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Who owns your block

1400 block of N 50th St

An investor-heavy block: 80% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 156% since 2016, now about $134K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$134K
$59K–$173K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$60
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$859
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
20%
1 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 20% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+16%
value · tax +$85
5 years
+116%
value · tax +$133
10 years
+156%
value · tax +$135

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 $134K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$134K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied20%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 51 reported crimes (14 violent) and 282 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
51
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
282
88 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses11
Other Assaults9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Fraud3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection54
Construction Complaints37
Abandoned Vehicle32
Maintenance Complaint29
Dangerous Building Complaint23
Illegal Dumping22

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 Heston
1621 N 54th St · 219 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$134K2016: $52K2017: $52K2018: $57K2019: $60K2020: $62K2021: $62K2022: $62K2023: $87K2024: $87K2025: $115K2026: $115K2027: $134K2016202020232027

▲ +156% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$8592016: $7242017: $7242018: $7542019: $7262020: $7262021: $7262022: $7262023: $1,2142024: $7712025: $7742026: $7742027: $8592016202020232027

▲ +19% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 256 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $256 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+156%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.4 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2020. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20202021
2arm's-length sales since 2020
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 4 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 4

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$59K$136K+

The block's largest owner, 21st Street Partners Llc, carries 13 open violations across 8 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
21st Street Partners Llc38$961Kphila.gov ↗
Farid Llc11$136Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 5 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 & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1400 N 50TH ST Investor / LLC $136K 1,728 1925 1
1404 N 50TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $134K 948 1925 0
1406 N 50TH ST Investor / LLC $59K 975 1994 1
1408-12 N 50TH ST 3 L&I violations (2022); 4 L&I violations (2023); Appeal complete (2025); 6 L&I violations (2025); Appeal withdrawn (2026); 2 L&I violations (2026). Investor / LLC $173K 2,880 1925 0 2 viol
1414-16 N 50TH ST Investor / LLC $61K 1,024 1925 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.