Who owns your block
400 block of N 38th St
A mixed-ownership block: 47% owner-occupied, 27% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 44% since 2016, now about $331K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $331K — about 1.5× 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 | $331K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 20% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 89 reported crimes (21 violent) and 141 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
- $331K typical home, up +44% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,180 to $4,573 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.7M assessed, $61,791/yr to the city, about $4,119 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +44% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +44% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
435-41 N 38th St is assessed at $563K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $7,885 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.4% 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 $144 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Golden Spring Realty, carries 2 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Spring Realty | 1 | 2 | $673K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 413n38th Llc | 1 | 1 | $675K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 430 N 38th Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $327K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 436n38 Street Realty Trust | 1 | 1 | $445K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 15 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 N 38TH ST | Owner-occupied | $597K | —/— | 2,736 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 402 N 38TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $40K in 2004 → $340K in 2023 (+750%). | Owner-occupied | $331K | 5/2 | 1,704 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 404 N 38TH ST | Owner-occupied | $331K | —/— | 1,704 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 406 N 38TH ST | Absentee individual | $331K | —/— | 1,704 | 1940 | 0 | rented |
| 408 N 38TH ST | Absentee individual | $331K | —/— | 1,704 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 410 N 38TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2004 → $530K in 2021 (+960%). | Owner-occupied | $430K | 6/2 | 2,318 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 413 N 38TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $700K in 2020, use permit in 2015, sold for $700K in 2020 (+289%). | Investor / LLC | $675K | 7/4 | 2,460 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 426-28 N 38TH ST | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 3,634 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 430 N 38TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $115K in 2003 → $300K in 2007 (+161%). | Investor / LLC | $327K | —/— | 1,817 | 1940 | 3 | tax lien |
| 432 N 38TH ST | Owner-occupied | $327K | —/— | 1,817 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 434 N 38TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $150K in 2003 → $300K in 2017 (+100%). | Investor / LLC | $359K | 4/2 | 1,817 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 435-41 N 38TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $563K | —/— | 10,639 | 1900 | 0 | abated |
| 436 N 38TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $6K in 2004, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $400K in 2025 (+6567%). | Investor / LLC | $445K | 5/5 | 1,817 | 1940 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 438 N 38TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $327K | —/— | 1,817 | 1940 | 0 | rented |
| 440 N 38TH ST | Owner-occupied | $327K | 5/3 | 1,817 | 1940 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)