Who owns your block
1400 block of S 50th St
A mixed-ownership block: 47% owner-occupied, 12% investor-held, with 5 open code violations and 1 home behind $9,771 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 219% since 2016, now about $181K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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 $181K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above 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 | $181K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 24% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 49 reported crimes (16 violent) and 94 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
- $181K typical home, up +219% since 2016
- Tax bill $251 to $1,135 a year, +15%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $24,215/yr to the city, about $1,424 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +219% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +352% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1450 S 50th St is assessed at $7.8M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $109,838 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 +11.1% 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 $319 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Zion Baptist Church (individual) | 5 | 27 | $3.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cedar Park Residential Partners Llc | 1 | 3 | $495K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Reba Brown Lp | 1 | 1 | $7.8M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1411 S 50TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $513K | —/— | 9,485 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 1413 S 50TH ST | Absentee individual | $311K | —/— | 2,237 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 1415 S 50TH ST ImprovedBought for $12K in 2002. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2008. | Vacant | $48K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1417 S 50TH ST ImprovedBought for $32K in 2008. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2008. | Vacant | $48K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1419 S 50TH ST ImprovedBought for $65K in 2008. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2008. | Vacant | $48K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1421 S 50TH ST History2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2014). | Vacant | $52K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1423 S 50TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $124K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 1425 S 50TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $45K in 2018, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $155K in 2018 (+244%). | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1427 S 50TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $181K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1429 S 50TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $10K in 2006, electrical permit in 2012, sold for $163K in 2019 (+3975%). | Absentee individual | $259K | 3/1 | 1,194 | 1940 | 6 | |
| 1431 S 50TH ST | Absentee individual | $181K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 1 | rented |
| 1433 S 50TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1435 S 50TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $181K | —/— | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | rented |
| 1437 S 50TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $3K in 2009, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $225K in 2019 (+7400%). | Owner-occupied | $311K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 1439 S 50TH ST ImprovedBought for $28K in 2016. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $181K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 1 | 5 viol |
| 1441 S 50TH ST ImprovedBought for $25K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $298K | 3/1 | 1,680 | 1940 | 5 | |
| 1450 S 50TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2008 and rebuilt (2007), then sold for $1.5M in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $7.8M | —/— | 63,385 | 2009 | 2 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)