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Who owns your block

1400 block of W Stiles St

A mixed-ownership block: 27% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 4 homes behind $8,974 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 129% since 2016, now about $174K. Property taxes are climbing about 21% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$174K
$66K–$483K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$143
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
27%
3 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$9K
4 of 11 behind
▲ block 36% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-12%
value · tax −$926
5 years
+65%
value · tax +$369
10 years
+129%
value · tax +$573

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $174K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$174K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied27%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 330 reported crimes (101 violent) and 243 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
330
101 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
243
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults63
Thefts60
Fraud36
All Other Offenses32
Motor Vehicle Theft24
Theft from Vehicle24

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping47
Maintenance Complaint41
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Abandoned Vehicle17
Graffiti Removal13
Street Defect12

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
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$174K2016: $76K2017: $76K2018: $76K2019: $102K2020: $106K2021: $106K2022: $106K2023: $181K2024: $181K2025: $199K2026: $199K2027: $174K2016202020232027

▲ +129% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,2212016: $1532017: $6482018: $6482019: $8732020: $8522021: $8522022: $8522023: $1,4152024: $1,4152025: $2,1472026: $2,1472027: $1,2212016202020232027

▲ +698% since 2016 · ~+21%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 229 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $229 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+129%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.3 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2008. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20082010201220142016
5arm's-length sales since 2008
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 5 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels6 parcels
$66K$187K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 11 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1417R W STILES ST Vacant $66K —/— 0
1417 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,320 1925 0
1419R W STILES ST Vacant $66K —/— 0
1419 W STILES ST Absentee individual $174K 3/1 1,218 1925 1
1421 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1421R W STILES ST Vacant $66K —/— 0
1423 W STILES ST Absentee individual $174K 3/1 1,218 1925 1
1424 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2013 → $48K in 2014 (+90%). Vacant $98K —/— 2
1425 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,404 1925 0 tax lien
1426 W STILES ST Vacant $98K —/— 0 tax lien
1428 W STILES ST Vacant land, last sold for $35K in 2008. Absentee individual $483K 6/3 2,700 2009 1

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.