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Who owns your block

7000 block of Valley Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 73% since 2016, now about $361K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$361K
$355K–$541K
ZIP median $368K
Price / sq ft
$320
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$393K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $361K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1959
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
67%
32 of 48
city 41%
Rentals
27%
13 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax −$57
5 years
+62%
value · tax +$825
10 years
+73%
value · tax +$1K

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 $361K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19128 median of $368K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$361K$368K$223K
Owner-occupied54%58%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 7 reported crimes (0 violent) and 26 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
7
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
26
3 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft3
Fraud2
Receiving Stolen Property1
Thefts1

Top 311 complaints

Salting6
Maintenance Complaint5
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Complaint (Streets)2
Other (Streets)2
Abandoned Vehicle1

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
Shawmont
535 Shawmont Ave · 457 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$250K$500K$361K2016: $208K2017: $208K2018: $208K2019: $215K2020: $223K2021: $223K2022: $223K2023: $266K2024: $266K2025: $334K2026: $334K2027: $361K2016202020232027

▲ +73% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,8362016: $2,7232017: $2,7412018: $2,7812019: $2,8352020: $3,0072021: $2,7232022: $3,0112023: $2,6652024: $3,1782025: $3,8932026: $3,8932027: $3,8362016202020232027

▲ +41% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 173 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $173 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+73%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.4 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 65 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
65arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 48 parcels

Owner-occupied: 32Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 14 48parcels
  • Owner-occupied 32
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 14

Value distribution today

27 parcels0 parcels2 parcels15 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$355K$403K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Vj Real Estate Holdings Llc11$374Kphila.gov ↗
Sfa Enterprise Llc11$380Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 48 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7000 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $382K —/— 1,606 1968 0 rented
7001 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $360K 3/1 1,110 1959 1
7002 VALLEY AVE Traded 2×: $119K in 2002 → $295K in 2026 (+148%). Investor / LLC $374K —/— 1,606 1968 2
7003 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $361K —/— 1,110 1959 0
7004 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $377K —/— 1,606 1968 1 rented
7005 VALLEY AVE Traded 2×: $193K in 2011 → $207K in 2015 (+8%). Owner-occupied $360K 3/1 1,110 1959 2
7006 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $380K —/— 1,606 1968 1 rented
7007 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $358K 3/1 1,110 1959 0
7008 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $381K —/— 1,606 1968 1 tax lien
7009 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $357K —/— 1,110 1959 1
7010 VALLEY AVE Traded 2×: $258K in 2014 → $405K in 2022 (+57%). Owner-occupied $452K 4/2 1,606 1968 2
7011 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $357K —/— 1,110 1959 0
7012 VALLEY AVE Traded 4×: $117K in 2001 → $405K in 2024 (+248%). Absentee individual $381K 4/2 1,606 1946 4 rented
7013 VALLEY AVE Traded 2×: $145K in 2007 → $220K in 2017 (+52%). Owner-occupied $356K 3/2 1,110 1959 2
7014 VALLEY AVE Traded 2×: $275K in 2020 → $475K in 2020 (+73%). Owner-occupied $541K 4/2 1,606 1968 2
7015 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $355K —/— 1,110 1959 1
7016 VALLEY AVE Investor / LLC $380K —/— 1,606 1968 1 rented
7017 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $355K —/— 1,110 1959 1
7018 VALLEY AVE Traded 2×: $230K in 2015 → $370K in 2024 (+61%). Absentee individual $380K 4/2 1,606 1968 2
7019 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $355K 3/1 1,110 1959 0
7020 VALLEY AVE Traded 3×: $88K in 2000 → $240K in 2005 (+173%). Absentee individual $380K —/— 1,606 1968 3 rented
7021 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $355K —/— 1,110 1959 0
7022 VALLEY AVE Traded 4×: $89K in 2000 → $249K in 2017 (+179%). Owner-occupied $357K 4/2 1,606 1953 4
7023 VALLEY AVE Traded 2×: $172K in 2010 → $270K in 2019 (+57%). Owner-occupied $355K 3/1 1,110 1959 2
7024 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $379K 4/— 1,606 1968 1 rented
7025 VALLEY AVE Traded 2×: $265K in 2020 → $380K in 2026 (+43%). Owner-occupied $358K 3/2 1,110 1959 2
7026 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $379K 4/— 1,606 1968 1 rented
7027 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $357K —/— 1,110 1959 0
7028 VALLEY AVE Traded 4×: $120K in 2003 → $460K in 2026 (+283%). Owner-occupied $356K 4/2 1,606 1968 4
7029 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $358K —/— 1,110 1959 1
7030 VALLEY AVE Traded 5×: $86K in 2000 → $349K in 2021 (+306%). Owner-occupied $378K 4/2 1,606 1968 5 rented
7031 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $361K 3/1 1,110 1959 0
7032 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $378K —/— 1,606 1968 0 rented
7033 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $359K 3/1 1,110 1952 1
7034 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $377K —/— 1,606 1968 1
7035 VALLEY AVE Traded 4×: $172K in 2003 → $275K in 2020 (+60%). Owner-occupied $359K 3/1 1,110 1959 4
7036 VALLEY AVE sold $208K (2015); Appeal dismissed (2018). Absentee individual $380K —/— 1,606 1968 1
7037 VALLEY AVE Traded 2×: $113K in 2000 → $365K in 2023 (+223%). Owner-occupied $360K 3/1 1,110 1959 2
7038 VALLEY AVE Traded 4×: $125K in 2001 → $275K in 2020 (+120%). Owner-occupied $357K 4/2 1,606 1968 4 rented
7039 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $360K —/— 1,110 1959 0
7040 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $377K —/— 1,606 1968 0 rented
7041 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $361K —/— 1,110 1959 0
7042 VALLEY AVE Absentee individual $403K —/— 1,798 1968 0 rented
7043 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $361K 3/1 1,110 1959 1
7045 VALLEY AVE Traded 3×: $185K in 2005 → $360K in 2021 (+95%). Owner-occupied $448K 3/1 1,110 1959 3
7047 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $361K —/— 1,110 1959 1
7049 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $360K —/— 1,110 1959 0
7051 VALLEY AVE Owner-occupied $370K —/— 1,110 1959 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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