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Who owns your block

400 block of E Upsal St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 2 homes behind $20,278 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 62% since 2016, now about $136K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$136K
$125K–$335K
ZIP median $374K
Price / sq ft
$129
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$147K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $136K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
65%
15 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
22%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▲ block 22% · city 5%
Back taxes
$20K
2 of 23 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax −$4
5 years
+87%
value · tax +$801
10 years
+62%
value · tax +$685

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 $136K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19119 median of $374K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19119 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19119Philadelphia
Median home value$136K$374K$223K
Owner-occupied52%63%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 45 reported crimes (14 violent) and 120 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
45
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
120
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft12
Other Assaults10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Thefts3
All Other Offenses2
Fraud2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Illegal Dumping19
Street Defect10
Abandoned Vehicle9
Other (Streets)9

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-5
Eleanor C Emlen
6501 Chew Ave · 261 students
Middle · K-8
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$125K$250K$136K2016: $84K2017: $84K2018: $84K2019: $76K2020: $73K2021: $73K2022: $73K2023: $89K2024: $89K2025: $133K2026: $133K2027: $136K2016202020232027

▲ +62% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,7822016: $1,0582017: $1,0972018: $1,0972019: $1,0162020: $9812021: $9812022: $9812023: $1,1532024: $1,1532025: $1,7932026: $1,7862027: $1,7822016202020232027

▲ +68% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

11 homes pay the full 1.40%12 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8710025020162019202220252027This block 162 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $162 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+62%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K200020052010201520202025
22arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

14 parcels2 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$125K$303K+

The block's largest owner, Tcs Anika Homes Acquisitions LLC, carries 2 open violations across 13 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Tcs Anika Homes Acquisitions LLC113$2.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Great Buy LLC14$774Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Central Capital Group LLC13$605Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Threefold Management LLC11$125Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 23 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
400 E UPSAL ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2020 → $230K in 2022 (+188%). Owner-occupied $335K 3/1 1,192 1925 2
401 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,110 1925 1
402 E UPSAL ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2020 → $180K in 2025 (+620%). Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,038 1925 2
403 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,050 1925 1
404 E UPSAL ST Traded 3×: $53K in 2017 → $180K in 2020 (+243%). Owner-occupied $309K 3/2 1,056 1925 3 1 viol
405 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,050 1925 0
406 E UPSAL ST Traded 3×: $40K in 2017 → $225K in 2023 (+463%). Owner-occupied $303K 3/1 1,044 1925 3
407 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,050 1925 0
408 E UPSAL ST Absentee individual $245K 2/2 1,044 1920 0 2 violtax lien
409 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,050 1925 0
410 E UPSAL ST Traded 2×: $33K in 2019 → $125K in 2020 (+279%). Investor / LLC $271K 3/1 1,050 1925 2 rented2 violtax lien
411 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,050 1925 0 tax lien
412 E UPSAL ST Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 1,020 1925 1 rented
413 E UPSAL ST Investor / LLC $193K 3/1 1,050 1925 1
414 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 996 1925 0 3 viol
415 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,050 1925 0 tax lien
417 E UPSAL ST Investor / LLC $127K 3/1 1,050 1925 1 rented2 viol
419 E UPSAL ST Absentee individual $129K 3/1 1,050 1925 0 rented
421 E UPSAL ST Absentee individual $129K 3/1 1,050 1925 0 tax lien
423 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,050 1925 1
425 E UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $129K 3/1 1,080 1925 0
427 E UPSAL ST Traded 2×: $36K in 2004 → $114K in 2007 (+215%). Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 1,308 1925 2
429 E UPSAL ST Bought for $250K in 2022, built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $120K in 2022. Vacant $151K —/— 2 rentedtax 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)

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