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Who owns your block

1800 block of 68th Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 87% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 6 homes behind $42,364 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 68% since 2016, now about $206K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$206K
$93K–$360K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$142
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
87%
26 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$42K
6 of 30 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax +$80
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$397
10 years
+68%
value · tax +$586

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 $206K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$206K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied57%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 65 reported crimes (11 violent) and 191 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
65
11 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
191
38 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Thefts10
All Other Offenses8
Theft from Vehicle6
Other Assaults5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection61
Maintenance Complaint28
Abandoned Vehicle21
Illegal Dumping20
Sanitation Violation8
Salting7

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-5
Prince Hall
6101 N Gratz St · 317 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$206K2016: $123K2017: $123K2018: $123K2019: $135K2020: $130K2021: $130K2022: $130K2023: $174K2024: $174K2025: $212K2026: $212K2027: $206K2016202020232027

▲ +68% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1382016: $1,5522017: $1,5522018: $1,5522019: $1,7852020: $1,7412021: $1,7412022: $1,7412023: $1,4142024: $1,3572025: $1,5942026: $2,0582027: $2,1382016202020232027

▲ +38% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 168 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $168 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+68%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.7 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
30arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels12 parcels8 parcels4 parcels5 parcels
$93K$289K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Barclays 2021-Npl1 Reo Corp11$199Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 30 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1800 68TH AVE Bought for $93K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $256K 4/2 2,080 1920 1 2 viol
1801 68TH AVE Bought for $190K in 2017. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $360K 4/2 2,263 1920 1
1802 68TH AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,444 1920 0 tax lien
1803 68TH AVE Bought for $22K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $289K 4/2 1,624 1925 3
1804 68TH AVE Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,444 1930 0
1805 68TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $221K 4/1 1,684 1925 0 tax lien
1806 68TH AVE Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,444 1925 0
1807 68TH AVE Traded 2×: $57K in 2001 → $207K in 2020 (+261%). Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,444 1920 2 rented
1808 68TH AVE Traded 4×: $93K in 2004 → $280K in 2023 (+201%). Owner-occupied $270K 4/2 1,444 1920 4
1809 68TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,444 1920 0 tax lien
1810 68TH AVE Traded 2×: $50K in 2012 → $135K in 2012 (+170%). Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,444 1920 2
1811 68TH AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,444 1920 0
1812 68TH AVE 3 L&I violations (2019); sold $150K (2019); L&I violation (2020). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,444 1920 1 tax lien
1813 68TH AVE Traded 2×: $30K in 2004 → $88K in 2004 (+192%). Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,444 1920 2
1814 68TH AVE Traded 2×: $25K in 2008 → $130K in 2009 (+420%). Owner-occupied $244K 4/2 1,444 1920 2
1815 68TH AVE Bought for $125K in 2015. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,444 1920 1
1816 68TH AVE Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,444 1920 0
1817 68TH AVE L&I violation (2012); 3 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,444 1920 0
1818 68TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $219K 4/1 1,780 1920 0
1819 68TH AVE Bought for $35K in 2015, alteration permit in 2015, sold for $35K in 2015 (+75%). Absentee individual $223K 3/1 1,444 1920 2
1820 68TH AVE Bought for $16K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $285K 4/1 1,881 1920 1
1821 68TH AVE sold $36K (2002); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $248K —/— 1,520 1920 1
1822 68TH AVE sold $88K (2008); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $93K 3/1 1,406 1920 1
1823 68TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,444 1920 0
1824 68TH AVE Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,406 1920 1
1825 68TH AVE Bought for $80K in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,444 1920 2
1826 68TH AVE sold $74K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2025). Investor / LLC $199K 3/1 1,406 1920 1
1827 68TH AVE Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,444 1920 0 tax lien
1828 68TH AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,406 1920 0
1829 68TH AVE Traded 2×: $56K in 2013 → $160K in 2013 (+188%). Absentee individual $354K 6/4 2,038 1920 2

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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