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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $164K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 7% | 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.
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
- $164K typical home, up +154% since 2016
- Tax bill $668 to $1,519 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.8M assessed, $20,157/yr to the city, about $1,344 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +154% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +127% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Phila (individual) | 2 | 3871 | $6561M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Turf Wizard Llc | 1 | 54 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Manifest Destiny International Llc | 1 | 2 | $245K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rsp Homes Llc | 1 | 2 | $248K | phila.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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $174K | —/— | 2,640 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1426 BLAVIS ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $164K | —/— | 2,320 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 1428 BLAVIS ST HistoryL&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2026). | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 1 violtax lien |
| 1430 BLAVIS ST HistoryL&I violation (2017). | Absentee individual | $164K | —/— | 2,320 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1432 BLAVIS ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $164K | —/— | 2,320 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 1434 BLAVIS ST Historysold $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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 ImprovedBought 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 ImprovedBought for $57K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $167K | —/— | 2,320 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 1444 BLAVIS ST History3 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)