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Who owns your block

300 block of S 40th St

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 101% since 2016, now about $755K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$755K
$506K–$3.0M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$195
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $42K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
88%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$322
5 years
+43%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+101%
value · tax +$5K

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 $755K — about 3.4× 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$755K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied0%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 86 reported crimes (10 violent) and 94 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
86
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
94
3 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts36
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Fraud5
All Other Offenses4
Other Assaults4

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal29
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection15
Shoveling15
Maintenance Complaint8
Illegal Dumping5
Traffic Signal Emergency4

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
Penn Alexander
4209 Spruce St · 601 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$1.0M$2.0M$755K2016: $375K2017: $375K2018: $378K2019: $508K2020: $528K2021: $528K2022: $528K2023: $586K2024: $586K2025: $732K2026: $732K2027: $755K2016202020232027

▲ +101% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,5632016: $5,2502017: $5,2502018: $5,2862019: $7,1172020: $7,3932021: $7,3932022: $7,3932023: $8,2032024: $8,2032025: $10,2412026: $10,2412027: $10,5632016202020232027

▲ +101% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 201 Philadelphia 201

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

Annualized return
+6.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+101%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.1 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 2 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20002005201020152020
2arm's-length sales since 1998
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 7 8parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$506K$3.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Schoepe William Jr (individual)23$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Xq Llc12$2.0Mphila.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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
301 S 40TH ST Absentee individual $743K 3,450 1915 0 rented
303 S 40TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Absentee individual $506K 4,140 1890 0 rented
305-07 S 40TH ST Bought for $1.8M in 1998. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. Absentee individual $3.0M 15,300 1925 1 rented
309-11 S 40TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Absentee individual $3.0M 15,280 1925 0 rented
310 S 40TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $762K 11,500 1910 0 rented
312-14 S 40TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $776K 5,950 1915 0 rented
316 S 40TH ST Bought for $710K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $747K 2,975 1915 1
318 S 40TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2011. Absentee individual $641K 2,975 1915 0 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)

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.