Who owns your block
1400 block of Adams Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 32% owner-occupied, 3% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 4 homes behind $9,875 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 34% since 2016, now about $52K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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.
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.
- 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 $52K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19124 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $52K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 15% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 63 reported crimes (26 violent) and 66 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
- $52K typical home, up +34% since 2016
- Tax bill $191 to $211 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.4M assessed, $24,743/yr to the city, about $728 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +34% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +10% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1427 Adams Ave is assessed at $118K but pays $256 a year — about 15% of the $1,656 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.7% 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 $134 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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.
How often it changes hands
This block has recorded 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 34 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 17
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Commonwealth Of Penna, carries 13 open violations across 124 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Of Penna (individual) | 14 | 124 | $150M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Adams 1300 Lp | 1 | 2 | $5.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 34 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400 ADAMS AVE Historysold $17K (2004); 2 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2025). | Investor / LLC | $76K | —/— | 1,072 | 1925 | 1 | 1 violtax lien |
| 1401 ADAMS AVE History3 L&I violations (2015); 7 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2024). | Vacant | $9K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 1 viol |
| 1402 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2023); 3 L&I violations (2024). | Owner-occupied | $161K | —/— | 1,507 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1403 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2008); 5 L&I violations (2018). | Vacant | $8K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 2 viol |
| 1404 ADAMS AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $157K | 4/1 | 1,530 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1405 ADAMS AVE History3 L&I violations (2018); Appeal moot (2018). | Vacant | $8K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1406 ADAMS AVE | Owner-occupied | $156K | —/— | 1,530 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1407 ADAMS AVE History3 L&I violations (2018); Appeal moot (2018). | Vacant | $8K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1408 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2013). | Vacant | $14K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1409 ADAMS AVE History3 L&I violations (2018); Appeal moot (2018). | Vacant | $7K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1410 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $15K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1411 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2008); 3 L&I violations (2018); Appeal moot (2018). | Vacant | $8K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1412 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1413 ADAMS AVE History3 L&I violations (2018); Appeal moot (2018). | Vacant | $8K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1414 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $10K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1415 ADAMS AVE History5 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2021). | Vacant | $8K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 2 viol |
| 1416 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1417 ADAMS AVE Historysold $16K (2011); 3 L&I violations (2012). | Absentee individual | $115K | 3/1 | 974 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 1418 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $14K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1419-21 ADAMS AVE History4 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2025). | Vacant | $27K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1420 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1422 ADAMS AVE History2 L&I violations (2008); L&I violation (2013). | Vacant | $29K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1423 ADAMS AVE | Absentee individual | $123K | 3/1 | 1,212 | 1935 | 0 | rented |
| 1425 ADAMS AVE ImprovedBought for $45K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $118K | 3/1 | 1,114 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 1426 ADAMS AVE History5 L&I violations (2007). | Absentee individual | $296K | —/— | 4,233 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 1427 ADAMS AVE New constructionBought for $48K in 2010, built new (tax-abated), sold for $35K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $118K | 3/1 | 1,114 | 1935 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1429 ADAMS AVE New constructionBought for $75K in 2022, built new (tax-abated), sold for $153K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $112K | 3/1 | 1,114 | 1935 | 2 | abated |
| 1431 ADAMS AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $11K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $60K in 2019 (+445%). | Absentee individual | $117K | 3/1 | 1,079 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 1433 ADAMS AVE | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 1435 ADAMS AVE | Absentee individual | $118K | 3/1 | 1,114 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 1437 ADAMS AVE Historysold $32K (2001); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2012); 3 L&I violations (2024). | Owner-occupied | $118K | 3/1 | 1,114 | 1935 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1439 ADAMS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $17K in 2002 → $86K in 2025 (+418%). | Owner-occupied | $117K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1935 | 3 | rented |
| 1441 ADAMS AVE | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 1,125 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 1443 ADAMS AVE ImprovedBought for $8K in 2014. Owner pulled a use permit in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1935 | 2 | 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)