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Who owns your block

3100 block of S 70th St

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 114% since 2016, now about $4.6M. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$4.6M
$3.4M–$5.1M
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$76
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
20.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$65K
typical · up to $65K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 3
$71K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 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
+26%
value · tax +$4K
5 years
+25%
value · tax +$13K
10 years
+114%
value · tax +$29K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $4.6M — about 20.7× the citywide median, and above 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$4.6M$131K$223K
Owner-occupied0%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 12 reported crimes (3 violent) and 16 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
12
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
16
4 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
Burglary Non-Residential1
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Other Assaults1

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping4
Dangerous Sidewalk3
Other (Streets)3
Information Request1
KB Escalations1
License Complaint1

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$2.5M$5.0M$4.6M2016: $2.2M2017: $2.2M2018: $2.2M2019: $3.7M2020: $3.7M2021: $3.7M2022: $3.7M2023: $3.7M2024: $3.7M2025: $3.7M2026: $3.7M2027: $4.6M2016202020232027

▲ +114% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$47,7402016: $18,5892017: $18,5892018: $20,1962019: $34,5482020: $34,7722021: $34,7722022: $34,7722023: $37,7952024: $37,7952025: $43,9722026: $43,9722027: $47,7402016202020232027

▲ +157% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

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1 property 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 $70,950 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 214 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $214 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+114%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.7 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Absentee individual: 3 3parcels
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$3.4M$4.6M+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 3 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3101 S 70TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Absentee individual $4.6M 12,000 1995 0
3120 S 70TH ST Absentee individual $5.1M 96,083 0 abated
3125 S 70TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Absentee individual $3.4M 44,875 1940 0

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.