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.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $156K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 17% | 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.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $156K typical home, up +284% since 2016
- Tax bill $496 to $1,489 a year, +11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.3M assessed, $34,153/yr to the city, about $1,423 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +284% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +200% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3440 N Carlisle St Llc | 1 | 3 | $595K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Children'S Health Inc | 1 | 2 | $534K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Zion Restoration Corp | 2 | 2 | $43K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Zion 1430 Venango Llc | 1 | 1 | $105K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Springvale Llc | 1 | 1 | $156K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Man Property Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $156K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1422 W VENANGO ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $169K | 5/— | 2,736 | 1940 | 1 | abated |
| 1424 W VENANGO ST Historysold $75K (2024); Appeal granted with conditions (2025). | Absentee individual | $142K | —/— | 2,613 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1425 W VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal 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 ImprovedBought for $111K in 2004. | Vacant | $29K | —/— | — | — | 4 | tax lien |
| 1429 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $37K in 2009 → $120K in 2023 (+224%). | Absentee individual | $156K | 8/4 | 2,328 | 1930 | 4 | rented |
| 1430 W VENANGO ST ImprovedBought 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 TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2012 → $75K in 2020 (+15%). | Investor / LLC | $156K | —/— | 2,022 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1433 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 2007 → $163K in 2019 (+308%). | Absentee individual | $215K | —/— | 2,328 | 1930 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1434 W VENANGO ST Renovated & sold onBought 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 New constructionbuilt 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 New constructionBought 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 TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)