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Who owns your block

1900 block of 74th Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 11 open code violations and 9 homes behind $69,903 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $199K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$199K
$125K–$286K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$147
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 63
$63K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
89%
56 of 63
city 41%
Rentals
5%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
11
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$70K
9 of 63 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax −$96
5 years
+54%
value · tax +$278
10 years
+76%
value · tax +$338

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 $199K — about 0.9× 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$199K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied70%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 76 reported crimes (26 violent) and 313 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
76
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
313
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults22
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Fraud9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
All Other Offenses6
Thefts6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection138
Maintenance Complaint35
Abandoned Vehicle26
Illegal Dumping14
Other (Streets)13
Street Trees13

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$125K$250K$199K2016: $113K2017: $113K2018: $113K2019: $135K2020: $129K2021: $129K2022: $129K2023: $168K2024: $168K2025: $203K2026: $203K2027: $199K2016202020232027

▲ +76% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5992016: $1,2612017: $1,2612018: $1,2612019: $1,4772020: $1,3212021: $1,3212022: $1,3212023: $1,4192024: $1,4192025: $1,6952026: $1,6952027: $1,5992016202020232027

▲ +27% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 $63,419 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 $3,228at the full rate

1918 74th Ave is assessed at $231K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,228 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 176 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+76%
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 50 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 32 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
50arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
32homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 63 parcels

Owner-occupied: 56Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 6 63parcels
  • Owner-occupied 56
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels28 parcels8 parcels26 parcels
$125K$223K+

The block's largest owner, Hds Llc, carries 5 open violations across 57 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Hds Llc157$13Mphila.gov ↗
Niknakinteriors Llc15$968Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 63 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
1904 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,376 1925 1
1906 74TH AVE sold $135K (2020); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,386 1925 1
1908 74TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,374 1925 0
1910 74TH AVE L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,360 1925 0
1912 74TH AVE L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,348 1925 0
1914 74TH AVE sold $50K (2006); 8 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2017); L&I violation (2022). Absentee individual $200K 3/1 1,338 1925 1 rented1 violtax lien
1916 74TH AVE sold $44K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2020); 2 L&I violations (2022). Investor / LLC $199K 3/1 1,300 1925 1 rented
1918 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $231K —/— 1,332 1920 0 abated
1920 74TH AVE Bought for $79K in 2018, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $225K in 2019 (+181%). Owner-occupied $286K 3/1 1,310 1925 4
1922 74TH AVE Bought for $38K in 2001, alterations permit in 2024, sold for $255K in 2025 (+571%). Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,306 1929 3
1924 74TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,294 1925 0
1926 74TH AVE Traded 4×: $44K in 2004 → $90K in 2014 (+105%). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,300 1931 4
1928 74TH AVE sold $71K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,284 1925 1
1930 74TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,300 1925 0
1932 74TH AVE Bought for $125K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,290 1925 1
1934 74TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2017); 4 L&I violations (2018). Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,294 1925 0
1936 74TH AVE Bought for $95K in 2026. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,278 1925 1
1938 74TH AVE Bought for $49K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $250K 3/2 1,300 1925 2
1940 74TH AVE Traded 2×: $23K in 2000 → $66K in 2001 (+186%). Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,284 1925 2
1942 74TH AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,284 1925 0
1944 74TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,284 1925 0 tax lien
1946 74TH AVE sold $70K (2004); 3 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,284 1925 1
1948 74TH AVE Bought for $170K in 2021. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,280 1925 1 rented5 viol
1950 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $192K —/— 1,800 1925 1
1951 74TH AVE Bought for $18K in 2001. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Absentee individual $217K —/— 1,568 1925 3 tax lien
1952 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $217K 4/1 1,622 1925 1
1953 74TH AVE Traded 2×: $45K in 2003 → $47K in 2004 (+4%). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,184 1925 2
1954 74TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,626 1925 0
1955 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,184 1925 1
1956 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $214K 4/1 1,622 1925 1
1957 74TH AVE Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,198 1925 0 tax lien
1958 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,626 1925 1
1959 74TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,198 1925 0 3 viol
1960 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,632 1925 0
1961 74TH AVE Traded 4×: $42K in 2001 → $100K in 2014 (+138%). Absentee individual $182K 3/1 1,198 1925 4
1962 74TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $214K 4/1 1,622 1925 0
1963 74TH AVE Bought for $101K in 2015. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,184 1925 1
1964 74TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $214K 4/1 1,622 1925 0
1965 74TH AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,190 1925 0
1966 74TH AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,626 1925 0
1967 74TH AVE Absentee individual $198K 3/1 1,368 1925 0
1968 74TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $214K 4/1 1,622 1925 0
1969 74TH AVE 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2023). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,314 1925 0 2 viol
1970 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,638 1925 0
1971 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,284 1925 0 abated
1972 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $214K 4/1 1,616 1925 0
1973 74TH AVE sold $103K (2006); L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $193K 3/2 1,296 1929 1
1974 74TH AVE Absentee individual $215K 4/1 1,626 1925 1
1975 74TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,290 1925 0
1976 74TH AVE Bought for $168K in 2023. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,626 1925 1
1977 74TH AVE Traded 2×: $61K in 2005 → $125K in 2006 (+106%). Owner-occupied $194K 3/2 1,314 1929 2
1978 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,626 1925 0
1979 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,296 1925 0
1980 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,626 1925 1
1981 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,296 1925 0
1982 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $214K 4/1 1,616 1925 0
1983 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $195K 3/1 1,296 1925 0 tax lien
1984 74TH AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $214K 4/1 1,622 1925 0
1985 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,296 1925 0
1986 74TH AVE Owner-occupied $223K 4/1 1,622 1925 0
1987 74TH AVE Traded 3×: $23K in 2000 → $140K in 2021 (+522%). Absentee individual $193K 3/1 1,296 1925 3
1989 74TH AVE Bought for $132K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $237K 3/3 1,302 1925 1
1991 74TH AVE Bought for $80K in 2002. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $223K 4/1 1,668 1925 1

Neighborhood

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

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