Who owns your block
400 block of N 31st St
A mixed-ownership block: 19% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 192% since 2016, now about $398K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $398K — about 1.8× 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 block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $398K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 13% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 51 reported crimes (9 violent) and 112 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
- $398K typical home, up +192% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,909 to $4,251 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.9M assessed, $73,999/yr to the city, about $4,625 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +192% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +123% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
408 N 31st St is assessed at $435K but pays $1,365 a year — about 22% of the $6,095 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 +10.2% 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 $292 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 16 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 9
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 Assoc Llc | 1 | 6 | $3.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Center City Capital Ii Ll | 1 | 2 | $868K | phila.gov ↗ |
| West Side Property Lp | 1 | 2 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| M & F Housing Llc | 1 | 1 | $231K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400-04 N 31ST ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $350K in 2004. | Absentee individual | $111K | —/— | 1,914 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 406 N 31ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $485K | —/— | 1,710 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 408 N 31ST ST | Owner-occupied | $435K | —/— | 1,680 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 410 N 31ST ST ImprovedBought for $193K in 2008. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $472K | —/— | 1,650 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 412 N 31ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $13K in 1999 → $310K in 2005 (+2380%). | Absentee individual | $438K | —/— | 1,700 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 414 N 31ST ST Historysold $336K (2007); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2012); L&I violation (2026). | Absentee individual | $485K | —/— | 1,710 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 416 N 31ST ST ImprovedBought for $360K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $420K | —/— | 1,350 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 418 N 31ST ST | Absentee individual | $623K | —/— | 3,780 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 420 N 31ST ST | Owner-occupied | $231K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 422 N 31ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $115K in 2010 → $220K in 2020 (+91%). | Investor / LLC | $376K | 2/1 | 840 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 424 N 31ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $153K in 2006 → $179K in 2013 (+17%). | Investor / LLC | $231K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 426 N 31ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2012). | Absentee individual | $231K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 428 N 31ST ST ImprovedBought for $189K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $231K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 430 N 31ST ST | Absentee individual | $231K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 432 N 31ST ST ImprovedBought for $148K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $231K | 3/1 | 840 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 434-36 N 31ST ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2014). | Investor / LLC | $705K | 9/— | 3,408 | 2016 | 1 | 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)