for $375K in 2021, built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $550K in 2025. | Vacant | $202K | —/— | — | — | 3 | 2 viol |
| 1753 TILGHMAN ST LandVacant land, last sold for $3K in 2009. | Investor / LLC | $504K | 3/2 | 1,760 | 2011 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1755 TILGHMAN ST | Vacant | $227K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1756 TILGHMAN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $3K in 2016 → $550K in 2025 (+20383%). | Vacant | $4K | —/— | — | — | 3 | |
| 1758 TILGHMAN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $3K in 2016 → $550K in 2025 (+20383%). | Vacant | $15K | —/— | — | — | 3 | tax lien |
| 1760 TILGHMAN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $3K in 2016 → $550K in 2025 (+20383%). | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 3 | tax lien |
| 1762-68 TILGHMAN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $150K in 2013 → $150K in 2013 (+0%). | Investor / LLC | $524K | —/— | 5,820 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1770 TILGHMAN ST | Absentee individual | $211K | —/— | 1,760 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 1772 TILGHMAN ST | Owner-occupied | $142K | —/— | 1,090 | 1900 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)