Philadelphia property report

1700 block of Welsh Rd

A commercial block: 6 storefronts and businesses alongside 1 home, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 13% since 2016, now about $570K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median value
$570K
$304K–$2.1M
ZIP median $383K
Commercial
$606K
5 buildings · $150/sqft
Price / sq ft
$140
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
2.5×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $24K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
38%
3 of 8
city 48%
Rentals
25%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$196
5 years
+25%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+28%
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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 parcel here is $570K — about 2.5× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19115 median of $383K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19115 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19115Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$570K$383K$230K
Owner-occupied13%69%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 29 reported crimes (about 2 a month, 38% of them violent) and 51 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.

Crimes · 12mo
29
about 2/month · 38% violent
311 requests · 12mo
51
about 4/month · 5 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults10
All Other Offenses4
Theft from Vehicle3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE2
Motor Vehicle Theft2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Shoveling7
Sanitation Violation6
Salting5
Abandoned Vehicle3
License Complaint3

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 · K-8
Anne Frank
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$1.0M$2.0M$570K2016: $504K2017: $445K2018: $470K2019: $482K2020: $454K2021: $454K2022: $454K2023: $523K2024: $523K2025: $556K2026: $556K2027: $570K2016202020232027

▲ +13% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,2732016: $7,0592017: $6,2322018: $6,5822019: $6,7532020: $6,3592021: $6,0442022: $6,0442023: $6,7672024: $6,7672025: $7,0772026: $7,0772027: $7,2732016202020232027

▲ +3% since 2016 · ~+0%/yr

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.

7 homes pay the full 1.40%1 pays less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8810025020162019202220252027This block 113 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $113 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+13%
since 2016
Real return
-1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.4 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years). Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 9 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20042008201220162020
9arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

4 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$304K$2.1M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Bustleton Enterprises LLC13$9.0MPo Box 52221, Philadelphia PA, 19115phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Rekvisita Design &22$646K404 Executive Dr, Langhorne PA, 19047phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Burstein Properties L P11$1.1M1718-22 Welsh Rd, Philadelphia PA, 19115phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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).

Parcel by parcel

All 8 parcels 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 parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

$0$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1701 WELSH RD Store Owner pulled a sign permit in 2020. Absentee individual $2.1M —/— 13,879 1980 0 2 viol
1708 WELSH RD Offices Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $606K —/— 5,012 1920 0
1714 WELSH RD Bought for $238K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $534K 5/2 3,022 1920 3
1718-22 WELSH RD Offices Owner-occupied $1.1M —/— 8,250 1991 0
1724-26 WELSH RD Mixed-use built new under a 2022 permit. Absentee individual $423K —/— 3,022 1920 0 licensed rental
1728 WELSH RD Commercial sold $155K (2001); Inspection passed (2005); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2006); 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2018). Absentee individual $342K —/— 1,553 1920 1
1730 WELSH RD Commercial Absentee individual $304K —/— 1,382 1920 1
1751 WELSH RD Apartment building Bought for $760K in 2002. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Investor / LLC $2.1M —/— 19,461 1973 4 licensed rental

Neighborhood

Median income
$63K
household
Own vs. rent
64%
owner-occupied
Median age
59.3
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:06 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.