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Who owns your block

700 block of W Walnut Ln

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 3 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 64% since 2016, now about $393K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$393K
$386K–$2.6M
ZIP median $201K
Price / sq ft
$194
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $36K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
50%
3 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
17%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$122
5 years
+56%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+64%
value · tax +$2K

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 $393K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19144 median of $201K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19144Philadelphia
Median home value$393K$201K$223K
Owner-occupied33%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 19 reported crimes (1 violent) and 46 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
19
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
46
4 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Fraud2
Thefts2
All Other Offenses1
Burglary Non-Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Salting7
Other (Streets)4
Maintenance Complaint3
Shoveling3
Fire Safety Complaint2

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
Anna L Lingelbach
6340 Wayne Ave · 366 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$500K$1.0M$393K2016: $240K2017: $240K2018: $240K2019: $248K2020: $251K2021: $251K2022: $251K2023: $260K2024: $260K2025: $385K2026: $385K2027: $393K2016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,4362016: $3,3532017: $3,3532018: $3,3532019: $3,4692020: $3,5152021: $3,5152022: $3,5152023: $3,5972024: $3,5972025: $5,3142026: $5,3142027: $5,4362016202020232027

▲ +62% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 164 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $164 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+64%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.9 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$386K$756K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philcard Properties13$9.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
700 W WALNUT LN Investor / LLC $2.6M —/— 21,377 1963 0 rented
750 W WALNUT LN Appeal moot (2013). Absentee individual $756K —/— 4,850 1960 0 3 viol
789 W WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $395K 4/— 1,998 1960 0
791 W WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $388K 4/2 1,998 1960 0
793 W WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $386K 4/— 1,998 1960 0
795 W WALNUT LN Absentee individual $391K 4/— 1,998 1960 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)

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.