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Who owns your block

900 block of 69th Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $129 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 58% since 2016, now about $355K. 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
$355K
$332K–$424K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$121
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1910
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
8 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
13%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$129
1 of 8 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-14%
value · tax −$823
5 years
+49%
value · tax +$408
10 years
+58%
value · tax +$717

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 $355K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$355K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied100%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 6 reported crimes (1 violent) and 35 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
6
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
35
6 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle2
All Other Offenses1
Burglary Residential1
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Other Assaults1

Top 311 complaints

Salting8
Illegal Dumping4
Maintenance Complaint4
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Abandoned Vehicle3
Street Trees3

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
Ellwood
6701 N 13th St · 252 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 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$250K$500K$355K2016: $225K2017: $225K2018: $225K2019: $230K2020: $238K2021: $238K2022: $238K2023: $294K2024: $294K2025: $414K2026: $414K2027: $355K2016202020232027

▲ +58% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,5722016: $2,8552017: $2,8552018: $3,0192019: $2,7952020: $2,9332021: $2,9332022: $3,1642023: $3,0722024: $3,0722025: $4,3952026: $4,3952027: $3,5722016202020232027

▲ +25% 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 +4.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 158 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $158 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+58%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.3 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 11 arm's-length sales since 1993. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K19982004201020162022
11arm's-length sales since 1993
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$332K$413K+

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

House by house

All 8 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
900 69TH AVE Traded 3×: $155K in 2003 → $220K in 2017 (+42%). Owner-occupied $344K 6/3 2,880 1910 3
901 69TH AVE 2 L&I violations (2014). Owner-occupied $424K 7/2 3,179 1935 0
902 69TH AVE Bought for $248K in 2020. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $332K 6/2 2,880 1910 1
904 69TH AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $345K 5/3 2,880 1910 0
905 69TH AVE Owner-occupied $413K 7/2 3,023 1900 0
906 69TH AVE Bought for $107K in 1993. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $340K 6/3 2,880 1910 4
909 69TH AVE Bought for $250K in 2017, built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $389K in 2022. Owner-occupied $365K 5/3 3,023 1900 2 rented
913 69TH AVE Bought for $190K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $365K 5/3 3,023 1900 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)

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.