Who owns your block
1900 block of 68th Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 36% owner-occupied, 36% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $2,507 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $172K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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 $172K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19138 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $172K | $187K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 21% | 53% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 98 reported crimes (29 violent) and 192 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
- $172K typical home, up +78% since 2016
- Tax bill $939 to $2,357 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.3M assessed, $26,267/yr to the city, about $1,876 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +78% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +151% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1913-25 68th Ave is assessed at $88K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,225 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 +5.4% 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 $178 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 14 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, S3 Enterprises Llc, carries 7 open violations across 77 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Enterprises Llc | 1 | 77 | $6.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Helpful Home Buyers Inc | 1 | 11 | $2.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| C & C Suites Llc | 1 | 7 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Niknak Interiors Llc | 1 | 4 | $597K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Flyy Group Llc | 1 | 2 | $291K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 14 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913-25 68TH AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $88K | —/— | 3,450 | 1945 | 0 | abated |
| 1914 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $16K in 2022. | Vacant | $12K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1916 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $5K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $208K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 4 | rentedtax lien |
| 1918 68TH AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $172K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1920 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $25K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $172K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1922 68TH AVE ImprovedBought for $85K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $168K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1924 68TH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $43K in 2000 → $148K in 2023 (+244%). | Investor / LLC | $180K | 2/2 | 1,314 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 1926 68TH AVE HistoryL&I violation (2021). | Absentee individual | $172K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1928 68TH AVE Historysold $27K (2012); 5 L&I violations (2012); 3 L&I violations (2017); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2025). | Absentee individual | $114K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1930 68TH AVE HistoryL&I violation (2013); 4 L&I violations (2017); 4 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2025). | Investor / LLC | $175K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 1932 68TH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2004 → $79K in 2004 (+108%). | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1934 68TH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2010 → $115K in 2011 (+130%). | Owner-occupied | $211K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1936 68TH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $79K in 2005 → $143K in 2021 (+80%). | Investor / LLC | $169K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 1938 68TH AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $25K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $170K in 2019 (+580%). | Owner-occupied | $250K | 3/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 3 | 2 violtax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)