Who owns your block
100 block of S 40th St
A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 126% since 2016, now about $652K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $652K — about 2.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $652K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 169 reported crimes (54 violent) and 63 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
- $652K typical home, up +126% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,750 to $6,715 a year, +13%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.8M assessed, $86,865/yr to the city, about $14,477 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +126% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +284% since 2016 · ~+13%/yr
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.7% 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 $226 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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.
Who owns it
Ownership of 6 parcels
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Investment Twenty Three | 1 | 1 | $4.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 6 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 S 40TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 6 L&I violations (2021). | Absentee individual | $455K | 2,475 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 106 S 40TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $801K | 4,575 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 108 S 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $282K | 4,104 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 110 S 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit. | Absentee individual | $504K | 2,880 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 115-23 S 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Vacant | $1.3M | — | — | 0 | |
| 125-29 S 40TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2014 and rebuilt (2018). | Investor / LLC | $4.4M | 6,456 | 2014 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)