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Who owns your block

700 block of N 36th St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $12,452 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 137% since 2016, now about $133K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$133K
$53K–$1.2M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$117
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$739
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 15
$26K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
40%
6 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
20%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
2 of 15 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$43
5 years
+108%
value · tax +$196
10 years
+137%
value · tax +$96

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 $133K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$133K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied40%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 75 reported crimes (39 violent) and 170 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
75
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
170
33 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults25
Aggravated Assault No Firearm11
All Other Offenses10
Thefts9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Motor Vehicle Theft3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection48
Maintenance Complaint45
Salting16
Illegal Dumping12
Other (Streets)6
Street Defect6

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
Morton Mcmichael
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$100K$200K$133K2016: $56K2017: $56K2018: $56K2019: $62K2020: $64K2021: $64K2022: $64K2023: $97K2024: $97K2025: $130K2026: $130K2027: $133K2016202020232027

▲ +137% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$4632016: $3672017: $3672018: $3672019: $3042020: $2672021: $2672022: $2672023: $2372024: $2862025: $4202026: $4202027: $4632016202020232027

▲ +26% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

2
2 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 $26,407 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

6 homes pay the full 1.40%9 pay less
$0pays now $16,446at the full rate

The starkest example: 732-66 N 36th St is assessed at $1.2M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $16,446 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 237 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $237 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+137%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.7 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2007. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20082012201620202024
13arm's-length sales since 2007
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 4 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

5 parcels5 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$53K$443K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)22498$133Mphila.gov ↗
Platinum Home Builders LLC22$106Kphila.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 15 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
700-02 N 36TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Absentee individual $166K —/— 2,651 1945 0
704 N 36TH ST 3 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2016). Vacant $56K —/— 0
706 N 36TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $104K —/— 1,200 1925 0 abatedtax lien
708 N 36TH ST Traded 2×: $21K in 2007 → $110K in 2017 (+424%). Absentee individual $191K 3/1 1,200 1925 2 rented
710 N 36TH ST Bought for $8K in 2009. Vacant $56K —/— 1 tax lien
712 N 36TH ST demolished and rebuilt (2022), then sold for $390K in 2024. Vacant $53K —/— 3 tax lien
714 N 36TH ST demolished in 2016, then sold for $390K in 2024. Vacant $53K —/— 5 3 viol
716-30 N 36TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Absentee individual $443K —/— 32,544 1996 0 rented
732-66 N 36TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 1,828 1950 0 abated
741 N 36TH ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,240 1925 0
743 N 36TH ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,140 1925 0
745 N 36TH ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,140 1925 0
747 N 36TH ST L&I violation (2012). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,140 1925 0 tax lien
749 N 36TH ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,140 1925 0
751 N 36TH ST Bought for $55K in 2019, alteration permit in 2019, sold for $225K in 2019 (+309%). Absentee individual $233K 3/1 1,089 1925 2 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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.