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Who owns your block

7200 block of Sommers Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 3 homes behind $13,311 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $183K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$183K
$65K–$283K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$166
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$119K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $183K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
94%
50 of 53
city 41%
Rentals
9%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$13K
3 of 53 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$128
5 years
+76%
value · tax +$661
10 years
+66%
value · tax +$339

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 $183K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$183K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied62%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (23 violent) and 204 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
79
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
204
63 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Thefts11
All Other Offenses10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection60
Abandoned Vehicle46
Maintenance Complaint39
Illegal Dumping12
Other (Streets)6
Information Request5

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
Samuel Pennypacker
1858 E Washington Ln · 302 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$183K2016: $110K2017: $110K2018: $110K2019: $108K2020: $104K2021: $104K2022: $104K2023: $145K2024: $145K2025: $188K2026: $188K2027: $183K2016202020232027

▲ +66% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5222016: $1,1832017: $1,1832018: $1,1832019: $9912020: $8612021: $8612022: $8612023: $9132024: $9812025: $1,6502026: $1,6502027: $1,5222016202020232027

▲ +29% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 +4.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9410025020162019202220252027This block 166 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $166 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+66%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.8 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 49 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 23 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
49arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
23homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 53 parcels

Owner-occupied: 50Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 53parcels
  • Owner-occupied 50
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels10 parcels26 parcels9 parcels6 parcels
$65K$264K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Wake Up Investments Llc15$901Kphila.gov ↗
Great Buy Llc14$774Kphila.gov ↗
Statue Ink Llc11$209Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 53 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
7200 SOMMERS RD sold $16K (2024); Appeal granted with conditions (2026). Vacant $65K —/— 1
7202 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,088 1925 1
7203 SOMMERS RD Traded 2×: $66K in 2016 → $170K in 2017 (+158%). Owner-occupied $254K 3/1 1,352 1925 2 rented
7204 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7205 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7206 SOMMERS RD Absentee individual $157K 3/2 1,088 1920 0 rented
7207 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,088 1925 1 rented
7208 SOMMERS RD Traded 3×: $25K in 2000 → $134K in 2008 (+436%). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,088 1929 3
7209 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,088 1925 1
7210 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7211 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,088 1925 1
7212 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,088 1925 1
7213 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7214 SOMMERS RD Traded 3×: $42K in 2003 → $155K in 2014 (+267%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,088 1925 3
7215 SOMMERS RD Traded 3×: $66K in 2005 → $140K in 2018 (+112%). Owner-occupied $221K 3/1 1,088 1925 3
7216 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 1
7217 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $180K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7218 SOMMERS RD Traded 2×: $110K in 2019 → $207K in 2019 (+88%). Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,088 1925 2
7219 SOMMERS RD Traded 4×: $83K in 2005 → $135K in 2015 (+63%). Owner-occupied $221K 3/1 1,088 1925 4
7220 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7221 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7222 SOMMERS RD Traded 2×: $54K in 2012 → $119K in 2014 (+121%). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,088 1925 2
7223 SOMMERS RD Traded 2×: $33K in 2000 → $70K in 2001 (+114%). Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 2
7224 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7225 SOMMERS RD Appeal complete (2025). Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7226 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,088 1925 1 rented
7227 SOMMERS RD Traded 3×: $44K in 2004 → $97K in 2014 (+123%). Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,088 1925 3
7228 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 1
7229 SOMMERS RD Traded 2×: $97K in 2021 → $270K in 2022 (+178%). Owner-occupied $278K 3/2 1,088 1925 2
7230 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7231 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $232K 3/1 1,584 1925 0 tax lien
7232 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,088 1925 1
7233 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,446 1925 1 tax lien
7234 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 0 tax lien
7235 SOMMERS RD Investor / LLC $209K 3/1 1,446 1925 1 rented
7236 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7237 SOMMERS RD Traded 2×: $61K in 2013 → $160K in 2014 (+162%). Owner-occupied $279K 3/1 1,446 1925 2
7238 SOMMERS RD Traded 2×: $50K in 2004 → $99K in 2005 (+98%). Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 2
7239 SOMMERS RD Traded 2×: $65K in 2017 → $215K in 2018 (+231%). Owner-occupied $283K 4/2 1,446 1925 2
7240 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 1
7241 SOMMERS RD sold $145K (2020); Appeal complete (2025). Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,446 1925 1
7242 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,088 1925 0
7243 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,446 1925 0 3 violtax lien
7244 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $180K 3/1 1,104 1925 0 1 viol
7245 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,446 1925 1
7246 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $183K 3/1 1,104 1925 1
7247 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $225K 3/1 1,630 1925 0
7248 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $183K 3/1 1,102 1925 0
7250 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $183K 3/1 1,102 1925 0 tax lien
7252 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $183K 3/1 1,102 1925 0
7254 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $183K 3/1 1,102 1925 1 tax lien
7256 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 1,102 1925 0 tax lien
7258 SOMMERS RD Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,230 1925 0

Neighborhood

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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.