Philadelphia property report

7200 block of Whitaker Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 97% since 2016, now about $307K. 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.
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By the Numbers

Median home value
$307K
22 homes of 22 parcels
ZIP median $293K
Price / sq ft
$275
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
1 of 22
$20K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
82%
18 of 22
city 48%
Rentals
5%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$180
5 years
+88%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+97%
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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 $307K — about 1.3× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19111Philadelphia
Median home value$307K$293K$230K
Owner-occupied68%61%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 13 reported crimes (about 1 a month, 69% of them violent) and 61 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.

Crimes · 12mo
13
about 1/month · 69% violent
311 requests · 12mo
61
about 5/month · 12 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2
Thefts2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
Aggravated Assault Firearm1
Robbery No Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Abandoned Vehicle7
Construction Complaints6
Maintenance Complaint5
Salting5
Shoveling5

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 · K-5
Kennedy C Crossan
7350 Bingham St · 318 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$307K2016: $156K2017: $156K2018: $156K2019: $157K2020: $164K2021: $164K2022: $164K2023: $233K2024: $233K2025: $285K2026: $285K2027: $307K2016202020232027

▲ +97% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9052016: $1,8932017: $1,8932018: $1,8932019: $1,8202020: $1,8512021: $1,8512022: $1,8512023: $2,2022024: $2,1402025: $2,7002026: $2,7252027: $2,9052016202020232027

▲ +53% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

1
1 property on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $19,961. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

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.

8 homes pay the full 1.40%14 pay less
$3,616pays now $3,952at the full rate

One large gap: 7200 Whitaker Ave has a $3,616/year assessment-based estimate on $282K assessed value — about 91% of the $3,952 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 197 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $197 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+97%
since 2016
Net rental yield
3.5%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.1 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 25 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
25arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 22 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Absentee individual: 4 22parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels5 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels12 parcels
$298K$308K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 22 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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7200 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $306K —/— 1,118 1950 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified
7202 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $308K —/— 1,118 1950 0
7204 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $308K —/— 1,118 1950 0
7206 WHITAKER AVE sold $103K (2002); Inspection failed (2003); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2006); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2016). Owner-occupied $305K —/— 1,118 1950 1
7208 WHITAKER AVE Bought for $119K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $174K in 2018 (+46%). Owner-occupied $307K 3/— 1,118 1950 3
7210 WHITAKER AVE Bought for $115K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $307K 3/— 1,118 1950 2
7212 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $307K 3/2 1,118 1950 1
7214 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $397K 3/2 1,118 1950 1
7216 WHITAKER AVE Bought for $295K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $307K —/— 1,118 1950 1
7218 WHITAKER AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Absentee individual $307K —/— 1,118 1950 0
7220 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $307K 3/2 1,118 1950 1
7222 WHITAKER AVE Bought for $70K in 2000. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $307K —/— 1,118 1950 1
7224 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $307K —/— 1,118 1950 1
7226 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $320K —/— 1,118 1950 1
7228 WHITAKER AVE Absentee individual $301K —/— 1,420 1950 1
7230 WHITAKER AVE sold $177K (2008); 2 L&I violations (2015). Owner-occupied $301K —/— 1,420 1950 1
7232 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $301K —/— 1,420 1950 1
7234 WHITAKER AVE Absentee individual $298K —/— 1,420 1950 1
7236 WHITAKER AVE Bought for $175K in 2010. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $300K 3/2 1,418 1950 3 licensed rental
7238 WHITAKER AVE Owner-occupied $300K —/— 1,420 1950 1
7240 WHITAKER AVE Traded 2×: $107K in 2002 → $162K in 2004 (+51%). Owner-occupied $300K —/— 1,420 1950 2
7242 WHITAKER AVE Bought for $208K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $290K in 2023 (+39%). Owner-occupied $305K 3/— 1,420 1950 2

Neighborhood

Median income
$64K
household
Own vs. rent
60%
owner-occupied
Median age
37.3
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:16 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.