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Who owns your block

1400 block of Unity St

A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 4% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 3 homes behind $12,437 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 109% since 2016, now about $119K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$119K
$9K–$822K
ZIP median $170K
Price / sq ft
$109
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$85K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $119K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $12K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 24
$6K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
38%
8 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
21%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
3 of 24 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 21% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$119
5 years
+117%
value · tax +$887
10 years
+109%
value · tax +$789

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 $119K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19124Philadelphia
Median home value$119K$170K$223K
Owner-occupied17%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 99 reported crimes (21 violent) and 114 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
99
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
114
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts38
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Other Assaults11
All Other Offenses9
Fraud6
Motor Vehicle Theft5

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle19
Illegal Dumping17
Maintenance Complaint17
Street Defect13
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Information Request5

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
John Marshall
4500 Griscom St · 243 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$119K2016: $57K2017: $57K2018: $58K2019: $51K2020: $55K2021: $55K2022: $55K2023: $69K2024: $69K2025: $113K2026: $113K2027: $119K2016202020232027

▲ +109% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5652016: $7762017: $7762018: $7852019: $6822020: $6782021: $6782022: $6782023: $8892024: $8782025: $1,4462026: $1,4462027: $1,5652016202020232027

▲ +102% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

3
3 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 $5,589 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

20 homes pay the full 1.40%4 pay less
$288pays now $1,688at the full rate

The starkest example: 1413 Unity St is assessed at $121K but pays $288 a year — about 17% of the $1,688 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8910025020162019202220252027This block 209 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $209 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+109%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20052010201520202025
26arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Absentee individual: 11Vacant: 5 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Absentee individual 11
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels8 parcels1 parcels4 parcels6 parcels
$9K$214K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Unity Unlimited LLC11$15Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 24 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1400-04 UNITY ST Absentee individual $224K —/— 5,736 1925 1 tax lien
1401 UNITY ST Vacant $10K —/— 0
1403 UNITY ST Vacant $9K —/— 0 tax lien
1405-07 UNITY ST Absentee individual $163K 2/1 2,400 1935 0 rented
1406-14 UNITY ST Absentee individual $822K —/— 13,700 1925 0
1409 UNITY ST Absentee individual $111K 3/1 999 1935 0
1411 UNITY ST Traded 4×: $5K in 2003 → $71K in 2018 (+1320%). Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,140 1935 4
1413 UNITY ST Owner-occupied $121K 3/1 1,110 1935 0 abated
1415 UNITY ST Owner-occupied $118K 3/1 1,068 1935 0 abated
1416 UNITY ST Traded 2×: $2K in 2015 → $16K in 2019 (+967%). Absentee individual $112K 2/1 1,025 1935 2
1417 UNITY ST Traded 4×: $85K in 2005 → $19K in 2025 (-78%). Vacant $15K —/— 4
1418 UNITY ST Absentee individual $110K 3/1 941 1935 1
1419 UNITY ST Traded 4×: $85K in 2005 → $150K in 2025 (+76%). Absentee individual $170K —/— 1,682 1935 4 rented
1420 UNITY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 800 1935 0 abated
1421 UNITY ST sold $5K (2005); Appeal granted with conditions (2009). Vacant $12K —/— 1
1422 UNITY ST Absentee individual $100K 3/1 810 1935 1 rented
1423 UNITY ST sold $5K (2005); Appeal granted with conditions (2009). Vacant $11K —/— 1
1424 UNITY ST Traded 2×: $27K in 2007 → $20K in 2016 (-26%). Absentee individual $116K —/— 936 1935 2 rented
1426 UNITY ST Owner-occupied $214K 3/3 1,952 1935 1 rented5 viol
1427 UNITY ST sold $90K (2005); Appeal granted with conditions (2007). Owner-occupied $200K —/— 2,002 1935 1 4 viol
1429 UNITY ST sold $90K (2005); Appeal dismissed (2014). Owner-occupied $198K —/— 3,733 1935 1
1430 UNITY ST Absentee individual $166K —/— 1,920 1935 1
1431 UNITY ST Absentee individual $197K —/— 2,900 1935 0 tax lien
1432 UNITY ST Owner-occupied $162K —/— 2,236 1935 1 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.