Who owns your block
700 block of Summit Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $510K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $510K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19128 median of $368K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19128 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $510K | $368K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 81% | 58% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 9 reported crimes (1 violent) and 27 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
- $510K typical home, up +93% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,231 to $5,563 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $22M assessed, $250,743/yr to the city, about $11,940 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +93% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +72% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
717 Summit Ave is assessed at $378K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $5,286 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 +6.1% 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 $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Investor / LLC 2
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Intercommunity Action Inc, carries 3 open violations across 25 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercommunity Action Inc | 1 | 25 | $13M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Summit Gardens Inc | 1 | 1 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 21 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $526K | 4/2 | 2,326 | 1995 | 1 | |
| 701 SUMMIT AVE | Investor / LLC | $11M | —/— | 103,100 | 1968 | 0 | rented |
| 704 SUMMIT AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $293K in 2007 → $360K in 2018 (+23%). | Owner-occupied | $510K | 3/2 | 2,200 | 1981 | 3 | |
| 708 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $514K | —/— | 2,160 | 1951 | 1 | |
| 712 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $516K | —/— | 2,250 | 1951 | 0 | |
| 716 SUMMIT AVE TradedTraded 2×: $185K in 2001 → $330K in 2014 (+78%). | Owner-occupied | $516K | 4/2 | 2,250 | 1951 | 2 | |
| 717 SUMMIT AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $378K | —/2 | 1,428 | 1951 | 0 | abated |
| 719 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $433K | 3/2 | 2,290 | 1958 | 1 | |
| 720 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $491K | 4/2 | 2,250 | 1951 | 1 | |
| 721 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $400K | 3/— | 1,428 | 1951 | 0 | |
| 723 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $462K | —/— | 1,940 | 1951 | 1 | |
| 724 SUMMIT AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $250K in 2001 → $303K in 2004 (+21%). | Owner-occupied | $497K | 4/— | 2,288 | 1983 | 3 | |
| 725 SUMMIT AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $135K in 2001 → $327K in 2018 (+142%). | Owner-occupied | $448K | 4/3 | 1,428 | 1955 | 4 | |
| 727 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $400K | 4/— | 1,742 | 1966 | 0 | |
| 728 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $504K | —/— | 2,266 | 1951 | 0 | |
| 729 SUMMIT AVE TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2001 → $194K in 2010 (+55%). | Owner-occupied | $364K | —/— | 1,428 | 1951 | 2 | |
| 732 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $512K | —/— | 2,250 | 1951 | 0 | |
| 736 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $656K | —/— | 2,746 | 1951 | 0 | |
| 755 SUMMIT AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $450K in 2003 → $938K in 2021 (+108%). | Owner-occupied | $984K | 4/3 | 3,742 | 2003 | 3 | |
| 790 SUMMIT AVE | Vacant | $1.1M | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 798 SUMMIT AVE | Vacant | $1.1M | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)