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Who owns your block

1400 block of S 51st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 14 open code violations and 4 homes behind $50,503 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 389% since 2016, now about $202K. Property taxes are climbing about 16% a year.

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
$202K
$114K–$388K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$146
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$300K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $202K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 34
$20K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
65%
22 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
15%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
14
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$51K
4 of 34 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$88
5 years
+286%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+389%
value · tax +$2K

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 $202K — about 0.9× 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 blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$202K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied29%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 74 reported crimes (37 violent) and 133 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
74
37 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
133
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults29
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Thefts7
Fraud5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint31
Abandoned Vehicle20
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Illegal Dumping12
Construction Complaints9
Dangerous Sidewalk9

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
Benjamin B Comegys
5100 Greenway Ave · 213 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$125K$250K$202K2016: $41K2017: $41K2018: $41K2019: $48K2020: $52K2021: $52K2022: $52K2023: $117K2024: $117K2025: $197K2026: $197K2027: $202K2016202020232027

▲ +389% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,7892016: $5342017: $5342018: $5342019: $3812020: $7282021: $7282022: $7282023: $1,5712024: $1,5712025: $2,7262026: $2,7012027: $2,7892016202020232027

▲ +422% since 2016 · ~+16%/yr

2
2 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 $19,898 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%
$0pays now $3,071at the full rate

1438-42 S 51st St is assessed at $219K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,071 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 +15.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 489 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $489 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+15.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+389%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+15.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+12.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+9 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
25arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 22Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 1 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 22
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels22 parcels6 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$114K$294K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
David E Johnson (individual)23$603Kphila.gov ↗
Revocable Living Trust Of Eric C Jones13$535Kphila.gov ↗
Omar Hargis (individual)22$401Kphila.gov ↗
Eminence Investments Llc11$200Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 34 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1400 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $206K 4/1 1,528 1940 0
1401 S 51ST ST Bought for $140K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $207K 4/1 1,528 1940 1 rented
1402 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,380 1940 0 6 violtax lien
1403 S 51ST ST Bought for $65K in 2020, alterations permit in 2021, sold for $319K in 2021 (+391%). Owner-occupied $294K 3/1 1,320 1940 2 rented4 violtax lien
1404 S 51ST ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $202K —/— 1,380 1940 0 abated
1405 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $198K —/— 1,320 1940 0
1406 S 51ST ST Bought for $35K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Absentee individual $234K 4/1 1,380 1940 1 rented
1407 S 51ST ST Traded 3×: $42K in 2016 → $300K in 2025 (+609%). Owner-occupied $388K 4/3 1,584 1940 3
1408 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,380 1940 0 tax lien
1409 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $225K 4/1 1,584 1940 0
1410 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,380 1940 0
1411 S 51ST ST Absentee individual $198K —/— 1,320 1940 0 rented
1412 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $226K 4/1 1,620 1940 0
1413 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $198K —/— 1,320 1940 1
1414 S 51ST ST Traded 2×: $38K in 2011 → $120K in 2018 (+216%). Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,380 1940 2
1415 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,320 1940 0
1416 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,380 1940 0 tax lien
1417 S 51ST ST Bought for $50K in 2015. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2011. Investor / LLC $200K —/4 1,320 1940 1
1418 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,380 1940 0 tax lien
1419 S 51ST ST Bought for $65K in 2007, addition and/or alteration permit in 2023, sold for $335K in 2024 (+415%). Owner-occupied $341K 4/— 1,320 1940 4
1420 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,380 1940 0
1421 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $197K —/— 1,320 1940 0 tax lien
1422 S 51ST ST 4 L&I violations (2007); 3 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $145K —/— 1,380 1940 0
1423 S 51ST ST Traded 2×: $16K in 2000 → $39K in 2008 (+144%). Absentee individual $207K —/— 1,320 1940 2
1424 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,380 1940 1
1425 S 51ST ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2007 → $40K in 2008 (-11%). Absentee individual $194K —/— 1,320 1940 2 tax lien
1426 S 51ST ST Bought for $51K in 2011. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,380 1940 1
1427 S 51ST ST L&I violation (2019); 2 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2023); 6 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2025). Absentee individual $114K —/— 1,320 1940 0 4 violtax lien
1428 S 51ST ST Bought for $55K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $229K —/— 1,664 1940 2 rented
1429 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $194K —/— 1,320 1940 0
1430 S 51ST ST Bought for $120K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2020. Absentee individual $240K 4/1 1,760 1940 1
1431 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $195K —/— 1,320 1940 0 tax lien
1432-36 S 51ST ST Vacant $266K —/— 0
1438-42 S 51ST ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated), sold for $265K in 2005. Absentee individual $219K —/— 6,240 1950 1 abated

Neighborhood

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

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