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Who owns your block

1400 block of S 4th St

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 7 open code violations and 1 home behind $75 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 206% since 2016, now about $547K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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
$547K
$149K–$1.9M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$248
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$688K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $547K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $27K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
9 of 28
$37K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
57%
15 of 28
city 41%
Rentals
21%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$75
1 of 28 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax +$3K
5 years
+9%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+198%
value · tax +$4K

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 $547K — about 2.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$547K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied14%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 84 reported crimes (33 violent) and 369 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
84
33 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
369
38 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults26
Theft from Vehicle15
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Thefts11
All Other Offenses5
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection72
Illegal Dumping56
Salting45
Street Defect40
Maintenance Complaint34
Sanitation Violation20

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
Elizabeth B Kirkbride
1501 S 7th St · 481 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$500K$1.0M$547K2016: $179K2017: $183K2018: $232K2019: $415K2020: $502K2021: $502K2022: $502K2023: $578K2024: $578K2025: $562K2026: $562K2027: $547K2016202020232027

▲ +206% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,0852016: $2,2512017: $2,1672018: $1,8232019: $1,7342020: $1,8962021: $1,8962022: $1,8962023: $2,0552024: $2,0552025: $2,3822026: $2,9922027: $6,0852016202020232027

▲ +170% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

9
9 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 $37,004 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%
$2,196pays now $10,980at the full rate

1418 S 4th St is assessed at $784K but pays $2,196 a year — about 20% of the $10,980 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 +10.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 306 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $306 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+206%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.2 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 36 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
36arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Absentee individual: 12Vacant: 1 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Absentee individual 12
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels2 parcels6 parcels4 parcels4 parcels9 parcels
$149K$720K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Katherine M Deangelis (individual)23$912Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 28 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1401-09 S 4TH ST built new under a 2019 permit. Owner-occupied $1.9M —/— 12,576 1940 0 7 viol
1406 S 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019). Absentee individual $587K 3/3 2,367 2016 0 rented
1408 S 4TH ST Owner-occupied $720K 5/3 2,630 2016 1
1410 S 4TH ST sold $597K (2016); 3 L&I violations (2019). Absentee individual $670K 3/3 2,630 2016 1
1411 S 4TH ST Traded 2×: $172K in 2011 → $265K in 2018 (+55%). Owner-occupied $257K 2/1 889 1920 2
1412 S 4TH ST Owner-occupied $557K 3/2 2,104 2016 1
1413 S 4TH ST Absentee individual $280K 3/3 1,200 1915 1 rented
1414 S 4TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $497K in 2017. Owner-occupied $537K 3/2 2,104 2017 1 abated
1415 S 4TH ST Bought for $75K in 2012, alteration permit in 2012, sold for $216K in 2012 (+188%). Owner-occupied $323K 4/1 1,334 1915 2 rented
1416 S 4TH ST Absentee individual $670K 3/3 2,630 2016 0
1417 S 4TH ST Bought for $70K in 2012, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $520K in 2024. Owner-occupied $596K 3/2 2,624 2013 3
1418 S 4TH ST Absentee individual $784K 3/3 2,630 2018 0 abated
1419 S 4TH ST Bought for $25K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $420K in 2020 (+1580%). Absentee individual $396K 3/2 1,817 1915 3 rented
1421 S 4TH ST Bought for $73K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $336K in 2020 (+360%). Owner-occupied $396K 3/2 1,817 1915 3
1423 S 4TH ST Bought for $80K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Absentee individual $395K 4/1 1,817 1915 1 rented
1424 S 4TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $688K in 2017. Owner-occupied $663K 4/4 2,630 2017 1 abated
1425 S 4TH ST Bought for $295K in 2023, addition and/or alteration permit in 2023, sold for $599K in 2024 (+103%). Owner-occupied $604K 4/2 2,090 1915 2
1426 S 4TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $818K in 2024. Absentee individual $663K 4/3 2,630 2017 1 abated
1427 S 4TH ST Vacant $149K —/— 0
1428 S 4TH ST Bought for $628K in 2017, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $820K in 2021. Owner-occupied $719K 4/4 2,893 2017 2 abated
1429 S 4TH ST Owner-occupied $479K 6/2 2,705 1915 0 abated
1430 S 4TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $644K in 2017. Owner-occupied $713K 3/3 2,630 2017 1 abated
1431 S 4TH ST Bought for $211K in 2005. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2023. Absentee individual $439K 5/4 2,418 1915 3 rented
1432 S 4TH ST Owner-occupied $587K 3/2 2,367 2017 0 abated
1433 S 4TH ST Absentee individual $413K 4/2 2,142 1915 1
1434 S 4TH ST Old house bought for $100K in 2016, demolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2016), then sold for $645K in 2021. Absentee individual $537K 3/2 2,104 2017 3 abated
1435 S 4TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Absentee individual $369K 2/2 1,710 1915 0
1437 S 4TH ST Bought for $125K in 2006, zoning permit in 2008, sold for $380K in 2016 (+204%). Owner-occupied $442K 4/2 1,842 1915 3

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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