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Who owns your block

1100 block of N 42nd St

A mixed-ownership block: 29% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $1,997 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 112% since 2016, now about $83K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$83K
$48K–$264K
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$105
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 14
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
29%
3 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
29%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2K
1 of 14 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+23%
value · tax +$110
5 years
+44%
value · tax +$451
10 years
+112%
value · tax +$409

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 $83K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below 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$83K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied7%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 157 reported crimes (64 violent) and 154 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
157
64 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
154
35 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults41
Thefts24
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief23
Aggravated Assault No Firearm14
All Other Offenses12
Burglary Residential10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint35
Illegal Dumping32
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Sanitation Violation11
Abandoned Vehicle7
Dangerous Building Complaint7

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 · 2016–2027

$0$100K$200K$83K2016: $39K2017: $39K2018: $39K2019: $55K2020: $57K2021: $57K2022: $57K2023: $50K2024: $50K2025: $67K2026: $67K2027: $83K2016202020232027

▲ +112% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$7152016: $3062017: $3062018: $1712019: $2802020: $2642021: $2642022: $2642023: $3682024: $4882025: $5912026: $6052027: $7152016202020232027

▲ +134% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

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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 $5,179 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$716pays now $3,064at the full rate

1105 N 42nd St is assessed at $219K but pays $716 a year — about 23% of the $3,064 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 212 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $212 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+112%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.6 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2008201220162020
12arm's-length sales since 2006
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 7 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

7 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$48K$264K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Leon Brown (individual)25$736Kphila.gov ↗
Third Corsa Inc15$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Calle Dayah Valeska (individual)22$98Kphila.gov ↗
Brown Family Enterprise12$541Kphila.gov ↗
Brigel Group Llc11$114Kphila.gov ↗
A To Z Real Estate Transaction Inc11$50Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 14 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
1100 N 42ND ST 2 L&I violations (2021); 4 L&I violations (2025); L&I violation (2026). Vacant $52K —/— 0
1101 N 42ND ST Owner-occupied $196K —/— 2,386 1925 0 tax lien
1102 N 42ND ST Traded 2×: $4K in 2006 → $4K in 2015 (+0%). Vacant $51K —/— 2 2 viol
1103 N 42ND ST Traded 2×: $9K in 2007 → $2K in 2012 (-83%). Vacant $48K —/— 2
1104 N 42ND ST built new under a 2023 permit. Investor / LLC $114K 6/2 1,820 1925 2 rented
1105 N 42ND ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $219K —/— 1,827 1925 0 rentedabated
1106 N 42ND ST Vacant $50K —/— 0
1107 N 42ND ST Vacant $50K —/— 1 tax lien
1108 N 42ND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $164K —/— 1,568 1915 0
1109 N 42ND ST Bought for $30K in 2006, built new, sold for $125K in 2023. Vacant $50K —/— 3 tax lien
1110 N 42ND ST Investor / LLC $264K —/— 1,568 1915 0 rented
1112 N 42ND ST Bought for $50K in 2007, alteration permit in 2007, sold for $190K in 2008 (+280%). Investor / LLC $264K —/— 1,818 1915 2 rented
1114 N 42ND ST 3 L&I violations (2012). Owner-occupied $168K —/— 1,711 1925 0
1116 N 42ND ST 5 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011); 4 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013). Vacant $50K —/— 0 tax lien

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.