700 block of Watkins St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $252K — about 1.1× the citywide median home, and in line with the ZIP 19148 median of $259K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 87 reported crimes (about 7 a month, 21% of them violent) and 381 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $252K typical home, up +83% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,729 to $3,456 a year through 2027, +6%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $130,497/yr from taxable assessments, or $3,107 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 703 Watkins Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$1,244/yr on $444K
• 734 Watkins Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$1,446/yr on $516K
• 747 Watkins Stmajor assessment exemption0.36%$861/yr on $241K
• 730 Watkins Stmajor assessment exemption0.38%$894/yr on $238K
• 741 Watkins Stmajor assessment exemption0.74%$2,633/yr on $356K
• …and 8 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 734 Watkins St has a $1,446/year assessment-based estimate on $516K assessed value — about 20% of the $7,229 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% 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 $183 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 76 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 46 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

734 Watkins St

$512K · Bought for $70K in 2019, built new under a 2020 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $405K in 2

New construction

703 Watkins St

$445K · Bought for $150K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

741 Watkins St

$363K · built new under a 2018 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $369K in 2019.

New construction

747 Watkins St

$244K · built new under a 2009 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $20K in 2002.

Renovated & sold on

702 Watkins St

$360K · Bought for $45K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $230K in 2020 (+411%).

Renovated & sold on

705 Watkins St

$331K · Bought for $110K in 2015, demolition permit in 2015, sold for $244K in 2019 (+122%).

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