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Who owns your block

400 block of S 47th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 79% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 56% since 2016, now about $795K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$795K
$459K–$1.8M
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$262
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$867K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $795K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $24K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 14
$17K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
79%
11 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
7%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-16%
value · tax −$3K
5 years
+76%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+56%
value · tax +$4K

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 $795K — about 3.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$795K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied71%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 55 reported crimes (8 violent) and 241 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
55
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
241
20 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Other Assaults7
Burglary Residential6
Theft from Vehicle6

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal75
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection44
Information Request28
Maintenance Complaint14
Other (Streets)12
Street Defect12

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-5
Henry C Lea
6501 Chew Ave · 261 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$1.0M$2.0M$795K2016: $511K2017: $511K2018: $511K2019: $436K2020: $453K2021: $453K2022: $453K2023: $726K2024: $726K2025: $945K2026: $945K2027: $795K2016202020232027

▲ +56% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$9,7462016: $5,6382017: $5,6382018: $5,6382019: $5,5492020: $5,7072021: $5,7072022: $5,7072023: $9,0432024: $9,5412025: $12,9722026: $12,9722027: $9,7462016202020232027

▲ +73% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 $17,152 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

6 homes pay the full 1.40%8 pay less
$5,354pays now $8,508at the full rate

The starkest example: 432 S 47th St is assessed at $608K but pays $5,354 a year — about 63% of the $8,508 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8510025020162019202220252027This block 156 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $156 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+56%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.4 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20082012201620202024
14arm's-length sales since 2006
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Absentee individual: 3 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels3 parcels2 parcels3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$459K$1.2M+

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

House by house

All 14 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
400-02 S 47TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Absentee individual $815K —/— 5,028 1922 0
404-06 S 47TH ST Bought for $565K in 2014. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 4,404 1922 1
408-10 S 47TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $1.1M 4/2 4,072 1915 0
412-14 S 47TH ST Owner-occupied $1.0M —/— 4,287 1915 1
415 S 47TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $1.2M 5/3 3,495 1915 0
418 S 47TH ST Owner-occupied $677K 5/2 2,967 1915 1
420 S 47TH ST Bought for $377K in 2013, alteration permit in 2015, sold for $685K in 2019 (+82%). Owner-occupied $818K 5/2 2,548 1922 2
421 S 47TH ST built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $950K in 2019. Owner-occupied $1.8M —/— 3,713 1922 1
422 S 47TH ST Bought for $465K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $664K 5/3 2,548 1915 1
424 S 47TH ST Bought for $398K in 2009. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $664K —/— 2,548 1925 2
426 S 47TH ST Bought for $367K in 2008. Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $459K —/— 2,548 1915 1
428 S 47TH ST Bought for $533K in 2016, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $750K in 2025 (+41%). Owner-occupied $669K 5/2 2,548 1922 2
430 S 47TH ST Bought for $476K in 2006, alteration permit in 2008, sold for $740K in 2021 (+56%). Owner-occupied $775K 6/2 2,548 1915 2 rented
432 S 47TH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $608K —/— 2,635 1922 0 abated

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.