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Who owns your block

1400 block of W Thompson St

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 38% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $366 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 3055% since 2016, now about $303K. Property taxes are climbing about 32% 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
$303K
$103K–$629K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$201
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 8
$7K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
25%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$366
1 of 8 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 38% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-33%
value · tax −$618
5 years
+570%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+570%
value · tax +$2K

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 $303K — about 1.4× 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$303K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied0%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 288 reported crimes (85 violent) and 225 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
288
85 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
225
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts56
Other Assaults53
Fraud32
Theft from Vehicle32
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief24
All Other Offenses22

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping57
Maintenance Complaint30
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Abandoned Vehicle13
Graffiti Removal11
Street Defect11

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$500K$1.0M$303K2016: $10K2017: $45K2018: $45K2019: $45K2020: $45K2021: $45K2022: $45K2023: $57K2024: $321K2025: $454K2026: $454K2027: $303K2016202020232027

▲ +3055% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8882016: $1322017: $6332018: $6332019: $6332020: $6332021: $6332022: $6332023: $7922024: $1,2162025: $3,5062026: $3,5062027: $2,8882016202020232027

▲ +2088% since 2016 · ~+32%/yr

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1 property 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 $7,048 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%
$1,762pays now $8,810at the full rate

1428 W Thompson St is assessed at $629K but pays $1,762 a year — about 20% of the $8,810 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 +36.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100500020162019202220252027This block 3155 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $3155 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+36.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+3055%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+36.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+33.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+30.4 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2007. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2008201220162020
9arm's-length sales since 2007
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 4 8parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$103K$477K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Templarel Lp111$13Mphila.gov ↗
Sunoco Inc (R&M)23$641Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 8 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
1401 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $221K —/— 0
1403 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $191K —/— 0
1405 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $191K —/— 0
1407 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $220K in 2013 → $400K in 2013 (+82%). Absentee individual $385K 7/3 1,914 2013 3
1409 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $220K in 2013 → $400K in 2013 (+82%). Absentee individual $385K 7/3 1,914 2013 3
1411 W THOMPSON ST Vacant land, last sold for $100K in 2013. Investor / LLC $477K 4/4 2,691 2014 2 rented
1426 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $103K —/— 0 2 violtax lien
1428 W THOMPSON ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $600K in 2023. Absentee individual $629K 6/— 2,093 2023 1 rentedabatedtax 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.