Who owns your block
1700 block of W Venango St
A mixed-ownership block: 39% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held, with 9 homes behind $67,032 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 72% since 2016, now about $97K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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 $97K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $97K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 19% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 166 reported crimes (74 violent) and 232 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
- $97K typical home, up +72% since 2016
- Tax bill $584 to $1,309 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.4M assessed, $35,064/yr to the city, about $1,131 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +72% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +124% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1716 W Venango St is assessed at $340K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,758 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +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 $172 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 31 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 10
- Vacant 7
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Naor Holdings Llc, carries 26 open violations across 46 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naor Holdings Llc | 1 | 46 | $5.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Golden Dwellings Llc | 1 | 16 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Outsource 2000 Inc | 1 | 10 | $731K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Guy Advisor Group Llc | 1 | 9 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tuto Investment Llc | 1 | 4 | $317K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tioga Property Inc | 1 | 3 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Keystone Personal Care Llc | 2 | 2 | $211K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ftf Reo Llc | 1 | 2 | $224K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700-08 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $187K | —/— | 2,704 | — | 0 | |
| 1701 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1703 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $133K | —/— | 1,426 | 1930 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1705 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1707 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $14K in 2004 → $88K in 2007 (+529%). | Owner-occupied | $140K | —/— | 1,550 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 1709 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1710-12 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $2K in 2003 → $92K in 2006 (+5650%). | Absentee individual | $95K | —/— | 2,070 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1711 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $49K in 2007 → $180K in 2023 (+267%). | Investor / LLC | $147K | 3/3 | 1,426 | 1930 | 3 | rented |
| 1713 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $96K | 3/1 | 1,426 | 1930 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1715 W VENANGO ST | Investor / LLC | $96K | 3/1 | 1,426 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 1716 W VENANGO ST New constructionBought for $63K in 2003, built new (tax-abated), sold for $240K in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $340K | —/— | 9,660 | 1915 | 2 | abated |
| 1717 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $140K | 4/1 | 1,550 | 1930 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 1719 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1721 W VENANGO ST Improved | Owner-occupied | $99K | 4/1 | 1,504 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1722 W VENANGO ST Improved | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1723 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $8K in 2009 → $15K in 2012 (+83%). | Absentee individual | $99K | 4/1 | 1,504 | 1930 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1724 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $93K | 3/1 | 2,240 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1725 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $39K in 2005 → $20K in 2019 (-49%). | Absentee individual | $99K | 4/1 | 1,504 | 1930 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1726 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $160K | —/— | 2,458 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1727 W VENANGO ST | Investor / LLC | $174K | 4/1 | 1,632 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1728 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $145K | —/— | 2,014 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1729 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $1K in 2007 → $55K in 2007 (+5400%). | Absentee individual | $173K | 4/1 | 1,632 | 1930 | 2 | rented |
| 1730 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $36K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1731 W VENANGO ST | Investor / LLC | $164K | —/— | 1,760 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1732 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1737 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 1,336 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 1739 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 1,336 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 1741 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $94K | 3/1 | 1,336 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1743 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $97K | 3/1 | 1,422 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 1745 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $97K | 3/1 | 1,422 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1747 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2023 → $136K in 2024 (+70%). | Absentee individual | $142K | —/— | 2,355 | 1930 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)