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.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.
- 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 block | ZIP 19125 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $426K | $334K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 37% | 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.
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
- $426K typical home, up +150% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,308 to $5,319 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.5M assessed, $116,158/yr to the city, about $6,114 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +150% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +130% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 420 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $195K in 2013 → $290K in 2020 (+49%). | Owner-occupied | $385K | 3/1 | 1,438 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 422 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2004 → $101K in 2011 (+102%). | Owner-occupied | $333K | 2/1 | 930 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 428 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $119K in 2005 → $349K in 2026 (+193%). | Owner-occupied | $361K | 3/1 | 1,174 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 430 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2008 → $185K in 2009 (+106%). | Owner-occupied | $390K | 2/1 | 984 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 432 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $65K in 2009 → $635K in 2025 (+877%). | Owner-occupied | $568K | 3/— | 1,890 | 2009 | 3 | |
| 434 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $439K in 2016 → $610K in 2024 (+39%). | Owner-occupied | $650K | 3/2 | 2,037 | 2016 | 2 | |
| 436 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 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 New constructionBought 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 LandVacant land, last sold for $38K in 2004. | Owner-occupied | $641K | 3/2 | 2,400 | 2006 | 3 | |
| 456 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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)