Who owns your block
700 block of E Venango St
An investor-heavy block: 56% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 3 homes behind $3,273 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 226% since 2016, now about $100K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $100K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19134 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $100K | $113K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 22% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 40 reported crimes (11 violent) and 85 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
- $100K typical home, up +226% since 2016
- Tax bill $335 to $934 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.6M assessed, $19,708/yr to the city, about $2,190 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +226% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +179% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
724 E Venango St is assessed at $104K but pays $53 a year — about 4% of the $1,453 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 +11.3% 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 $326 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 9 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klemm Reflector Co | 3 | 3 | $375K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 701 Venango Lp | 1 | 1 | $510K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jcs Auto Llc | 1 | 1 | $65K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 9 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701-07 E VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $200K in 2008 → $215K in 2014 (+7%). | Vacant | $510K | —/— | — | — | 5 | |
| 724 E VENANGO ST New constructionBought for $5K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $104K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1935 | 2 | abated |
| 726 E VENANGO ST New constructionBought for $18K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $3K in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $100K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1935 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 728 E VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $67K | —/— | 954 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 730 E VENANGO ST | Investor / LLC | $70K | —/— | 998 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 732 E VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $12K in 2003 → $55K in 2026 (+358%). | Owner-occupied | $65K | —/— | 930 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 734 E VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $36K | —/— | 1,005 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 736-38 E VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $269K | —/— | 3,840 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 740-50 E VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal granted (2011); sold $140K (2020). | Absentee individual | $388K | —/— | 6,460 | 1940 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)