Who owns your block
400 block of S 42nd St
An investor-heavy block: 47% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 12 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $855K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $855K — about 3.8× 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 | $855K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 24% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (13 violent) and 233 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
- $855K typical home, up +76% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,184 to $10,567 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $22M assessed, $189,904/yr to the city, about $11,171 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +76% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
401 S 42nd St is assessed at $4.4M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $61,276 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 +5.2% 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 $176 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 8
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Apartments At Penn Inc, carries 1 open violation across 7 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartments At Penn Inc | 1 | 7 | $5.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ivy League Properties L L | 3 | 3 | $3.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philly Properties Gp Llc | 2 | 2 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 401 S 42nd Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 415 South 42nd Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 17 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 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.0M in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $4.4M | —/— | 18,220 | 1930 | 1 | abated |
| 403 S 42ND ST New constructionBought for $740K in 2020, built new under a 2023 permit, sold for $590K in 2025. | Absentee individual | $346K | —/— | 4,752 | 1930 | 2 | 5 viol |
| 405 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit, sold for $2.2M in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 14,400 | 1900 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 407 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit, sold for $2.2M in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $683K | —/— | 4,800 | 1900 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 409 S 42ND ST Historysold $1.5M (2002); 6 L&I violations (2021); 3 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2025). | Investor / LLC | $737K | —/— | 5,525 | 1870 | 1 | rented |
| 411 S 42ND ST Historysold $1.5M (2002); 5 L&I violations (2019); 10 L&I violations (2023); 8 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 7,080 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 413 S 42ND ST Historysold $1.5M (2002); L&I violation (2018); 3 L&I violations (2019); 8 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Investor / LLC | $1.8M | —/— | 7,420 | 1925 | 1 | rented2 viol |
| 415 S 42ND ST HistoryL&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 8,840 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 420 S 42ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $738K | —/— | 2,970 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 422 S 42ND ST New constructionBought for $395K in 2016, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $500K in 2017. | Absentee individual | $695K | 6/2 | 3,150 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 424 S 42ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $300K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $485K in 2017 (+62%). | Owner-occupied | $855K | 4/3 | 3,150 | 1883 | 4 | |
| 425 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.9M in 2025. | Absentee individual | $3.7M | —/— | 10,400 | 1884 | 1 | abated1 viol |
| 426 S 42ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $270K in 2003, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $722K in 2025 (+167%). | Owner-occupied | $695K | 8/3 | 3,150 | 1930 | 2 | rented |
| 428 S 42ND ST | Owner-occupied | $916K | —/— | 3,408 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 430 S 42ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $150K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $775K in 2025 (+417%). | Owner-occupied | $953K | 5/2 | 3,006 | 1883 | 4 | |
| 432 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $475K in 2003. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $837K | —/— | 3,006 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 434 S 42ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. | Investor / LLC | $768K | —/— | 3,300 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)