Who owns your block
700 block of Union St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $15,962 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $216K. Property taxes are climbing about 23% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $216K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $216K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 178 reported crimes (67 violent) and 158 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
- $216K typical home, up +93% since 2016
- Tax bill $193 to $1,898 a year, +23%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.4M assessed, $62,747/yr to the city, about $2,324 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +93% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +883% since 2016 · ~+23%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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 27 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 27 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill Properties Lp | 5 | 12 | $2.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 712 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $216K | 3/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 714 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $216K | 3/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 1 | tax lien |
| 716 UNION ST | Investor / LLC | $216K | 3/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 1 | rented |
| 718 UNION ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2013 → $218K in 2019 (+82%). | Owner-occupied | $217K | 3/1 | 1,278 | 2009 | 2 | |
| 720 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/2 | 1,542 | 2009 | 1 | rented |
| 722 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/2 | 1,542 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 724 UNION ST | Investor / LLC | $216K | 3/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 1 | rented |
| 726 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $216K | 3/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 728 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/2 | 1,542 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 730 UNION ST TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2011 → $201K in 2021 (+60%). | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/2 | 1,542 | 2009 | 2 | |
| 747 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $297K | 3/2 | 1,830 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 753 UNION ST TradedTraded 2×: $7K in 2011 → $5K in 2022 (-29%). | Owner-occupied | $135K | —/— | 1,080 | 1920 | 2 | tax lien |
| 755 UNION ST Improved | Vacant | $40K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 756 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/2 | 1,542 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 758 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/3 | 1,542 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 760 UNION ST | Investor / LLC | $216K | 3/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 762 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $220K | 3/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 1 | tax lien |
| 764 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/1 | 1,542 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 766 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/1 | 1,542 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 768 UNION ST | Investor / LLC | $220K | 3/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 0 | rented |
| 770 UNION ST | Investor / LLC | $216K | 3/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 0 | rented |
| 772 UNION ST TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2012 → $143K in 2017 (+14%). | Owner-occupied | $216K | 4/1 | 1,269 | 2009 | 2 | |
| 774 UNION ST Historysold $125K (2013); Appeal withdrawn (2014). | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/2 | 1,542 | 2009 | 1 | |
| 776 UNION ST | Vacant | $44K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 778 UNION ST | Vacant | $44K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 780 UNION ST | Vacant | $105K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 782 UNION ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2014 → $29K in 2015 (-5%). | Absentee individual | $213K | —/— | 2,020 | 1915 | 2 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)