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Who owns your block

1400 block of Blavis St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 5 homes behind $30,679 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 154% since 2016, now about $164K. 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
$164K
$16K–$174K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$71
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 15
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
33%
4 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
20%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$31K
5 of 15 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$751
5 years
+179%
value · tax +$851
10 years
+154%
value · tax +$851

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.

2027
  • 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 $164K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$164K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied7%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 120 reported crimes (43 violent) and 265 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
120
43 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
265
42 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts28
Other Assaults20
All Other Offenses14
Aggravated Assault No Firearm13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Fraud9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection59
Maintenance Complaint38
Street Defect35
Illegal Dumping16
Abandoned Vehicle14
Other (Streets)14

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
Edward Steel
4301 Wayne Ave · 331 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$164K2016: $65K2017: $65K2018: $65K2019: $61K2020: $59K2021: $59K2022: $59K2023: $106K2024: $106K2025: $154K2026: $154K2027: $164K2016202020232027

▲ +154% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5192016: $6682017: $6682018: $6682019: $6682020: $6682021: $6682022: $6682023: $6682024: $6682025: $7682026: $7682027: $1,5192016202020232027

▲ +127% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

2
2 properties 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 $5,102 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%
$668pays now $2,294at the full rate

1426 Blavis St is assessed at $164K but pays $668 a year — about 29% of the $2,294 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 +8.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9110050020162019202220252027This block 254 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $254 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+154%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.3 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K20042008201220162020
8arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 4 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels9 parcels
$16K$167K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Phila (individual)23871$6561Mphila.gov ↗
Turf Wizard Llc154$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Manifest Destiny International Llc12$245Kphila.gov ↗
Rsp Homes Llc12$248Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 15 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1418 BLAVIS ST Vacant $16K —/— 0 tax lien
1420 BLAVIS ST Owner-occupied $144K —/— 1,760 1940 0
1422 BLAVIS ST Investor / LLC $164K —/— 2,320 1940 1 rented
1424 BLAVIS ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $174K —/— 2,640 1940 0
1426 BLAVIS ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $164K —/— 2,320 1940 0 abated
1428 BLAVIS ST L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2026). Vacant $16K —/— 0 1 violtax lien
1430 BLAVIS ST L&I violation (2017). Absentee individual $164K —/— 2,320 1940 0 tax lien
1432 BLAVIS ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $164K —/— 2,320 1940 0 abated
1434 BLAVIS ST sold $60K (2004); L&I violation (2007); 8 L&I violations (2013); 17 L&I violations (2018). Owner-occupied $164K 5/— 2,320 1940 1
1436 BLAVIS ST Traded 3×: $31K in 2006 → $65K in 2017 (+113%). Investor / LLC $164K —/— 2,320 1940 3 rented
1438 BLAVIS ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
1440 BLAVIS ST Bought for $27K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Absentee individual $164K —/— 2,320 1940 1 rented
1442 BLAVIS ST Bought for $57K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $167K —/— 2,320 1940 1
1444 BLAVIS ST 3 L&I violations (2011); sold $5K (2018). Absentee individual $109K 6/— 2,320 1940 1
1446 BLAVIS ST Vacant $17K —/— 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.