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Who owns your block

700 block of E Johnson St

An investor-heavy block: 100% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 1 home behind $45,547 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $1.1M. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Ownership

    The block is 100% investor-owned with $46K in back taxes owed across one property, indicating financial strain.

  2. 02
    Turnover

    All 11 properties on the block have sold at least once since 2000, showing 100% turnover with no holdouts.

  3. 03
    Appreciation

    The $1.1M median value is 5x the city median, but appreciation of 6.7% per year trails the city ratio of 5x.

By the Numbers

Median value
$1.1M
$1.1M–$1.1M
ZIP median $187K
Vs. Philadelphia
5.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$16K
typical · up to $16K
city ≈$3K/yr
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 1
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$46K
1 of 1 behind
▲ block 100% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+68%
value · tax +$6K
10 years
+104%
value · tax +$8K

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 $1.1M — about 5.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$1.1M$187K$223K
Owner-occupied0%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 48 reported crimes (17 violent) and 94 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
48
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
94
13 still open

Most reported crimes

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Thefts4
Burglary Residential3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Maintenance Complaint12
Illegal Dumping11
Abandoned Vehicle8
Inlet Cleaning8
Street Defect8

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-5
Eleanor C Emlen
6501 Chew Ave · 261 students
Middle · K-8
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$1.0M$2.0M$1.1M2016: $548K2017: $548K2018: $691K2019: $665K2020: $665K2021: $665K2022: $665K2023: $1.1M2024: $1.1M2025: $1.1M2026: $1.1M2027: $1.1M2016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$15,6192016: $7,6712017: $7,6712018: $9,6702019: $9,3092020: $9,3092021: $9,3092022: $9,3092023: $16,0982024: $16,0982025: $15,6192026: $15,6192027: $15,6192016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 204 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $204 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+104%
since 2016
Net rental yield
-0.3%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.2 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 11 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20002005201020152020
11arm's-length sales since 2000
11times the typical home has sold
11most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 1 parcels

Vacant: 1 1parcels
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

Not enough data.

The block's largest owner, Flat Rock Real Estate LLC, carries 3 open violations across 5 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Flat Rock Real Estate LLC15$3.1M136 Carson St, Philadelphia PA, 19127phila.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 1 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
700 E JOHNSON ST Bought for $500K in 2022. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Vacant $1.1M 11 tax lien

Neighborhood

Median income
$44K
household
Own vs. rent
62%
owner-occupied
Median age
41.3
residents
Median rent
$979
gross monthly

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.