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Who owns your block

1900 block of 69th Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $19,846 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 77% since 2016, now about $227K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$227K
$203K–$327K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$141
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$251K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $227K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 31
$21K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
81%
25 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
13%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$20K
2 of 31 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-4%
value · tax −$128
5 years
+53%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+77%
value · tax +$2K

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 $227K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$227K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied39%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 57 reported crimes (24 violent) and 131 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
57
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
131
21 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Aggravated Assault Firearm5
All Other Offenses5
Motor Vehicle Theft5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Maintenance Complaint22
Abandoned Vehicle18
Illegal Dumping13
Street Trees10
Salting6

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
William Rowen
6841 N 19th St · 272 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$250K$500K$227K2016: $128K2017: $128K2018: $128K2019: $155K2020: $149K2021: $149K2022: $149K2023: $191K2024: $191K2025: $235K2026: $235K2027: $227K2016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,0612016: $1,5052017: $1,5052018: $1,5052019: $1,9712020: $1,9712021: $1,9712022: $1,9712023: $2,4472024: $2,3782025: $2,6572026: $3,1892027: $3,0612016202020232027

▲ +103% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $20,615 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $4,579at the full rate

1963 69th Ave is assessed at $327K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,579 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 +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 177 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $177 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+77%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 35 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
35arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 5 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels14 parcels3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels8 parcels
$203K$273K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Gowans Property Management Llc11$203Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 31 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
1921 69TH AVE Bought for $90K in 2022. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,656 1925 1
1923 69TH AVE Bought for $160K in 2025. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $226K 3/1 1,656 1925 1 rented
1925 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $238K 3/1 1,664 1925 0 tax lien
1927 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $230K 3/1 1,664 1925 1
1929 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $227K 4/2 1,664 1925 0
1930 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $273K 4/2 1,886 1920 1
1931 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,664 1925 1
1932 69TH AVE Bought for $76K in 2004. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $253K 4/1 1,874 1925 2
1933 69TH AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $230K 3/1 1,664 1925 0
1934 69TH AVE Bought for $84K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $203K 3/1 1,386 1925 2
1935 69TH AVE Traded 2×: $88K in 2002 → $143K in 2006 (+63%). Absentee individual $227K 4/2 1,664 1925 2
1936 69TH AVE Traded 2×: $256K in 2001 → $67K in 2004 (-74%). Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,386 1925 2
1937 69TH AVE Bought for $125K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,664 1925 1
1938 69TH AVE sold $70K (2015); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $208K 4/1 1,386 1925 1
1939 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $227K 4/1 1,664 1925 1
1940 69TH AVE Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,502 1925 0 tax lien
1941 69TH AVE Bought for $55K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Absentee individual $227K 3/1 1,664 1925 1 rented
1942 69TH AVE built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated), sold for $69K in 2002. Owner-occupied $221K 3/1 1,502 1925 1 abated2 viol
1943 69TH AVE L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $227K 4/1 1,664 1925 0
1944 69TH AVE Traded 3×: $50K in 2006 → $80K in 2016 (+60%). Owner-occupied $265K —/— 1,620 1920 3
1945 69TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,664 1925 0
1947 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $263K —/— 1,664 1920 0
1949 69TH AVE Traded 3×: $12K in 2003 → $115K in 2005 (+858%). Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,664 1925 3
1951 69TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2021); sold $230K (2021). Owner-occupied $263K 3/2 1,664 1925 1
1953 69TH AVE Bought for $63K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,664 1925 1
1955 69TH AVE 8 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022). Absentee individual $263K —/— 1,664 1920 0 rented
1957 69TH AVE Traded 2×: $70K in 2016 → $176K in 2017 (+151%). Absentee individual $303K 4/1 1,664 1925 2
1959 69TH AVE Traded 2×: $68K in 2014 → $170K in 2017 (+152%). Owner-occupied $263K 4/2 1,664 1925 2 rented
1961 69TH AVE Bought for $49K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,664 1925 2
1963 69TH AVE Bought for $115K in 2024, built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $340K in 2025. Owner-occupied $327K 3/3 1,664 1925 2 abated
1965 69TH AVE sold $62K (2000); L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,664 1925 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

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