Philadelphia property report
1400 block of Wharton St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 3 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($33,131 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 168% since 2016, now about $391K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $391K — about 1.7× the citywide median home, and in line with the ZIP 19146 median of $386K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $391K | $386K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 31% | 33% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 111 reported crimes (about 9 a month, 32% of them violent) and 345 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
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
- $391K typical home, up +168% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,795 to $4,090 a year through 2027, +8%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $110,163/yr from taxable assessments, or $4,237 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +168% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +128% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.
- 1410 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$1,470/yr on $518K
- 1408 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.34%$1,680/yr on $500K
- 1426 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.39%$1,386/yr on $356K
- 1423 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.41%$1,386/yr on $336K
- 1401 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.43%$2,489/yr on $585K
- …and 12 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
One large gap: 1400 Wharton St has a $5,917/year assessment-based estimate on $980K assessed value — about 43% of the $13,718 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.4% 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 $268 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 33 parcels
- Owner-occupied 20
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 7
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Wp Wharton Properties LLC, carries 1 open violation across 4 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wp Wharton Properties LLC | 1 | 4 | $2.9M | 19 S 21st St, Philadelphia PA, 19103 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Act Properties INC | 1 | 4 | $905K | 2713 Meyer Pl, Philadelphia PA, 19114 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Mao And Zhang Pa LLC | 1 | 3 | $2.2M | 23 Zaitz Farm Rd, West Windsor NJ, 08550 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 1412 Wharton St LLC | 1 | 2 | $589K | 162 Lucerne Boulevard, Cherry Hill NJ, 08033 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Wharton Rental LLC | 1 | 1 | $466K | Yun F Chen 930 Cropwell Rd, Cherry Hill NJ, 08003 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 1429 Wharton Street LLC | 1 | 1 | $485K | 128 Green Hill Cir, Berwyn PA, 19312 | phila.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 33 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400 WHARTON ST Apartment building New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Investor / LLC | $852K | —/— | 4,216 | 1915 | 1 | licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified1 viol |
| 1401 WHARTON ST New constructionBought for $214K in 2016, built new under a 2015 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $460K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $523K | 3/2 | 2,064 | 1915 | 2 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1402 WHARTON ST Apartment building Historysold $140K (2004); L&I violation (2014); L&I violation (2017); L&I violation (2018); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2019); Inspection failed (2020); Inspection passed (2021); Appeal granted with conditions (2024). | Absentee individual | $485K | —/— | 2,718 | 1915 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 1403 WHARTON ST | Owner-occupied | $385K | 3/1 | 2,050 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1404 WHARTON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $70K in 2014, demolition permit in 2014, sold for $420K in 2019 (+500%). | Owner-occupied | $563K | 3/3 | 2,475 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1405 WHARTON ST ImprovedBought for $168K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $379K | 5/1 | 2,098 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1406 WHARTON ST History4 L&I violations (2008); 3 L&I violations (2011); Inspection passed (2017); 3 L&I violations (2019); Inspection failed (2019); Inspection failed ×3 (2020); 2 L&I violations (2024); L&I: 3 failed, 2 passed (2024). | Investor / LLC | $377K | —/— | 1,942 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1407 WHARTON ST ImprovedBought for $181K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $396K | 5/2 | 2,336 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1408 WHARTON ST Apartment building New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Absentee individual | $571K | 5/3 | 2,121 | 1915 | 0 | licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1409-17 WHARTON ST Place of worship | Owner-occupied | $832K | —/— | 9,072 | 1829 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1410 WHARTON ST Apartment building New constructionbuilt new (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $393K | —/— | 1,864 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1412 WHARTON ST | Investor / LLC | $381K | 4/2 | 1,740 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1414 WHARTON ST ImprovedBought for $119K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $441K | 6/2 | 1,740 | 1915 | 1 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1416 WHARTON ST Apartment building History3 L&I violations (2011); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2011). | Absentee individual | $406K | —/— | 1,994 | 1915 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 1418 WHARTON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $98K in 2012, alteration permit in 2012, sold for $150K in 2013 (+552%). | Absentee individual | $376K | —/— | 2,124 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1419 WHARTON ST ImprovedBought for $226K in 2024. Owner pulled a fast form building permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $391K | —/— | 2,141 | 1915 | 1 | 4 viol |
| 1420 WHARTON ST Apartment building Renovated & sold onBought for $100K in 2008, electrical permit in 2009, sold for $100K in 2008 (+9900%). | Investor / LLC | $466K | —/— | 3,009 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1421 WHARTON ST ImprovedBought for $200K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $391K | 4/3 | 2,141 | 1915 | 2 | licensed rentallien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1422 WHARTON ST Apartment building Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $60K in 2003 → $475K in 2022 (+692%). | Owner-occupied | $349K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 4 | licensed rental |
| 1423 WHARTON ST New constructionbuilt new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $62K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $383K | 4/1 | 2,024 | 1915 | 1 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1424 WHARTON ST New constructionBought for $200K in 2017, built new under a 2018 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $500K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $549K | 3/3 | 1,788 | 1915 | 3 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1425 WHARTON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $130K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $428K in 2018 (+229%). | Owner-occupied | $523K | 4/2 | 2,072 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1426 WHARTON ST | Owner-occupied | $405K | —/— | 2,412 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1427 WHARTON ST Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $366K | —/— | 2,244 | 1915 | 2 | licensed rental |
| 1428 WHARTON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $362K | —/— | 1,824 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1429 WHARTON ST Apartment building New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit. | Investor / LLC | $485K | —/— | 3,132 | 1915 | 4 | licensed rental |
| 1430 WHARTON ST | Owner-occupied | $350K | —/— | 1,584 | 1915 | 0 | $27K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1432 WHARTON ST Apartment building Historysold $95K (2000); 8 L&I violations (2013); Inspection failed (2013); 5 L&I violations (2014); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2014). | Owner-occupied | $353K | 4/2 | 1,665 | 1915 | 1 | $4K tax · Jun ’22 |
| 1434 WHARTON ST Apartment building ImprovedBought for $330K in 2018. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $367K | —/— | 1,824 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1436 WHARTON ST Historysold $115K (2005); L&I violation (2014); 3 L&I violations (2015); Inspection failed ×2 (2015); L&I: 4 failed, 1 passed (2016); Inspection failed ×2 (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2018); L&I violation (2024). | Owner-occupied | $289K | 5/1 | 1,824 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1438 WHARTON ST | Owner-occupied | $362K | —/— | 1,824 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1440 WHARTON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $117K in 2013, major alteration permit in 2013, sold for $495K in 2022 (+323%). | Owner-occupied | $475K | 4/2 | 1,584 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1442 WHARTON ST Mixed-use ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2017. | Absentee individual | $396K | —/— | 2,430 | 1915 | 0 | $2K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
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