Who owns your block
1400 block of South St
A mixed-ownership block: 19% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 12 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 176% since 2016, now about $733K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $733K — about 3.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $733K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 6% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 152 reported crimes (41 violent) and 283 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
- $733K typical home, up +176% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,712 to $9,983 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $29M assessed, $399,522/yr to the city, about $24,970 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +176% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +169% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1426-34 South St is assessed at $7.6M but pays $99,228 a year — about 93% of the $106,316 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 +9.7% 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 $276 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2000. 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 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Salaam Enterprises Inc, carries 1 open violation across 4 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salaam Enterprises Inc | 1 | 4 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gauranga 2 Llc | 1 | 1 | $733K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1412 South Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1430 South Philly Llc | 1 | 1 | $7.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1408 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $150K in 2000 → $564K in 2021 (+276%). | Owner-occupied | $733K | 2,264 | 1915 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1410 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $1.2M | 4,068 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1412 SOUTH ST ImprovedBought for $750K in 2016. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | 4,096 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1414-16 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal withdrawn (2017); Appeal city affirmed (2019). | Vacant | $695K | — | — | 0 | |
| 1418 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal filed (2019). | Vacant | $229K | — | — | 0 | |
| 1420-22 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal filed (2019). | Vacant | $695K | — | — | 0 | |
| 1424 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal granted (2010). | Absentee individual | $627K | 1,936 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1426-34 SOUTH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $7.6M | 25,909 | 2015 | 0 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1436 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $916K | 3,289 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1437 SOUTH ST Historysold $1.2M (2007); Appeal sustained (2009). | Owner-occupied | $870K | 2,880 | 1910 | 1 | 7 viol |
| 1438-40 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal approved (2017). | Vacant | $628K | — | — | 0 | |
| 1439 SOUTH ST Historysold $1.2M (2007); Appeal filed (2026). | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 6,330 | 1910 | 1 | 5 viol |
| 1441-49 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $11M | — | — | 0 | |
| 1442-44 SOUTH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit. | Vacant | $732K | — | — | 0 | |
| 1446 SOUTH ST | Vacant | $267K | — | — | 0 | |
| 1448 SOUTH ST | Investor / LLC | $583K | 1,800 | 1915 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)