Philadelphia property report

1000 block of N 42nd St

A mostly vacant block: 1 empty lot.

The typical home here is down 5% since 2026, now about $39K.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readRecord analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    Block appreciation has lagged the city by -11.1 points per year since 2026, with annual losses of -4.6% versus city gains of 6.5%.

  2. 02
    Ownership

    The block is 100% investor-owned with 0 actual homes, holding vacant land valued at a $39K median.

By the Numbers

Median value
$39K
$39K–$39K
ZIP median $242K
Vs. Philadelphia
0.2×
the city median
city $230K
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 1
city 48%
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
-5%
value · tax +$0

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 parcel here is $39K — about 0.2× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19104 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$39K$242K$230K
Owner-occupied0%26%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 122 reported crimes (48 violent) and 188 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
122
48 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
188
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults29
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
Thefts13
Fraud12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10
All Other Offenses10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint51
Illegal Dumping28
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection24
Sanitation Violation11
Abandoned Vehicle10
Other (Streets)8

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
Rudolph Blankenburg
4600 W Girard Ave · 228 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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 · 2026–2027

$0$25K$50K$39K2026: $41K2027: $39K20262027

▼ -5% since 2026

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

Not enough history yet.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -4.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Annualized return
-4.6%/yr
price, since 2026
Total appreciation
-5%
since 2026
Real return
-7.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-11.1 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years). Informational only, not investment advice.

Who owns it

Ownership of 1 parcels

Vacant: 1 1parcels
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

Not enough data.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
City Of Phila (city agency)13871$6561M1401 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia PA, 19102phila.gov ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

Parcel by parcel

All 1 parcels 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1048-50 N 42ND ST Vacant lot Vacant $39K 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$54K
household
Own vs. rent
24%
owner-occupied
Median age
27.5
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.