Who owns your block
1700 block of W Thompson St
A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 10% investor-held, with 15 open code violations and 2 homes behind $5,224 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 146% since 2016, now about $196K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $196K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $196K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 21% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 122 reported crimes (37 violent) and 530 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
- $196K typical home, up +146% since 2016
- Tax bill $475 to $1,039 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.4M assessed, $40,631/yr to the city, about $1,401 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +146% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +119% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1734-54 W Thompson St is assessed at $1.9M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $26,701 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 +8.5% 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 $246 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Sjc Real Estate Llc, carries 8 open violations across 19 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sjc Real Estate Llc | 1 | 19 | $4.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1530 West Stiles Llc | 1 | 4 | $360K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philly Flipz Llc | 1 | 4 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 29 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 W THOMPSON ST Historysold $63K (2016); Appeal filed (2019). | Vacant | $80K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 2 viol |
| 1703 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $74K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1705 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $196K | 4/1 | 1,290 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1707 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $196K | 4/1 | 1,290 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1709 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $14K in 2004 → $144K in 2015 (+929%). | Absentee individual | $229K | 4/1 | 1,290 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 1711 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $91K in 2008 → $190K in 2008 (+109%). | Absentee individual | $229K | 4/1 | 1,290 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1713 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $50K in 2007 → $180K in 2022 (+260%). | Owner-occupied | $218K | 4/2 | 1,170 | 1920 | 4 | 9 viol |
| 1715 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $150K in 2018 → $220K in 2022 (+47%). | Absentee individual | $347K | 4/2 | 1,050 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1717 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1719 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1721 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $193K in 2012 → $275K in 2022 (+43%). | Absentee individual | $300K | 4/3 | 1,290 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1723 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $196K | 4/1 | 1,290 | 1920 | 0 | abated2 viol |
| 1725 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $368K | 4/3 | 1,410 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1727 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $196K | 4/1 | 1,290 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1729 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $196K | 4/1 | 1,290 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1731 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $74K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1733 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $74K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1734-54 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $1.9M | —/— | 52,900 | 1888 | 0 | abated |
| 1735 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $74K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1737 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $193K | 4/1 | 1,250 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1739 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $232K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1741 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $193K | 4/1 | 1,250 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1743 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $224K | 5/1 | 1,680 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1745 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $35K in 2003 → $225K in 2025 (+543%). | Owner-occupied | $225K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1747 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $70K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $270K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $295K | 3/2 | 1,250 | 1925 | 2 | abated |
| 1749 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $80K in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $328K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $346K | 3/2 | 1,250 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 1751 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $198K | 3/1 | 1,316 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1753 W THOMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $88K | 4/1 | 1,050 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1755 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $79K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 2 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)