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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

400 block of S 18th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $3,197 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 41% since 2016, now about $768K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$768K
$641K–$1.5M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$429
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$680K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $768K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $19K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 8
$12K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
63%
5 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
13%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
1 of 8 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$163
5 years
+9%
value · tax +$860
10 years
+41%
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 $768K — about 3.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$768K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied50%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 166 reported crimes (13 violent) and 420 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
166
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
420
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts130
Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Burglary Non-Residential2
Burglary Residential2

Top 311 complaints

Salting94
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection79
Graffiti Removal47
Street Light Outage26
Illegal Dumping23
Maintenance Complaint23

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 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$768K2016: $546K2017: $546K2018: $546K2019: $643K2020: $656K2021: $701K2022: $701K2023: $719K2024: $719K2025: $775K2026: $756K2027: $768K2016202020232027

▲ +41% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,0452016: $7,2942017: $7,2942018: $7,6392019: $8,7222020: $8,8702021: $9,1852022: $9,1852023: $10,0612024: $10,0612025: $9,4462026: $9,8822027: $10,0452016202020232027

▲ +38% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

1
1 property 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 $12,146 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%
$12,003pays now $18,550at the full rate

412 S 18th St is assessed at $1.3M but pays $12,003 a year — about 65% of the $18,550 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 +3.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 141 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $141 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+41%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.3 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 11 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
11arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Absentee individual: 3 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

4 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$641K$1.3M+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 8 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
408 S 18TH ST Absentee individual $709K —/— 1,674 1920 1 rented
409 S 18TH ST Bought for $680K in 2025. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $686K 2/2 1,600 1800 1
410 S 18TH ST Traded 2×: $340K in 2000 → $445K in 2002 (+31%). Owner-occupied $1.5M —/— 3,114 1800 2
411 S 18TH ST Bought for $300K in 2002, alteration permit in 2012, sold for $659K in 2025 (+120%). Absentee individual $680K 3/2 1,600 1800 5
412 S 18TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $750K in 2017. Owner-occupied $1.3M 2/2 2,294 1800 1 abated
413 S 18TH ST Owner-occupied $641K —/— 1,600 1800 0
415 S 18TH ST 2 L&I violations (2014). Absentee individual $880K —/— 2,016 1800 0
417 S 18TH ST Bought for $620K in 2003. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $826K —/— 2,820 1800 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.