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Who owns your block

700 block of Sunset Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $466K. 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
$466K
$399K–$479K
ZIP median $368K
Price / sq ft
$265
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
40%
2 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 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
+11%
value · tax +$809
5 years
+57%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$3K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $466K — about 2.1× 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 blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$466K$368K$223K
Owner-occupied40%58%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 57 reported crimes (2 violent) and 33 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
57
2 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
33
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts47
Burglary Residential3
Fraud2
Burglary Non-Residential1
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Other Assaults1

Top 311 complaints

Homeless Encampment Request8
Abandoned Vehicle6
Information Request3
Maintenance Complaint3
Salting3
Inlet Cleaning2

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
Shawmont
535 Shawmont Ave · 457 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$250K$500K$466K2016: $259K2017: $259K2018: $259K2019: $291K2020: $296K2021: $296K2022: $296K2023: $349K2024: $349K2025: $419K2026: $419K2027: $466K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,5272016: $3,1992017: $3,3612018: $3,3612019: $3,7042020: $3,7082021: $3,7082022: $3,7082023: $3,7682024: $3,7682025: $4,4582026: $5,7182027: $6,5272016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 180 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $180 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+80%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042007201020132016
4arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Absentee individual: 3 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$399K$468K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 5 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
721 SUNSET AVE Owner-occupied $458K 3/1 1,728 1970 0
725 SUNSET AVE Absentee individual $468K 3/1 1,728 1970 1
760 SUNSET AVE Absentee individual $466K 3/2 2,000 1960 0
760R SUNSET AVE Bought for $320K in 2018. Absentee individual $479K 3/1 1,888 1960 1
764 SUNSET AVE Traded 2×: $157K in 2003 → $157K in 2003 (+0%). Owner-occupied $399K 3/2 1,397 1940 2

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.