6700 block of Woolston Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $163K — about 0.7× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $189K. 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: 71 reported crimes (about 6 a month, 30% of them violent) and 181 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $163K typical home, up +68% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,260 to $2,035 a year through 2027, +4%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $63,312/yr from taxable assessments, or $1,711 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 6733 Woolston Avemajor assessment exemption0.00%$0/yr on $168K
• 6737 Woolston Avelower taxable assessment0.54%$878/yr on $163K
• 6718 Woolston Avelower taxable assessment0.55%$915/yr on $165K
• 6716 Woolston Avelower taxable assessment0.56%$927/yr on $166K
• 6720 Woolston Avelower taxable assessment0.56%$927/yr on $166K
• …and 13 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 6733 Woolston Ave has a $0/year assessment-based estimate on $168K assessed value — about 0% of the $2,350 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.8% 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 $168 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 42 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Rad Diversified Reit INC, carries 101 open violations across 181 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 trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

6709 Woolston Ave

$245K · Bought for $34K in 2001, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $200K in 2020.

New construction

6733 Woolston Ave

$163K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $65K in 2018.

Renovated & sold on

6735 Woolston Ave

$163K · Bought for $23K in 2011, zoning permit in 2012, sold for $150K in 2022 (+385%).

Improved

6703 Woolston Ave

$240K · Bought for $66K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021.

Improved

6743 Woolston Ave

$221K · Owner pulled a city demolition permit in 2025.

Improved

6725 Woolston Ave

$203K · Bought for $114K in 2007. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023.

Neighborhood