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Who owns your block

700 block of E Thompson St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 78% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 210% since 2016, now about $479K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$479K
$154K–$703K
ZIP median $334K
Price / sq ft
$293
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$487K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $479K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 27
$59K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
78%
20 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
11%
3 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
-1%
value · tax +$844
5 years
+71%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+195%
value · tax +$2K

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 $479K — about 2.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19125 median of $334K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19125 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19125Philadelphia
Median home value$479K$334K$223K
Owner-occupied26%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (20 violent) and 291 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
82
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
291
21 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
All Other Offenses8
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Salting67
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection64
Street Defect24
Abandoned Vehicle19
Illegal Dumping15
Shoveling13

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
Alexander Adaire
1300 E Palmer St · 451 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$500K$1.0M$479K2016: $155K2017: $162K2018: $168K2019: $260K2020: $280K2021: $280K2022: $280K2023: $360K2024: $360K2025: $485K2026: $485K2027: $479K2016202020232027

▲ +210% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,9352016: $1,9252017: $1,9402018: $1,9432019: $2,3522020: $2,3522021: $2,3522022: $2,3522023: $2,1982024: $2,1982025: $2,5492026: $3,0912027: $3,9352016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

10
10 properties 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 $58,896 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$3,935pays now $9,836at the full rate

709 E Thompson St is assessed at $703K but pays $3,935 a year — about 40% of the $9,836 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 310 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $310 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+210%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.3 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 62 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
62arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
10most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 27 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 1 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels3 parcels6 parcels1 parcels4 parcels7 parcels5 parcels
$154K$629K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
717 East Thompson Llc11$495Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 27 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
700 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $37K in 2008 → $37K in 2008 (+0%). Vacant $154K —/— 2
701 E THOMPSON ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $30K in 2017. Owner-occupied $428K 3/1 2,432 1925 1 abated
702 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $308K 3/1 1,330 1920 1
703 E THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $50K in 2011 → $310K in 2016 (+520%). Owner-occupied $428K 2/2 1,248 1920 3
704-08 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $610K —/— 2,132 1920 0 abated
705 E THOMPSON ST Traded 4×: $116K in 2004 → $225K in 2019 (+94%). Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 894 1920 4
707 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $264K 2/1 969 1925 0
709 E THOMPSON ST Old house bought for $130K in 2022, demolished in 2022, then sold for $685K in 2024. Owner-occupied $703K 3/3 1,920 2024 2 abated
710 E THOMPSON ST Traded 5×: $80K in 2007 → $375K in 2023 (+369%). Owner-occupied $423K 3/2 1,227 1920 5
711 E THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $330K —/— 1,025 1925 0
712 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $305K —/— 1,050 1925 1
713 E THOMPSON ST Traded 9×: $43K in 2000 → $415K in 2022 (+5088%). Owner-occupied $496K 3/2 1,572 1925 10
714 E THOMPSON ST Bought for $55K in 2003, built new (tax-abated), sold for $138K in 2015. Absentee individual $507K 3/2 1,455 1925 3 abated
715 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $225K in 2017 → $440K in 2018 (+96%). Owner-occupied $629K 4/2 2,071 1925 2
716 E THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $12K in 2001 → $119K in 2004 (+892%). Absentee individual $329K 3/1 1,112 1925 3
717 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $49K in 2002 → $290K in 2019 (+492%). Investor / LLC $495K 3/2 1,792 1925 2
718 E THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $292K 2/1 998 1925 1 rented
719 E THOMPSON ST Old house bought for $70K in 2003, demolished in 2015, then sold for $600K in 2026. Owner-occupied $540K 4/2 1,888 2016 5
720 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $125K in 2005 → $268K in 2018 (+115%). Owner-occupied $292K 3/1 925 1925 2
721 E THOMPSON ST Traded 4×: $45K in 2012 → $467K in 2024 (+938%). Owner-occupied $485K 3/2 1,641 1925 4
722 E THOMPSON ST Bought for $308K in 2014, built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $689K 4/2 2,031 2019 1 abated
723 E THOMPSON ST Bought for $90K in 2014, built new (tax-abated), sold for $438K in 2017. Owner-occupied $627K 3/2 2,442 2016 2 abatedtax lien
724 E THOMPSON ST Bought for $2K in 2015, built new (tax-abated), sold for $349K in 2017. Owner-occupied $479K 3/3 1,354 2017 3 rentedabatedtax lien
725 E THOMPSON ST Bought for $143K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $629K in 2021. Owner-occupied $547K 3/2 1,904 1925 3 abated
727 E THOMPSON ST demolished in 2016, then sold for $508K in 2024. Owner-occupied $554K 4/2 2,048 1925 1 abated
729 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $254K 3/1 1,386 1925 0 abated
731 E THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $514K 5/3 2,455 1925 1 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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