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Who owns your block

400 block of E Thompson St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 84% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 150% since 2016, now about $426K. 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
$426K
$281K–$692K
ZIP median $334K
Price / sq ft
$316
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$492K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $426K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 19
$16K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
84%
16 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+44%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+92%
value · tax +$4K

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 $426K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19125 median of $334K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19125 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19125Philadelphia
Median home value$426K$334K$223K
Owner-occupied37%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 57 reported crimes (11 violent) and 313 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
57
11 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
313
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft12
Thefts12
Other Assaults9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Fraud6
Theft from Vehicle4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection85
Salting76
Street Defect31
Illegal Dumping20
Information Request15
Abandoned Vehicle13

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
Alexander Adaire
1300 E Palmer St · 451 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$500K$1.0M$426K2016: $170K2017: $221K2018: $221K2019: $275K2020: $296K2021: $296K2022: $296K2023: $367K2024: $367K2025: $459K2026: $459K2027: $426K2016202020232027

▲ +150% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,3192016: $2,3082017: $1,8112018: $2,0612019: $2,8182020: $3,0252021: $3,0252022: $3,0252023: $3,6982024: $3,6982025: $4,0972026: $4,0972027: $5,3192016202020232027

▲ +130% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

1
1 property 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 $16,471 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%
$2,824pays now $9,496at the full rate

450 E Thompson St is assessed at $678K but pays $2,824 a year — about 30% of the $9,496 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 +8.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 250 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $250 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+150%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.2 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 40 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
40arm's-length sales since 2002
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Absentee individual: 3 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels5 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels8 parcels
$281K$678K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 19 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
420 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $195K in 2013 → $290K in 2020 (+49%). Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,438 1920 2
422 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $8K in 2004 → $263K in 2014 (+3181%). Owner-occupied $426K 3/2 1,786 1920 2
424 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $415K 4/2 1,485 1920 1
426 E THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $50K in 2004 → $101K in 2011 (+102%). Owner-occupied $333K 2/1 930 1920 3
428 E THOMPSON ST Traded 4×: $119K in 2005 → $349K in 2026 (+193%). Owner-occupied $361K 3/1 1,174 1920 4
430 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2008 → $185K in 2009 (+106%). Owner-occupied $390K 2/1 984 1920 2
432 E THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $65K in 2009 → $635K in 2025 (+877%). Owner-occupied $568K 3/— 1,890 2009 3
434 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $439K in 2016 → $610K in 2024 (+39%). Owner-occupied $650K 3/2 2,037 2016 2
436 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $428K in 2016 → $585K in 2022 (+37%). Absentee individual $644K 3/2 2,037 2016 2
438 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $644K 3/2 2,037 2016 1
440 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $644K 3/2 2,037 2016 1
444 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $674K 3/2 2,061 2016 1
446 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $692K 3/2 2,061 2016 1
448 E THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $314K 2/1 940 1920 1
450 E THOMPSON ST Bought for $40K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $590K in 2019. Owner-occupied $678K 3/2 2,015 1920 3 abated
452 E THOMPSON ST Vacant land, last sold for $38K in 2004. Owner-occupied $641K 3/2 2,400 2006 3
456 E THOMPSON ST Traded 5×: $25K in 2002 → $350K in 2019 (+1300%). Owner-occupied $356K 3/2 1,152 1920 5
458 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $281K 3/1 798 1925 1
460 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2003 → $102K in 2004 (+28%). Absentee individual $380K 4/1 1,390 1920 2

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

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