Who owns your block
1400 block of S 47th St
A mixed-ownership block: 53% owner-occupied, 6% investor-held, with 10 open code violations and 7 homes behind $31,102 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 179% since 2016, now about $143K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% 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 $143K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $143K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 39 reported crimes (9 violent) and 146 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
- $143K typical home, up +179% since 2016
- Tax bill $337 to $1,365 a year, +14%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.3M assessed, $23,146/yr to the city, about $1,362 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +179% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +305% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.8% 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 $279 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 2005. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destiny Real Estate Llc | 1 | 3 | $448K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Brown Kevin R Tr (individual) | 3 | 3 | $383K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1413 S 47TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $164K | —/— | 1,240 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1415 S 47TH ST | Owner-occupied | $109K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1940 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1417 S 47TH ST History2 L&I violations (2016). | Owner-occupied | $148K | 3/1 | 920 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1419 S 47TH ST | Absentee individual | $143K | 3/1 | 920 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 1421 S 47TH ST ImprovedBought for $35K in 2017. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $84K | 3/1 | 920 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 1423 S 47TH ST ImprovedBought for $5K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $98K | 3/1 | 920 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 1425 S 47TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $143K | 2/1 | 920 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1427 S 47TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $143K | 3/1 | 920 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1429 S 47TH ST History13 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2010); 3 L&I violations (2013); 3 L&I violations (2015). | Owner-occupied | $143K | —/— | 920 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1431 S 47TH ST | Owner-occupied | $143K | 3/1 | 920 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1433 S 47TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2017); L&I violation (2024). | Absentee individual | $98K | 3/1 | 920 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1435 S 47TH ST | Absentee individual | $143K | —/— | 920 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1437 S 47TH ST History10 L&I violations (2023); Appeal complete (2024). | Owner-occupied | $143K | 3/1 | 920 | 1940 | 0 | 10 violtax lien |
| 1439 S 47TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. | Absentee individual | $98K | 3/1 | 920 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1441 S 47TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $60K in 2019 → $212K in 2020 (+253%). | Owner-occupied | $245K | 4/1 | 920 | 1940 | 3 | rentedtax lien |
| 1443 S 47TH ST | Owner-occupied | $169K | 3/1 | 1,178 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1445 S 47TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2024). | Vacant | $42K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 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)