1700 block of Waterloo St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $394K — about 1.7× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19122 median of $313K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 127 reported crimes (about 11 a month, 18% of them violent) and 321 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $394K typical home, up +465% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $606 to $2,077 a year through 2027, +12%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $118,872/yr from taxable assessments, or $2,642 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 1746 Waterloo Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$1,406/yr on $502K
• 1748 Waterloo Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$1,406/yr on $502K
• 1770 Waterloo Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$1,151/yr on $411K
• 1753 Waterloo Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$1,665/yr on $595K
• 1740 Waterloo Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$1,258/yr on $449K
• …and 24 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 1720 Waterloo St has a $1,688/year assessment-based estimate on $603K assessed value — about 20% of the $8,439 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +17% 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 $565 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 64 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Brotman Enterprises LLC, carries 13 open violations across 16 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 47 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

Torn down & rebuilt

1770 Waterloo St

$411K · demolished in 2018 and rebuilt (2018), then sold for $385K in 2020.

Torn down & rebuilt

1740 Waterloo St

$338K · demolished and rebuilt (2016), then sold for $349K in 2017.

New construction

1724 Waterloo St

$742K · Bought for $11K in 2010, built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

1726 Waterloo St

$742K · Bought for $1.8M in 2016, built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

1728 Waterloo St

$742K · Bought for $1.8M in 2016, built new under a 2022 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

1730 Waterloo St

$742K · Bought for $1.8M in 2016, built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

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