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Who owns your block

1700 block of Wakeling St

A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 122% since 2016, now about $182K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$182K
$152K–$1.1M
ZIP median $170K
Price / sq ft
$117
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$200K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $182K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $15K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
58%
7 of 12
city 41%
Rentals
17%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+23%
value · tax +$490
5 years
+101%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+122%
value · tax +$1K

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 $182K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19124Philadelphia
Median home value$182K$170K$223K
Owner-occupied8%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (32 violent) and 148 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
79
32 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
148
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults23
All Other Offenses13
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Thefts7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint34
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection26
Abandoned Vehicle16
Street Defect13
Illegal Dumping10
Salting8

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
Mastery Charter School At Smedley
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$125K$250K$182K2016: $82K2017: $82K2018: $82K2019: $88K2020: $90K2021: $90K2022: $90K2023: $118K2024: $118K2025: $148K2026: $148K2027: $182K2016202020232027

▲ +122% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5432016: $1,1252017: $1,1252018: $1,1252019: $1,2132020: $1,2642021: $1,2642022: $1,2642023: $1,6452024: $1,6452025: $2,0532026: $2,0532027: $2,5432016202020232027

▲ +126% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 222 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $222 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+122%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20002005201020152020
25arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 12 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 2 12parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

5 parcels2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$152K$269K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Hazan Properties Llc11$152Kphila.gov ↗
4150 Leidy Llc11$205Kphila.gov ↗
Miles Investments Llc11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 12 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1701 WAKELING ST Traded 3×: $100K in 2002 → $10K in 2007 (-90%). Owner-occupied $269K —/— 1,440 1925 3
1703 WAKELING ST Traded 2×: $15K in 2003 → $40K in 2017 (+167%). Absentee individual $183K —/2 1,344 1920 2 tax lien
1705 WAKELING ST Traded 3×: $20K in 2019 → $200K in 2024 (+899%). Owner-occupied $180K 4/1 1,188 1925 3 tax lien
1707 WAKELING ST Traded 4×: $11K in 2012 → $12K in 2020 (+7%). Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,144 1920 4 rentedtax lien
1709 WAKELING ST Traded 2×: $15K in 2000 → $110K in 2023 (+633%). Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,320 1920 2 rented
1711 WAKELING ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2006 → $14K in 2015 (-85%). Investor / LLC $152K 3/1 1,320 1920 2 tax lien
1713 WAKELING ST Traded 3×: $65K in 2003 → $145K in 2021 (+123%). Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,396 1920 3
1715 WAKELING ST Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,396 1920 1
1717 WAKELING ST Owner-occupied $157K 3/1 1,320 1920 0
1719 WAKELING ST Traded 3×: $74K in 2005 → $79K in 2018 (+7%). Owner-occupied $223K 3/2 1,903 1920 3
1729-33 WAKELING ST Investor / LLC $205K —/— 2,508 1947 1
1735-41 WAKELING ST Investor / LLC $1.1M —/— 9,240 1970 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)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.