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Who owns your block

400 block of E Somerset St

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 3 homes behind $33,173 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 110% since 2016, now about $87K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$87K
$15K–$109K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$82
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$25K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $87K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 32
$2K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
50%
15 of 32
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$33K
3 of 32 behind
▲ block 9% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+20%
value · tax +$253
5 years
+314%
value · tax +$925
10 years
+110%
value · tax +$722

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 $87K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$87K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied3%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 784 reported crimes (94 violent) and 188 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
784
94 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
188
21 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses256
Vagrancy/Loitering109
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations93
Disorderly Conduct67
Fraud40
Public Drunkenness39

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping33
Maintenance Complaint32
Homeless Encampment Request16
License Complaint15
Information Request13
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13

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 · K-4
Lewis Elkin
3199 D St · 431 students
Middle · 5-8
Stetson
3200 B St · 511 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$50K$100K$87K2016: $42K2017: $42K2018: $42K2019: $28K2020: $21K2021: $21K2022: $21K2023: $63K2024: $63K2025: $73K2026: $73K2027: $87K2016202020232027

▲ +110% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2202016: $4982017: $4982018: $4982019: $3862020: $2952021: $2952022: $2952023: $8102024: $8102025: $9492026: $9672027: $1,2202016202020232027

▲ +145% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 $2,140 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%
$462pays now $1,223at the full rate

420 E Somerset St is assessed at $87K but pays $462 a year — about 38% of the $1,223 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

5110025020162019202220252027This block 210 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $210 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+110%
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 50 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K200020052010201520202025
50arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 32 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 6 32parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels24 parcels
$15K$94K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pablo Rr Properties Inc13$221Kphila.gov ↗
Proper Living Rentals Llc22$174Kphila.gov ↗
London 2018 Llc11$83Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 32 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
401 E SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $93K 4/1 1,120 1935 1 rented
403 E SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $6K in 2004 → $25K in 2025 (+317%). Investor / LLC $83K 3/1 1,120 1935 2
405 E SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $18K in 2012 → $40K in 2019 (+122%). Owner-occupied $79K 3/1 998 1935 2
406 E SOMERSET ST Traded 6×: $2K in 2006 → $65K in 2019 (+3150%). Owner-occupied $91K 2/1 1,120 1935 6
407 E SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $83K 3/1 1,120 1935 0 abatedtax lien
408 E SOMERSET ST Traded 4×: $2K in 2006 → $52K in 2018 (+2475%). Absentee individual $91K 3/1 1,120 1935 4
409 E SOMERSET ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
410 E SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $91K 3/1 1,120 1935 0
411 E SOMERSET ST Vacant $15K —/— 1
412 E SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $91K 3/1 1,120 1935 0
413 E SOMERSET ST Vacant $16K —/— 1
414 E SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $90K —/— 1,065 1935 1
416 E SOMERSET ST Vacant $19K —/— 1
417 E SOMERSET ST Investor / LLC $87K 3/1 1,120 1935 0
418 E SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $87K —/— 972 1935 0
419 E SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $87K 3/1 1,120 1935 1
420 E SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $87K —/— 972 1935 0 abated
421 E SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,120 1935 1
422 E SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $87K —/— 972 1935 0
423 E SOMERSET ST Traded 3×: $6K in 2003 → $50K in 2011 (+733%). Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,120 1935 3
424 E SOMERSET ST Investor / LLC $87K —/— 972 1935 1
425 E SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $4K in 2012 → $3K in 2015 (-25%). Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,120 1935 2 tax lien
426 E SOMERSET ST Traded 4×: $7K in 2008 → $30K in 2024 (+329%). Investor / LLC $87K —/— 972 1935 4
427 E SOMERSET ST Traded 4×: $2K in 2001 → $10K in 2023 (+400%). Absentee individual $93K —/— 1,120 1935 4
428 E SOMERSET ST Traded 4×: $2K in 2002 → $50K in 2024 (+2400%). Owner-occupied $109K 3/1 1,770 1935 4 tax lien
429 E SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $2K in 2001 → $68K in 2015 (+3300%). Vacant $15K —/— 2
438-40 E SOMERSET ST Vacant $25K —/— 1
439 E SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $37K in 2007 → $18K in 2016 (-50%). Absentee individual $94K 3/1 1,120 1935 2
441 E SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $16K in 2010 → $4K in 2011 (-75%). Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,120 1935 2 tax lien
443 E SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,120 1935 1
445 E SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $44K —/— 1,416 1935 0 3 violtax lien
447 E SOMERSET ST Traded 3×: $4K in 2012 → $1K in 2017 (-75%). Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,120 1935 3 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)

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.