Who owns your block
1400 block of N 27th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $3,977 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 9900% since 2016, now about $290K. Property taxes are climbing about 39% 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 $290K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $290K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 4% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 123 reported crimes (36 violent) and 299 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
- $290K typical home, up +9900% since 2016
- Tax bill $41 to $1,488 a year, +39%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $10.0M assessed, $35,018/yr to the city, about $1,459 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +9900% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +3529% since 2016 · ~+39%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1401-55 N 27th St is assessed at $3.2M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $44,339 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 +52% 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 $10000 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 40 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 2 | 4773 | $1418M | phila.gov ↗ |
| City Of Phila (individual) | 2 | 3871 | $6561M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Zenith Real Estate Inc | 1 | 23 | $4.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3637 Realty Llc | 1 | 5 | $304K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Civetta 2 Llc | 1 | 4 | $764K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $290K | 4/1 | 1,248 | 2024 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 1401-55 N 27TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $3.2M | —/— | 17,504 | 1960 | 0 | abated |
| 1402 N 27TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $280K in 2025. | Absentee individual | $280K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 1404 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $1K in 2002, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $182K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $373K | 3/2 | 1,734 | 1920 | 3 | rentedabated |
| 1406 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2024. | Absentee individual | $290K | 3/1 | 960 | 2024 | 2 | abated |
| 1408 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/1 | 960 | 2024 | 2 | abated |
| 1410 N 27TH ST ImprovedBought for $95K in 2018. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2019. | Vacant | $96K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1412 N 27TH ST History3 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $96K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1414 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/1 | 960 | 2024 | 2 | abated |
| 1416 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $30K in 2016, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $385K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $420K | 4/3 | 1,694 | 2018 | 4 | rentedabated |
| 1418 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/1 | 1,275 | 2025 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 1420 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $85K in 2019, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $460K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $457K | 3/— | 1,662 | 2020 | 3 | abatedtax lien |
| 1422 N 27TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit, sold for $2K in 2023. | Vacant | $96K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1424 N 27TH ST Historysold $149K (2012); 2 L&I violations (2015). | Investor / LLC | $191K | 4/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1426-32 N 27TH ST | Vacant | $433K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1434 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/— | 1,200 | 2024 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 1436 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/— | 1,200 | 2024 | 2 | abated |
| 1438 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/— | 1,200 | 2024 | 2 | abated |
| 1440 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $48K in 2017, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $460K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $477K | 4/2 | 1,734 | 2021 | 4 | abated |
| 1442 N 27TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a fast form building permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $221K | 4/1 | 1,389 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1444 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $290K | 4/1 | 1,353 | 2024 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 1446 N 27TH ST History2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $115K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1448 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $473K | 4/1 | 1,820 | 2024 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 1450 N 27TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $290K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $473K | 3/— | 1,820 | 2024 | 3 | abatedtax 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)