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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.

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
$652K
$282K–$4.4M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$175
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $62K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 6
$23K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$548
5 years
-4%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+93%
value · tax +$4K

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 blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$652K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied0%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.

Crimes · 12mo
169
54 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
63
9 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts61
Other Assaults35
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Fraud10
Disorderly Conduct9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
Graffiti Removal9
Maintenance Complaint8
Street Defect8
Information Request5
Other (Streets)4

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
Alain Locke
4550 Haverford Ave · 276 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$1.0M$2.0M$652K2016: $288K2017: $338K2018: $495K2019: $675K2020: $681K2021: $681K2022: $681K2023: $707K2024: $707K2025: $595K2026: $595K2027: $652K2016202020232027

▲ +126% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,7152016: $1,7502017: $2,7502018: $3,6422019: $5,4002020: $5,4542021: $5,4542022: $5,4542023: $7,0732024: $7,0732025: $6,1672026: $6,1672027: $6,7152016202020232027

▲ +284% since 2016 · ~+13%/yr

1
1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $22,793 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 226 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+7.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+126%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.2 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$282K$1.3M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
R Investment Twenty Three11$4.4Mphila.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

$0$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
104 S 40TH ST L&I violation (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 6 L&I violations (2021). Absentee individual $455K 2,475 1915 0
106 S 40TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $801K 4,575 1915 0
108 S 40TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $282K 4,104 1915 0 abated
110 S 40TH ST built new under a 2012 permit. Absentee individual $504K 2,880 1915 0
115-23 S 40TH ST built new under a 2019 permit. Vacant $1.3M 0
125-29 S 40TH ST demolished 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)

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.