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Who owns your block

700 block of S 13th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 72% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 105% since 2016, now about $623K. Property taxes are climbing about 25% 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
    Appreciation

    Block value grew 105% since 2016 yet outpaced city gains by only 0.3 percentage points per year at 6.8%.

  2. 02
    Taxes

    Two homes receive $39K in annual tax abatements while the block absorbed a 25% tax per-year rise.

  3. 03
    Rentals

    39% of homes are rentals but only 24 of those are licensed, leaving 15 rentals operating without city registration.

By the Numbers

Median value
$623K
$25K–$895K
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$436
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$400K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $623K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 61
$39K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
72%
44 of 61
city 41%
Rentals
39%
24 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$22
5 years
+32%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+105%
value · tax +$4K

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 $623K — about 2.8× 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 blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$623K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied41%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (21 violent) and 193 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
92
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
193
14 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle16
Thefts16
Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Graffiti Removal28
Salting22
Information Request18
Illegal Dumping10
Maintenance Complaint10

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
Fanny Jackson Coppin
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$623K2016: $304K2017: $304K2018: $304K2019: $434K2020: $470K2021: $470K2022: $470K2023: $481K2024: $481K2025: $602K2026: $602K2027: $623K2016202020232027

▲ +105% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,3432016: $6302017: $3,8332018: $3,8332019: $5,5172020: $5,9552021: $5,9552022: $5,9552023: $5,9132024: $5,6802025: $7,3212026: $7,3212027: $7,3432016202020232027

▲ +1066% since 2016 · ~+25%/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 $39,176 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%
$8,691pays now $12,528at the full rate

720 S 13th St is assessed at $895K but pays $8,691 a year — about 69% of the $12,528 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 205 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $205 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+105%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.3 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 66 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20082012201620202024
66arm's-length sales since 2006
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 61 parcels

Owner-occupied: 44Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 15 61parcels
  • Owner-occupied 44
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 15

Value distribution today

11 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels16 parcels33 parcels
$25K$674K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Uni Penn Housing (individual)1182$3.0Mphila.gov ↗
726 S 13th Street Llc11$623Kphila.gov ↗
B & J Investment Llc11$683Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 61 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 S 13TH ST Bought for $260K in 2006, built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $645K in 2023. Owner-occupied $674K 4/2 1,551 2006 2 rented
702 S 13TH ST Bought for $210K in 2006, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $546K in 2021. Owner-occupied $623K 3/— 1,381 2006 2 rented
704 S 13TH ST Bought for $210K in 2006, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $490K in 2021. Owner-occupied $623K 3/1 1,381 2006 2
706 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1 rented
708 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1
710 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1
712 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1
714 S 13TH ST Traded 2×: $210K in 2006 → $445K in 2017 (+112%). Owner-occupied $623K 3/1 1,381 2006 2
715 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $670K 4/2 1,536 2006 1 rented
716 S 13TH ST Bought for $210K in 2006, built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $482K in 2021. Owner-occupied $623K 3/— 1,381 2006 2 rented
717 S 13TH ST Bought for $260K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $618K 3/1 1,377 2006 1
718 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1
719 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $481K 3/1 1,377 2006 1
720 S 13TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $210K in 2006. Owner-occupied $895K —/1 2,676 2006 1 abated
721 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $625K 3/1 1,377 2006 1
722 S 13TH ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $210K in 2006. Owner-occupied $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1 rented
723 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $625K 3/1 1,377 2006 1
724 S 13TH ST Bought for $210K in 2006. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1
725 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $625K 3/1 1,377 2006 1 rented
726 S 13TH ST Traded 2×: $210K in 2006 → $434K in 2017 (+107%). Investor / LLC $623K 3/1 1,381 2006 2
727 S 13TH ST Traded 2×: $226K in 2007 → $285K in 2012 (+26%). Owner-occupied $565K 3/1 1,377 2006 2
728 S 13TH ST Bought for $210K in 2006. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2020. Absentee individual $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1 rented
729 S 13TH ST Traded 2×: $308K in 2013 → $515K in 2020 (+67%). Owner-occupied $625K 3/2 1,377 2006 3
730 S 13TH ST Absentee individual $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1
731 S 13TH ST Traded 2×: $226K in 2007 → $285K in 2011 (+26%). Owner-occupied $625K 3/1 1,377 2006 2
732 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1
733 S 13TH ST Traded 2×: $226K in 2007 → $400K in 2024 (+77%). Absentee individual $625K 3/1 1,377 2006 2
734 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $623K —/1 1,381 2006 1
735-37 S 13TH ST Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $675K 4/2 1,536 2006 0
736 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $673K —/2 1,546 2006 1
739 S 13TH ST Owner pulled a zoning admin review permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $573K 3/— 1,288 2011 0
739 S 13TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $541K 3/2 1,288 2011 0
739 S 13TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $541K 3/— 1,288 2011 0
740 S 13TH ST 3 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $25K 4/2 2,400 2003 0 rented
741 S 13TH ST Bought for $285K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $541K 3/2 1,288 2011 1
742 S 13TH ST Absentee individual $25K 4/2 1,536 2002 0 rentedtax lien
743 S 13TH ST Bought for $285K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $541K 3/— 1,288 2011 1 rented
744 S 13TH ST Absentee individual $49K 4/2 1,554 2002 0 rented
745 S 13TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $541K 3/— 1,288 2011 0
746 S 13TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. Absentee individual $49K 4/2 1,554 2002 0 rentedtax lien
747 S 13TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $541K 3/— 1,288 2011 0 rented
748 S 13TH ST 4 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $25K 3/1 1,424 2002 0 rentedtax lien
749 S 13TH ST Bought for $285K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $541K 3/2 1,288 2011 2
750 S 13TH ST Absentee individual $25K 3/1 1,424 2002 0 rented
751 S 13TH ST Bought for $285K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $574K 3/— 1,288 2011 1
752 S 13TH ST L&I violation (2015). Absentee individual $49K 4/2 1,554 2002 0 rented
753 S 13TH ST Traded 2×: $260K in 2006 → $439K in 2018 (+69%). Owner-occupied $581K 2/2 1,320 2006 2
754 S 13TH ST Absentee individual $25K 3/1 1,424 2002 0 rented
755 S 13TH ST Traded 3×: $260K in 2006 → $508K in 2023 (+95%). Owner-occupied $576K 3/1 1,320 2006 3
756 S 13TH ST Absentee individual $25K 3/1 1,424 2002 0 rentedtax lien
757 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $576K 2/2 1,320 2006 1 rented
758 S 13TH ST Absentee individual $25K 3/1 1,457 2002 0 rented
759 S 13TH ST Traded 2×: $260K in 2006 → $260K in 2011 (+0%). Owner-occupied $576K 2/2 1,320 2006 2
760 S 13TH ST Absentee individual $25K 3/1 1,863 2005 0 abated
761 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $576K 2/2 1,320 2006 1
762 S 13TH ST Owner-occupied $653K —/— 1,472 2006 1 rented
763 S 13TH ST Bought for $570K in 2017. Owner pulled a suppression permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $683K 2/2 2,352 2006 2 rented
764 S 13TH ST Traded 2×: $260K in 2006 → $293K in 2009 (+13%). Owner-occupied $642K —/— 1,469 2006 2 rented
766 S 13TH ST Traded 3×: $260K in 2006 → $550K in 2021 (+112%). Owner-occupied $642K 3/2 1,469 2006 3
768 S 13TH ST Bought for $260K in 2006, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $600K in 2022. Owner-occupied $636K 3/1 1,469 2006 2
770 S 13TH ST Bought for $260K in 2006, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $642K in 2019. Absentee individual $528K —/— 2,412 2006 2

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

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