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Who owns your block

400 block of Poplar St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 73% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $608K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    Block values are 2.7x city median but appreciation has averaged 5.7 per year versus 6.5 citywide.

  2. 02
    Turnover

    Ten homes have never sold since 2000 while two others are flagged as frequently traded.

By the Numbers

Median value
$608K
$309K–$930K
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$308
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$469K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $608K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 37
$61K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
73%
27 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
8%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
10
9 homes · ZBA & boards
block 24% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$520
5 years
+40%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$3K

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 $608K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$608K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied43%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 41 reported crimes (3 violent) and 206 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
41
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
206
14 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts15
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Theft from Vehicle5
Fraud4
Other Assaults3
Burglary Residential2

Top 311 complaints

Salting32
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection31
Maintenance Complaint16
Dangerous Sidewalk15
Shoveling14
Sanitation Violation11

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 & Middle · K-8
General Philip Kearny
601 Fairmount Ave · 193 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$500K$1.0M$608K2016: $330K2017: $341K2018: $341K2019: $411K2020: $429K2021: $429K2022: $433K2023: $452K2024: $485K2025: $564K2026: $564K2027: $608K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,4482016: $3,6142017: $4,0182018: $4,0182019: $4,6082020: $5,0882021: $5,3512022: $5,4262023: $5,6652024: $5,6652025: $6,9282026: $6,9282027: $7,4482016202020232027

▲ +106% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

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6 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $61,298 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$2,286pays now $11,432at the full rate

418 Poplar St is assessed at $817K but pays $2,286 a year — about 20% of the $11,432 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 +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 70 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$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
70arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 27Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 7 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 27
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels7 parcels5 parcels4 parcels8 parcels8 parcels
$309K$786K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Penny S Lerner (individual)22$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Lucien Midnight Llc22$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Oakim Llc11$437Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 37 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
404 POPLAR ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $350K in 2005. Owner-occupied $366K —/— 1
406 POPLAR ST Bought for $425K in 2022. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Absentee individual $758K 3/2 1,740 1987 1
407-09 POPLAR ST Bought for $398K in 2009, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $675K in 2015. Absentee individual $786K 4/3 2,520 2008 2
408 POPLAR ST built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $570K 3/— 1,740 1987 0 abated
410 POPLAR ST Traded 3×: $95K in 2000 → $405K in 2017 (+326%). Owner-occupied $652K 3/2 1,740 1987 3
411 POPLAR ST Traded 3×: $240K in 2003 → $545K in 2020 (+127%). Owner-occupied $569K 3/2 2,106 1920 3 rented
412 POPLAR ST Owner-occupied $563K 3/— 1,740 1987 0 abated
413 POPLAR ST Bought for $336K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $608K 5/2 2,155 1920 2
414 POPLAR ST demolished in 2021 and rebuilt (2021), then sold for $760K in 2023. Owner-occupied $768K 3/4 2,172 2022 2 abated2 violtax lien
416 POPLAR ST Bought for $650K in 2019, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $760K in 2023. Owner-occupied $771K 3/— 2,060 2023 2 abatedtax lien
417 POPLAR ST Owner-occupied $346K —/— 1,344 1920 0
418 POPLAR ST Bought for $650K in 2019, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $780K in 2023. Owner-occupied $817K 4/2 2,218 2023 2 abatedtax lien
421 POPLAR ST Bought for $24K in 2000, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $550K in 2022. Owner-occupied $700K 3/2 2,270 2005 6
422 POPLAR ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $696K 6/4 2,975 1920 0 1 viol
423 POPLAR ST Vacant land, last sold for $198K in 2003. Owner-occupied $695K 3/2 2,320 2005 4
425 POPLAR ST Vacant land, last sold for $198K in 2003. Owner-occupied $695K 3/2 2,320 2005 4
427 POPLAR ST Bought for $90K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $618K in 2014. Absentee individual $631K 3/2 2,199 2014 2
429 POPLAR ST Vacant land, last sold for $46K in 2004. Owner-occupied $707K 3/2 2,160 2006 2
430A POPLAR ST Owner-occupied $309K —/— 1,110 1920 1
430 POPLAR ST Bought for $167K in 2015. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Absentee individual $673K 2/2 2,304 1920 1
432 POPLAR ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $487K 3/3 1,575 1900 0
432 POPLAR ST Absentee individual $455K 2/2 1,450 1900 0
433 POPLAR ST built new under a 2011 permit. Investor / LLC $437K 3/2 1,504 1920 0
434 POPLAR ST Owner-occupied $406K —/1 1,138 1900 0 rented
434 POPLAR ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $484K 2/2 1,440 1900 0
435 POPLAR ST Bought for $380K in 2008, mechanical permit in 2011, sold for $410K in 2017 (+49%). Owner-occupied $476K 3/2 1,604 1920 7
436 POPLAR ST sold $248K (2001); 3 L&I violations (2013). Absentee individual $709K —/— 3,364 1920 1
437 POPLAR ST Bought for $320K in 2010, mechanical permit in 2010, sold for $475K in 2021 (+73%). Owner-occupied $502K 3/2 1,620 1920 6
438 POPLAR ST Bought for $175K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $532K —/— 1,539 1920 3
439 POPLAR ST Bought for $170K in 2001, built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $325K in 2011. Owner-occupied $727K 3/2 2,037 1920 2
440-42 POPLAR ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $466K 4/1 1,600 1920 0
441 POPLAR ST Bought for $405K in 2012. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $728K 3/1 2,608 1920 1
443 POPLAR ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $365K in 2023. Owner-occupied $449K 4/1 1,648 1920 1 rentedabated
444 POPLAR ST Bought for $115K in 2010, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $462K in 2026. Owner-occupied $573K 3/2 1,831 2010 5
445 POPLAR ST Bought for $247K in 2005, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $780K in 2018. Owner-occupied $930K 4/4 3,276 1960 4
447 POPLAR ST built new under a 2011 permit. Investor / LLC $588K —/— 2,520 1920 1
449-53 POPLAR ST Bought for $650K in 2013. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $637K —/— 2,680 1920 1

Neighborhood

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