Who owns your block
700 block of Vernon Rd
A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $5,461 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 91% since 2016, now about $606K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year.
- 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 $606K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19119 median of $374K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19119 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19119 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $606K | $374K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 82% | 63% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 27 reported crimes (4 violent) and 72 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
- $606K typical home, up +91% since 2016
- Tax bill $4,121 to $7,268 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $15M assessed, $185,353/yr to the city, about $10,903 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +91% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +76% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 $191 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Group Inc | 1 | 1 | $5.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 705 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $661K | —/— | 3,192 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 706 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $647K | 5/3 | 3,045 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 709 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $619K | —/— | 3,084 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 713 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $561K | 5/2 | 2,735 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 714 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $631K | 4/3 | 3,147 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 715 VERNON RD Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $285K in 2005 → $508K in 2019 (+78%). | Owner-occupied | $579K | 6/2 | 2,360 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 718 VERNON RD TradedTraded 2×: $175K in 2000 → $220K in 2002 (+26%). | Owner-occupied | $485K | 6/2 | 2,287 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 719 VERNON RD TradedTraded 2×: $275K in 2006 → $260K in 2008 (-5%). | Owner-occupied | $606K | 5/3 | 2,828 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 720 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $498K | 4/1 | 2,287 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 725 VERNON RD HistoryAppeal complete (2026). | Owner-occupied | $675K | 5/3 | 3,540 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 726 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $667K | 6/2 | 3,196 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 729 VERNON RD Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $260K in 2007 → $390K in 2016 (+50%). | Owner-occupied | $648K | 5/2 | 2,878 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 730 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $553K | 4/1 | 2,695 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 731 VERNON RD | Absentee individual | $602K | 4/1 | 3,319 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 732 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $553K | 4/1 | 2,695 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 735 VERNON RD TradedTraded 2×: $270K in 2012 → $270K in 2012 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $565K | 4/1 | 2,480 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 740 VERNON RD | Investor / LLC | $5.1M | —/— | 40,104 | 1927 | 1 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)