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Who owns your block

2700 block of S 7th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 3 homes behind $20,078 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 77% since 2016, now about $205K. 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
$205K
$129K–$291K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$213
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$240K
5 sold in 2yr
assessed $205K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
77%
33 of 44
city 41%
Rentals
16%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▼ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$20K
3 of 44 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$191
5 years
+38%
value · tax +$368
10 years
+77%
value · tax +$520

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 $205K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$205K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied57%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 117 reported crimes (38 violent) and 251 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
117
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
251
65 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts21
Other Assaults20
Theft from Vehicle20
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Robbery No Firearm9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection38
Maintenance Complaint31
License Complaint24
Abandoned Vehicle22
Illegal Dumping16
Salting12

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 & Middle · K-8
D Newlin Fell
900 W Oregon Ave · 519 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$205K2016: $116K2017: $116K2018: $116K2019: $138K2020: $149K2021: $149K2022: $149K2023: $165K2024: $165K2025: $195K2026: $195K2027: $205K2016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,9392016: $1,6062017: $1,4192018: $1,3722019: $1,5612020: $1,6262021: $1,5452022: $1,5712023: $1,5022024: $1,4192025: $1,6922026: $1,7482027: $1,9392016202020232027

▲ +21% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 +5.3% 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 58 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
58arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 44 parcels

Owner-occupied: 33Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 1 44parcels
  • Owner-occupied 33
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels22 parcels7 parcels6 parcels8 parcels
$129K$266K+

The block's largest owner, 7th And Bigler Llc, carries 3 open violations across 3 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
7th And Bigler Llc13$616Kphila.gov ↗
Hickory Bottom Properties11$291Kphila.gov ↗
2701 South Seventh St Llc11$273Kphila.gov ↗
Smallball Partners Llc11$261Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 44 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
2700 S 7TH ST sold $565K (2018); 11 L&I violations (2021); 16 L&I violations (2023). Investor / LLC $291K —/— 1,840 1920 1
2701 S 7TH ST Bought for $86K in 2000. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $273K —/— 1,731 1920 2 rented
2702 S 7TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,057 1920 0
2703 S 7TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,142 1920 0
2704 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 1
2705 S 7TH ST Bought for $45K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,066 1920 2
2706 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 0
2707 S 7TH ST Traded 2×: $138K in 2007 → $141K in 2015 (+2%). Absentee individual $220K 3/1 958 1920 2 rented
2708 S 7TH ST Bought for $55K in 2000. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 1
2709 S 7TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $220K 2/1 958 1920 0
2710 S 7TH ST Bought for $70K in 2018, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $240K in 2026 (+243%). Absentee individual $224K 3/1 958 1920 3 rented
2711 S 7TH ST Absentee individual $202K 3/1 958 1920 1 tax lien
2712 S 7TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 0 4 viol
2713 S 7TH ST sold $38K (2003); L&I violation (2012); 4 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2018). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 958 1920 1
2714 S 7TH ST Bought for $38K in 2001, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $375K in 2025 (+900%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,116 1920 5
2715 S 7TH ST sold $150K (2011); L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $238K 3/1 1,116 1920 1
2718 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,116 1920 1
2719 S 7TH ST Bought for $409K in 2025. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Absentee individual $238K 3/1 1,116 1920 1
2720 S 7TH ST Bought for $18K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 1
2721 S 7TH ST Bought for $111K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 958 1920 3
2722 S 7TH ST Absentee individual $205K 3/1 958 1920 1
2723 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,142 1920 1
2724 S 7TH ST Bought for $83K in 2007. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 2 rented
2725 S 7TH ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2001 → $150K in 2009 (+234%). Absentee individual $202K 3/1 958 1920 2
2726 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 1
2727 S 7TH ST Traded 2×: $44K in 2002 → $50K in 2003 (+14%). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 958 1920 2
2728 S 7TH ST Bought for $90K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 958 1920 2
2729 S 7TH ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2004 → $110K in 2016 (+0%). Absentee individual $272K 3/1 1,236 1920 2 rented
2732 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $266K 3/1 1,369 1920 0
2733 S 7TH ST L&I violation (2008); sold $240K (2025); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,236 1920 1
2734 S 7TH ST Vacant $129K —/— 0 tax lien
2735 S 7TH ST Traded 2×: $165K in 2005 → $184K in 2017 (+12%). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 958 1920 2
2736 S 7TH ST Bought for $80K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Investor / LLC $205K 3/1 958 1920 1 rented3 violtax lien
2737 S 7TH ST Bought for $76K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 958 1920 1
2738 S 7TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 0
2739 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 958 1920 0
2740 S 7TH ST Traded 3×: $133K in 2010 → $180K in 2025 (+35%). Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 3
2741 S 7TH ST Bought for $220K in 2020. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $239K 3/1 958 1920 1
2742 S 7TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2003 → $78K in 2019 (+42%). Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 958 1920 2
2743 S 7TH ST Bought for $25K in 2007, fast form building permit in 2007, sold for $232K in 2019 (+828%). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 958 1920 3
2744 S 7TH ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2003 → $235K in 2024 (+488%). Owner-occupied $252K 3/1 958 1920 2
2745 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 958 1920 1
2746 S 7TH ST sold $40K (1999); 5 L&I violations (2013); 5 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2017). Owner-occupied $257K —/— 1,236 1920 1 rentedtax lien
2747 S 7TH ST Bought for $215K in 2005. Owner pulled a use permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $261K —/— 1,654 1920 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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