Who owns your block
700 block of Carpenter St
A mixed-ownership block: 59% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 2 homes behind $32,830 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $485K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $485K — about 2.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $485K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 31% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 65 reported crimes (18 violent) and 341 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $485K typical home, up +87% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,343 to $5,602 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $18M assessed, $178,538/yr to the city, about $6,156 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +87% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +68% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
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, 16 of 29 homes pay that full rate — and 13 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: 739 Carpenter St is assessed at $2.0M but pays $5,596 a year — about 20% of the $27,985 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 +5.8% 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 $187 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Gehl (individual) | 2 | 25 | $12M | phila.gov ↗ |
| D&R Global Investment LLC | 1 | 5 | $3.0M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Linda A Aghoian Trust U/W | 1 | 1 | $382K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Carpenter Street Realty LLC | 1 | 1 | $546K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Aghoian, Trust Linda A | 1 | 1 | $362K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Linda A Aghoian Trust | 1 | 1 | $435K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
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 29 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 708 CARPENTER ST ImprovedBought for $165K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $400K | —/— | 1,440 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 710 CARPENTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $240K in 2002 → $257K in 2003 (+7%). | Owner-occupied | $389K | —/— | 1,440 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 712 CARPENTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit, sold for $360K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $376K | —/— | 1,344 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 714 CARPENTER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $335K in 2011 → $665K in 2024 (+99%). | Owner-occupied | $546K | 3/2 | 2,097 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 715 CARPENTER ST New constructionBought for $175K in 2005, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $900K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $780K | —/— | 2,433 | 2008 | 3 | |
| 716 CARPENTER ST New constructionBought for $225K in 2009, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $652K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $538K | 3/2 | 1,656 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 717 CARPENTER ST | Owner-occupied | $614K | —/— | 2,667 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 718 CARPENTER ST | Investor / LLC | $382K | —/— | 1,248 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 719 CARPENTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $485K in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $546K | 5/4 | 2,433 | 1915 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 720 CARPENTER ST History4 L&I violations (2024); L&I violation (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Absentee individual | $353K | —/— | 1,120 | 1960 | 0 | 2 viol |
| 721 CARPENTER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $766K | —/— | 3,705 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 722 CARPENTER ST | Investor / LLC | $362K | —/— | 1,120 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 723-25 CARPENTER ST History2 L&I violations (2015); 5 L&I violations (2017); 3 L&I violations (2018); 4 L&I violations (2025). | Owner-occupied | $881K | —/— | 6,696 | 1915 | 0 | 4 viol |
| 724 CARPENTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $435K | —/— | 1,696 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 726 CARPENTER ST | Owner-occupied | $454K | —/— | 1,848 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 727 CARPENTER ST New constructionBought for $350K in 2016, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.1M | 4/3 | 3,000 | 2020 | 1 | abated |
| 728 CARPENTER ST ImprovedBought for $245K in 2015. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $323K | —/— | 1,704 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 729 CARPENTER ST New constructionBought for $350K in 2016, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.2M in 2023. | Absentee individual | $1.1M | 4/4 | 3,171 | 2023 | 2 | abated |
| 730 CARPENTER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $400K | —/— | 1,440 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 731 CARPENTER ST ImprovedBought for $226K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $525K | 3/1 | 1,288 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 732 CARPENTER ST Renovated & sold onBought for $279K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $420K in 2024 (+51%). | Owner-occupied | $499K | 3/2 | 1,344 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 733 CARPENTER ST Renovated & sold onBought for $685K in 2011, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $1.0M in 2020 (+251%). | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 6/4 | 3,648 | 1915 | 4 | rented |
| 734 CARPENTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit. | Owner-occupied | $623K | —/— | 1,885 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 735 CARPENTER ST | Owner-occupied | $475K | —/— | 1,568 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 736 CARPENTER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $410K | —/— | 1,638 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 737 CARPENTER ST | Vacant | $379K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 738 CARPENTER ST | Absentee individual | $485K | —/— | 1,575 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 739 CARPENTER ST New constructionBought for $725K in 2018, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $2.0M | 4/3 | 3,849 | 2020 | 1 | abated |
| 740-42 CARPENTER ST | Investor / LLC | $470K | 3/3 | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)