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Who owns your block

1400 block of Sparks St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 72% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations and 7 homes behind $65,977 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $175K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$175K
$114K–$258K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$136
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$117K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $175K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 50
$40K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
72%
36 of 50
city 41%
Rentals
10%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$66K
7 of 50 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$64
5 years
+76%
value · tax +$474
10 years
+79%
value · tax +$271

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 $175K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$175K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied56%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 101 reported crimes (31 violent) and 149 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
101
31 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
149
31 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts28
Other Assaults21
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Fraud9
Theft from Vehicle8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint44
Abandoned Vehicle16
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Salting13
Illegal Dumping10
License Complaint8

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 · K-5
Julia Ward Howe
5800 N 13th St · 225 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$100K$200K$175K2016: $98K2017: $98K2018: $98K2019: $104K2020: $100K2021: $100K2022: $100K2023: $137K2024: $137K2025: $177K2026: $177K2027: $175K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3082016: $1,0372017: $1,0372018: $1,0372019: $9502020: $8452021: $8342022: $8342023: $1,0382024: $1,0382025: $1,2442026: $1,2442027: $1,3082016202020232027

▲ +26% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

4
4 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 $40,320 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%
$1,260pays now $2,566at the full rate

1411 Sparks St is assessed at $183K but pays $1,260 a year — about 49% of the $2,566 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 179 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $179 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+79%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1 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 46 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 27 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
46arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
27homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 50 parcels

Owner-occupied: 36Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 9 50parcels
  • Owner-occupied 36
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 9

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels33 parcels8 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$114K$244K+

The block's largest owner, Corestates Group Llc, carries 7 open violations across 105 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Corestates Group Llc1105$25Mphila.gov ↗
Hnb Investment Properties Llc180$11Mphila.gov ↗
Cifaldi Property Rentals143$6.7Mphila.gov ↗
Aries Investments Holding12$313Kphila.gov ↗
Sj Morgan Realty Llc11$214Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 50 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
1410 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $114K 3/— 1,290 1905 0
1411 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $183K —/— 1,290 1905 0 abated
1412 SPARKS ST Traded 2×: $13K in 2003 → $79K in 2004 (+512%). Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 2
1413 SPARKS ST Traded 5×: $73K in 2006 → $235K in 2022 (+221%). Absentee individual $244K 3/2 1,290 1905 5
1414 SPARKS ST Appeal withdrawn (2016). Investor / LLC $214K 3/— 1,290 1905 0 rented
1415 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $201K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1416 SPARKS ST Investor / LLC $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 0 rented
1417 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $182K —/— 1,290 1905 1
1418 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 0
1419 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $182K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1420 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 4/— 1,290 1905 0
1421 SPARKS ST Absentee individual $201K —/— 1,290 1905 0 rented
1422 SPARKS ST Traded 3×: $90K in 2006 → $145K in 2017 (+61%). Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 3
1423 SPARKS ST Appeal denied (2014). Owner-occupied $181K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1424 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 1
1425 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $118K —/— 1,290 1905 0 abated
1426 SPARKS ST Traded 2×: $160K in 2018 → $180K in 2019 (+13%). Owner-occupied $258K 3/— 1,290 1905 2 tax lien
1427 SPARKS ST Traded 3×: $22K in 2000 → $56K in 2001 (+154%). Absentee individual $118K —/— 1,290 1905 3
1428 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 0 tax lien
1429 SPARKS ST Investor / LLC $180K —/— 1,290 1905 1 rented
1430 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 1
1431 SPARKS ST Bought for $27K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $65K in 2004. Owner-occupied $117K —/— 1,290 1905 2 abated5 viol
1432 SPARKS ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2020 → $180K in 2020 (+260%). Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,290 1905 2 tax lien
1433 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $179K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1434 SPARKS ST Absentee individual $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 0 1 violtax lien
1435 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,290 1905 1 tax lien
1436 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 0
1437 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $178K —/— 1,290 1905 1 tax lien
1438 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 1
1439 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $178K —/— 1,290 1905 0 tax lien
1440 SPARKS ST Traded 3×: $36K in 2005 → $109K in 2025 (+204%). Investor / LLC $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 3
1441 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $177K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1442 SPARKS ST Absentee individual $195K 4/2 1,290 1905 1
1443 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $197K —/— 1,290 1905 1
1444 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 0
1445 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $177K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1446 SPARKS ST Traded 2×: $37K in 2009 → $115K in 2010 (+211%). Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,290 1905 2
1447 SPARKS ST Traded 3×: $65K in 2002 → $35K in 2011 (-46%). Absentee individual $196K —/— 1,290 1905 3 rented
1448 SPARKS ST Traded 2×: $39K in 2007 → $125K in 2024 (+218%). Absentee individual $174K 3/1 1,290 1905 2
1449 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $176K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1450 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 0
1451 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,290 1905 0
1452 SPARKS ST Traded 4×: $40K in 2004 → $245K in 2023 (+520%). Absentee individual $258K 3/— 1,290 1905 4
1453 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $175K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1454 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 0
1455 SPARKS ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2001 → $34K in 2015 (+36%). Investor / LLC $195K —/— 1,290 1905 2
1456 SPARKS ST Bought for $40K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $90K in 2016. Owner-occupied $174K 3/— 1,290 1905 2 abated
1457 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $174K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1459 SPARKS ST Owner-occupied $173K —/— 1,290 1905 0
1461 SPARKS ST Absentee individual $207K —/— 1,290 1905 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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