2000 block of 68th Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $144K — about 0.6× 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.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 103 reported crimes (31 violent) and 244 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $144K typical home, up +75% since 2016
• Tax bill $869 to $1,991 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $6.0M assessed, $59,049/yr to the city, about $1,476 per home

Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 23 of 40 homes pay that full rate — and 17 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.

The starkest example: 2026 68th Ave is assessed at $161K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,247 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.2% 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 $175 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 0 times in that window, while 21 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Gbs Properties LLC, carries 2 open violations across 8 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 40 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

New construction

2028 68th Ave

$228K · Bought for $24K in 2002, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $235K in 2021.

New construction

2026 68th Ave

$161K · built new (tax-abated).

Improved

2008 68th Ave

$161K · Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025.

Improved

2014 68th Ave

$161K · Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009.

Improved

2018 68th Ave

$161K · Bought for $160K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024.

Improved

2009 68th Ave

$144K · Bought for $70K in 2022. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.