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Who owns your block

2300 block of S 70th St

A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $126K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$126K
$126K–$279K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$127
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
58%
6 of 12
city 41%
Rentals
17%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+18%
value · tax +$549
5 years
+53%
value · tax +$607
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$773

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 $126K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19142 median of $131K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19142 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19142Philadelphia
Median home value$126K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied42%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 48 reported crimes (19 violent) and 92 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
48
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
92
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts6
Theft from Vehicle5
Aggravated Assault Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint21
Illegal Dumping16
Street Light Outage9
Abandoned Vehicle6
Other (Streets)6
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection6

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-4
John M Patterson
7000 Buist Ave · 353 students
Middle · 5-8
William Tilden
6601 Elmwood Ave · 230 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$100K$200K$126K2016: $71K2017: $71K2018: $71K2019: $76K2020: $82K2021: $82K2022: $82K2023: $105K2024: $105K2025: $107K2026: $107K2027: $126K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,7602016: $9872017: $9872018: $9872019: $1,0642020: $1,1532021: $1,1532022: $1,1532023: $1,4672024: $1,4672025: $1,4922026: $1,2112027: $1,7602016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
15arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 12 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 1 12parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

7 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$126K$130K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Tran Lang Van (individual)25$953Kphila.gov ↗
Aurea Properties Llc14$996Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 12 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2318 S 70TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); sold $270K (2013). Vacant $279K —/— 1
2320 S 70TH ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,054 1920 1
2322 S 70TH ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 992 1920 0
2324 S 70TH ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2008 → $60K in 2023 (+50%). Absentee individual $126K 3/1 992 1920 2
2326 S 70TH ST Bought for $42K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 992 1920 1
2328 S 70TH ST Bought for $83K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $126K 3/1 992 1920 2 rented
2330 S 70TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 992 1920 0
2332 S 70TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Absentee individual $126K 3/1 992 1920 0 rented
2334 S 70TH ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 992 1920 1
2336 S 70TH ST Bought for $65K in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 992 1920 5
2338 S 70TH ST Absentee individual $128K 3/1 992 1920 1
2340 S 70TH ST Absentee individual $128K 3/1 992 1920 1 tax 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)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.