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Who owns your block

1400 block of W Venango St

A mixed-ownership block: 29% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held, with 13 open code violations and 5 homes behind $8,776 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 284% since 2016, now about $156K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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
$156K
$20K–$355K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$67
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$105K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $156K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 24
$12K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
29%
7 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
25%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
13
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$9K
5 of 24 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
18
9 homes · ZBA & boards
block 38% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-6%
value · tax −$68
5 years
+97%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+284%
value · tax +$993

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 $156K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$156K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied17%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 165 reported crimes (71 violent) and 181 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
165
71 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
181
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults36
All Other Offenses18
Aggravated Assault No Firearm16
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Fraud15
Thefts14

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint50
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Illegal Dumping16
Construction Complaints15
Sanitation Violation14
License Complaint9

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
Kenderton
1500 W Ontario St · 271 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$156K2016: $41K2017: $41K2018: $41K2019: $46K2020: $79K2021: $79K2022: $79K2023: $128K2024: $128K2025: $166K2026: $166K2027: $156K2016202020232027

▲ +284% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4892016: $4962017: $4962018: $4962019: $3862020: $4772021: $4772022: $4772023: $1,4292024: $1,7232025: $1,6312026: $1,5572027: $1,4892016202020232027

▲ +200% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

2
2 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 $11,656 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%
$1,272pays now $4,965at the full rate

1439 W Venango St is assessed at $355K but pays $1,272 a year — about 26% of the $4,965 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 +13% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 384 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $384 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+13%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+284%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+13%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+10%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6.5 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 31 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
31arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 6 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels8 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$20K$215K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
3440 N Carlisle St Llc13$595Kphila.gov ↗
Children'S Health Inc12$534Kphila.gov ↗
Zion Restoration Corp22$43Kphila.gov ↗
Zion 1430 Venango Llc11$105Kphila.gov ↗
Springvale Llc11$156Kphila.gov ↗
Man Property Holdings Llc11$156Kphila.gov ↗

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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1422 W VENANGO ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2002. Owner-occupied $169K 5/— 2,736 1940 1 abated
1424 W VENANGO ST sold $75K (2024); Appeal granted with conditions (2025). Absentee individual $142K —/— 2,613 1915 1
1425 W VENANGO ST Appeal moot (2008); Appeal moot (2009); Appeal city affirmed (2018). Absentee individual $212K 5/5 2,328 1930 0 rented
1426 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $222K —/— 2,583 1915 0 rented
1427 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $112K —/— 2,328 1930 0
1428 W VENANGO ST Bought for $111K in 2004. Vacant $29K —/— 4 tax lien
1429 W VENANGO ST Traded 4×: $37K in 2009 → $120K in 2023 (+224%). Absentee individual $156K 8/4 2,328 1930 4 rented
1430 W VENANGO ST Bought for $5K in 2003. Investor / LLC $105K —/— 2,022 1915 4 13 violtax lien
1431 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $156K —/— 2,328 1930 0 tax lien
1432 W VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $65K in 2012 → $75K in 2020 (+15%). Investor / LLC $156K —/— 2,022 1915 2 rented
1433 W VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2007 → $163K in 2019 (+308%). Absentee individual $215K —/— 2,328 1930 2 tax lien
1434 W VENANGO ST Bought for $1K in 2010, addition and/or alteration permit in 2018, sold for $105K in 2024 (+10112%). Investor / LLC $156K —/— 2,022 1915 3 tax lien
1435 W VENANGO ST built new under a 2022 permit. Absentee individual $95K —/— 2,328 1930 0
1436 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $208K —/— 2,022 1915 0
1437 W VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $156K —/— 2,328 1930 0
1438 W VENANGO ST Vacant $20K —/— 0
1439 W VENANGO ST Bought for $1K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $405K in 2025. Owner-occupied $355K 8/4 2,604 1930 4 rentedabatedtax lien
1440 W VENANGO ST Vacant $20K —/— 0
1441 W VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2021 → $100K in 2025 (+100%). Absentee individual $156K —/— 2,328 1930 2 tax lien
1442 W VENANGO ST Vacant $23K —/— 0
1443 W VENANGO ST Traded 4×: $2K in 2004 → $120K in 2018 (+4900%). Investor / LLC $156K —/— 2,328 1930 4 rented
1445 W VENANGO ST Absentee individual $197K —/— 2,328 1930 0 tax lien
1447 W VENANGO ST Vacant $30K —/— 0
1449 W VENANGO ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

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