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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19138 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $227K | $187K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 39% | 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.
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
- $227K typical home, up +77% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,505 to $3,061 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.4M assessed, $83,245/yr to the city, about $2,685 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +77% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +103% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 31 parcels
- Owner-occupied 25
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gowans Property Management Llc | 1 | 1 | $203K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 69TH AVE ImprovedBought for $90K in 2022. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $235K | 3/1 | 1,656 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1923 69TH AVE ImprovedBought 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 ImprovedBought for $76K in 2004. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $253K | 4/1 | 1,874 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1933 69TH AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $230K | 3/1 | 1,664 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1934 69TH AVE ImprovedBought 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 TradedTraded 2×: $88K in 2002 → $143K in 2006 (+63%). | Absentee individual | $227K | 4/2 | 1,664 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1936 69TH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $256K in 2001 → $67K in 2004 (-74%). | Owner-occupied | $208K | 3/1 | 1,386 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1937 69TH AVE ImprovedBought for $125K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $227K | 3/1 | 1,664 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1938 69TH AVE Historysold $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 ImprovedBought for $55K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Absentee individual | $227K | 3/1 | 1,664 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1942 69TH AVE New constructionbuilt 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 HistoryL&I violation (2022). | Owner-occupied | $227K | 4/1 | 1,664 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1944 69TH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2006 → $80K in 2016 (+60%). | Owner-occupied | $265K | —/— | 1,620 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1945 69TH AVE ImprovedOwner 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 Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $12K in 2003 → $115K in 2005 (+858%). | Owner-occupied | $227K | 3/1 | 1,664 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1951 69TH AVE History2 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2021); sold $230K (2021). | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/2 | 1,664 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1953 69TH AVE ImprovedBought for $63K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $227K | 3/1 | 1,664 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1955 69TH AVE History8 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022). | Absentee individual | $263K | —/— | 1,664 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 1957 69TH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2016 → $176K in 2017 (+151%). | Absentee individual | $303K | 4/1 | 1,664 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1959 69TH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $68K in 2014 → $170K in 2017 (+152%). | Owner-occupied | $263K | 4/2 | 1,664 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 1961 69TH AVE ImprovedBought for $49K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $227K | 3/1 | 1,664 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1963 69TH AVE New constructionBought 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 Historysold $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)