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Who owns your block

300 block of N 42nd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 5 homes behind $73,092 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 111% since 2016, now about $260K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$260K
$180K–$505K
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$189
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 30
$32K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
67%
20 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
17%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$73K
5 of 30 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-14%
value · tax −$368
5 years
+44%
value · tax +$673
10 years
+97%
value · tax +$1K

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 $260K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$260K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied37%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 66 reported crimes (10 violent) and 201 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
66
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
201
35 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses13
Theft from Vehicle10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Thefts8
Other Assaults6
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint54
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection41
Salting18
Illegal Dumping14
Street Defect12
Sanitation Violation7

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
Alain Locke
4550 Haverford Ave · 276 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 students

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$250K$500K$260K2016: $123K2017: $132K2018: $132K2019: $173K2020: $180K2021: $180K2022: $180K2023: $266K2024: $266K2025: $301K2026: $301K2027: $260K2016202020232027

▲ +111% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5612016: $1,5172017: $1,5172018: $1,4352019: $1,7092020: $1,7272021: $1,7272022: $1,8882023: $2,4482024: $2,6082025: $3,4762026: $2,9292027: $2,5612016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

5
5 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 $31,836 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%
$1,414pays now $7,069at the full rate

335 N 42nd St is assessed at $505K but pays $1,414 a year — about 20% of the $7,069 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 211 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $211 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+111%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.5 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 45 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M19982004201020162022
45arm's-length sales since 1998
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 1 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels11 parcels8 parcels3 parcels1 parcels0 parcels6 parcels
$180K$391K+

The block's largest owner, Corestates Group Llc, carries 7 open violations across 105 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Corestates Group Llc1105$25Mphila.gov ↗
North 42nd Street Llc33$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Owner W Llc11$498Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 30 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
311 N 42ND ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $230K 3/1 1,204 1925 0 abated
313 N 42ND ST Bought for $115K in 2018. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Absentee individual $229K 3/1 1,190 1925 1 rented
315 N 42ND ST Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,190 1925 0 tax lien
317 N 42ND ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,190 1925 0 abated
318 N 42ND ST built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $300K in 2024. Vacant $498K —/— 1
319 N 42ND ST Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,176 1925 0 abated
320 N 42ND ST Bought for $37K in 2005, alterations permit in 2021, sold for $370K in 2023 (+907%). Owner-occupied $319K 5/2 2,040 1925 3
321 N 42ND ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $229K 3/1 1,190 1925 0 1 violtax lien
322 N 42ND ST Bought for $165K in 2021, addition and/or alteration permit in 2023, sold for $394K in 2023 (+138%). Owner-occupied $385K 4/1 1,510 1925 2 tax lien
323 N 42ND ST Owner-occupied $229K 3/1 1,190 1925 0 tax lien
324 N 42ND ST Traded 2×: $486K in 2003 → $78K in 2005 (-84%). Absentee individual $260K —/— 1,510 1925 2 rented
325 N 42ND ST Bought for $85K in 2015, addition and/or alteration permit in 2015, sold for $275K in 2016 (+224%). Owner-occupied $291K 3/1 1,190 1925 2
326 N 42ND ST Bought for $43K in 2002. Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $260K 4/1 1,510 1925 1 tax lien
327 N 42ND ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,190 1925 0
328 N 42ND ST Traded 2×: $486K in 2003 → $73K in 2005 (-85%). Investor / LLC $260K 4/1 1,510 1925 2 rented
329 N 42ND ST Traded 3×: $56K in 2004 → $127K in 2012 (+127%). Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,190 1925 3
330 N 42ND ST Bought for $486K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Absentee individual $260K 3/1 1,510 1925 3
331 N 42ND ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,190 1925 0 tax lien
332 N 42ND ST Bought for $486K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $260K 4/1 1,510 1925 2
333 N 42ND ST Bought for $16K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,190 1925 1
334 N 42ND ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $20K in 1998. Owner-occupied $260K 4/1 1,510 1925 1 abated
335 N 42ND ST Bought for $50K in 2016, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $538K in 2022. Owner-occupied $505K 4/— 2,133 2019 3 abated
336 N 42ND ST 3 L&I violations (2019); 3 L&I violations (2020); 9 L&I violations (2022); 10 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $180K 4/1 1,510 1925 0 2 violtax lien
338 N 42ND ST Bought for $148K in 2012, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $350K in 2015. Investor / LLC $391K 4/— 2,400 2014 2
340 N 42ND ST Bought for $148K in 2012, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $350K in 2015. Investor / LLC $391K 3/— 2,400 2014 3
342 N 42ND ST Bought for $148K in 2012, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $350K in 2015. Investor / LLC $391K 4/— 2,400 2014 2 rented
344 N 42ND ST Bought for $42K in 2002, built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $92K in 2005. Absentee individual $260K 3/2 1,510 1925 2
346 N 42ND ST Bought for $20K in 2001. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $260K 4/1 1,510 1925 2
348 N 42ND ST Bought for $486K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $286K 3/1 1,510 1925 4
350 N 42ND ST Traded 3×: $486K in 2003 → $150K in 2013 (-69%). Absentee individual $288K 4/1 1,534 1925 3 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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