Who owns your block
400 block of N 40th St
An investor-heavy block: 65% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 11 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 346% since 2016, now about $881K. Property taxes are climbing about 20% a year.
- 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 $881K — about 4.0× 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 | $881K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 5% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 179 reported crimes (62 violent) and 268 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
- $881K typical home, up +346% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,292 to $9,743 a year, +20%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $24M assessed, $265,924/yr to the city, about $13,296 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +346% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +654% since 2016 · ~+20%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
437 N 40th St is assessed at $3.0M but pays $4,625 a year — about 11% of the $42,599 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 +14.6% 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 $446 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 10
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balticorp Llc | 1 | 19 | $6.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| All City Investments Llc | 1 | 9 | $3.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 40th Street Investments L | 3 | 5 | $4.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Abeesh Enterprises Llc | 1 | 3 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Fccc Growth Llc | 2 | 2 | $2.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philatophim Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $718K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 407-413 N 40th Street Lp | 1 | 1 | $3.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 415-21 N 40th Street Lp | 1 | 1 | $4.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Wharton Realty Investment | 1 | 1 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| University Court Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 N 40TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $75K in 2006, zoning/use permit in 2008, sold for $495K in 2019 (+560%). | Investor / LLC | $484K | —/— | 2,765 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 403 N 40TH ST Historysold $158K (2009); 2 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2015). | Owner-occupied | $417K | —/— | 2,370 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 404-08 N 40TH ST ImprovedBought for $600K in 2013. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. | Investor / LLC | $718K | —/— | 9,234 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 407-13 N 40TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2014 and rebuilt (2016). | Investor / LLC | $3.9M | —/— | 34,680 | 2014 | 4 | rented2 viol |
| 410-16 N 40TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $653K | —/— | 3,708 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 415-21 N 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit. | Investor / LLC | $4.1M | —/— | 33,500 | 2016 | 0 | rented |
| 418 N 40TH ST New constructionBought for $688K in 2012, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $838K in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $915K | 9/6 | 4,341 | 2011 | 5 | rented |
| 420 N 40TH ST New constructionBought for $74K in 2011, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $825K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $915K | 9/6 | 4,341 | 2011 | 3 | rented3 viol |
| 422 N 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit, sold for $5.5M in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $885K | 8/— | 4,204 | 2015 | 1 | rented4 viol |
| 423 N 40TH ST New constructionBought for $61K in 2013, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 7,303 | 2014 | 2 | rented |
| 424 N 40TH ST New constructionBought for $115K in 2004, built new under a 2014 permit. | Investor / LLC | $885K | 8/— | 4,204 | 2016 | 1 | rented |
| 425 N 40TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $347K | —/— | 1,512 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 426 N 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit, sold for $5.5M in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $877K | —/— | 4,036 | 2015 | 1 | rented2 viol |
| 426 N 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit, sold for $5.5M in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $885K | —/— | 4,204 | 2015 | 1 | rented |
| 427 N 40TH ST New constructionBought for $117K in 2009, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $285K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $344K | —/— | 1,672 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 428 N 40TH ST | Owner-occupied | $156K | —/— | 2,955 | 1835 | 0 | abated |
| 429 N 40TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $35K in 2002 → $172K in 2014 (+391%). | Owner-occupied | $463K | 5/— | 2,142 | 1920 | 5 | |
| 431 N 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit. | Investor / LLC | $674K | 6/3 | 3,081 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 433 N 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $2.3M | —/— | 29,904 | 2022 | 0 | abated |
| 437 N 40TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $400K in 2014. | Investor / LLC | $3.0M | —/— | 13,504 | 1920 | 1 | rentedabatedtax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)