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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.

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
$216K
$40K–$297K
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$162
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2009
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
63%
17 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
22%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$16K
3 of 27 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$6
5 years
+41%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+73%
value · tax +$2K

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 $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 blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$216K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied33%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.

Crimes · 12mo
178
67 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
158
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults43
All Other Offenses35
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief19
Theft from Vehicle12
Thefts12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm11

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint34
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Illegal Dumping23
Sanitation Violation14
Street Defect12
Street Light Outage10

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
Belmont Elementary Charter School
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$125K$250K$216K2016: $112K2017: $125K2018: $125K2019: $148K2020: $153K2021: $153K2022: $153K2023: $221K2024: $221K2025: $217K2026: $217K2027: $216K2016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,8982016: $1932017: $2502018: $2502019: $2952020: $3062021: $3062022: $3332023: $1,4482024: $2,3142025: $1,8322026: $1,9042027: $1,8982016202020232027

▲ +883% since 2016 · ~+23%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 193 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+6.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+93%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.4 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 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

$0$500K$1.0M2008201220162020
27arm's-length sales since 2005
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 27 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 4 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels22 parcels
$40K$236K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Union Hill Properties Lp512$2.6Mphila.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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $7K in 2011 → $5K in 2022 (-29%). Owner-occupied $135K —/— 1,080 1920 2 tax lien
755 UNION ST 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 Traded 2×: $125K in 2012 → $143K in 2017 (+14%). Owner-occupied $216K 4/1 1,269 2009 2
774 UNION ST sold $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 Traded 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)

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.