Who owns your block
400 block of S 2nd St
A mixed-ownership block: 25% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 2 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 14% since 2016, now about $297K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $297K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $297K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 21% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (20 violent) and 261 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
- $297K typical home, up +14% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,602 to $4,164 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $24M assessed, $329,495/yr to the city, about $13,729 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +14% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +16% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.2% 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 $114 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.
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 13
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Stone Phoenixville Enterprises Llc | 1 | 5 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gandolfo Family Trust | 1 | 1 | $250K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mod Llc | 1 | 1 | $481K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pen Del Ross House Lp | 1 | 1 | $3.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Wm Garage Associates | 1 | 1 | $9.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $192K | —/— | 1,524 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2019. | Absentee individual | $308K | 2/1 | 876 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $308K | 2/1 | 875 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sign permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $152K | —/— | 818 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $495K | 3/3 | 1,865 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $336K | 1/1 | 986 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Investor / LLC | $250K | 1/1 | 659 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $250K | 1/1 | 660 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $250K | 1/1 | 668 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $240K | 1/1 | 596 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $445K | 2/3 | 1,602 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $245K | 1/1 | 639 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST History6 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2012); 4 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 4 (2017). | Owner-occupied | $287K | 1/1 | 795 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Absentee individual | $250K | 1/1 | 664 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Owner-occupied | $260K | 1/1 | 710 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $283K | —/— | 3,083 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Absentee individual | $604K | —/— | 4,337 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $425K | 2/2 | 1,412 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $125K | —/— | 596 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST | Investor / LLC | $481K | —/— | 2,587 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 400-16 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $373K | 1/1 | 1,111 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 401 S 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit. | Investor / LLC | $3.6M | —/— | 27,584 | 1787 | 0 | rented |
| 419 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $4.0M | —/— | 33,500 | 1900 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 420-34 S 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $9.9M | —/— | 118,701 | 1976 | 0 | 1 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)