Who owns your block
7700 block of Algon Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 93% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $314K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $314K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19111 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $314K | $293K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 59% | 57% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 31 reported crimes (10 violent) and 55 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $314K typical home, up +79% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,037 to $2,934 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $94,581/yr to the city, about $3,261 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +79% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +44% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
7729 Algon Ave is assessed at $675K but pays $1,888 a year — about 20% of the $9,442 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% 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 $179 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 27
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson Trust | 1 | 3 | $861K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 29 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7700 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $323K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7701 ALGON AVE Historysold $193K (2006); 5 L&I violations (2008); L&I violation (2021). | Owner-occupied | $314K | —/— | 1,134 | 1958 | 1 | |
| 7703 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $322K | 3/2 | 1,134 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 7704 ALGON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2009 → $208K in 2014 (+66%). | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 7705 ALGON AVE Historysold $178K (2006); L&I violation (2022). | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,134 | 1960 | 1 | rented |
| 7706 ALGON AVE | Absentee individual | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7707 ALGON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $177K in 2020 → $350K in 2025 (+97%). | Owner-occupied | $322K | 3/2 | 1,134 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 7708 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7709 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $322K | —/— | 1,134 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 7710 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7711 ALGON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $124K in 2002 → $158K in 2014 (+27%). | Owner-occupied | $322K | —/— | 1,134 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 7712 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7713 ALGON AVE ImprovedBought for $287K in 2021. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $322K | 3/2 | 1,134 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 7714 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7715 ALGON AVE History2 L&I violations (2012). | Owner-occupied | $328K | —/— | 1,134 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7716 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7718 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7720 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 7722 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $322K | 4/2 | 1,272 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 7723 ALGON AVE New constructionBought for $550K in 2015, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $620K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $664K | 5/3 | 3,705 | 2018 | 5 | abated |
| 7724 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 7725 ALGON AVE Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2016), then sold for $408K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $664K | —/— | 3,705 | 2019 | 1 | abated |
| 7726 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 7727 ALGON AVE Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2016), then sold for $408K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $664K | —/— | 3,705 | 2019 | 3 | abated |
| 7728 ALGON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $142K in 2005 → $234K in 2006 (+65%). | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 7729 ALGON AVE New constructionBought for $415K in 2019, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $415K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $675K | 5/3 | 3,705 | 2019 | 2 | abated |
| 7730 ALGON AVE | Owner-occupied | $310K | —/— | 1,272 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 7731 ALGON AVE New constructionBought for $550K in 2015, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $430K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $664K | —/— | 3,705 | 2019 | 3 | abated |
| 7733-35 ALGON AVE Historysold $285K (2009); 2 L&I violations (2015). | Investor / LLC | $460K | —/— | 4,080 | 1960 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)