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Who owns your block

400 block of S 54th St

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $104 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 178% since 2016, now about $227K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$227K
$22K–$382K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$137
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 21
$12K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
57%
12 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
38%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$104
1 of 21 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+17%
value · tax +$767
5 years
+134%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+178%
value · tax +$1K

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 $227K — about 1.0× 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$227K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied33%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 116 reported crimes (54 violent) and 316 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
116
54 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
316
73 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults39
All Other Offenses16
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10
Thefts10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping61
Maintenance Complaint56
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Abandoned Vehicle28
Street Defect26
Other (Streets)18

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
Mastery Charter School At Harrity
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$125K$250K$227K2016: $82K2017: $82K2018: $82K2019: $94K2020: $97K2021: $97K2022: $97K2023: $160K2024: $160K2025: $195K2026: $195K2027: $227K2016202020232027

▲ +178% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1562016: $1,0792017: $1,0792018: $1,0792019: $1,0792020: $8302021: $7592022: $7592023: $1,1692024: $1,7322025: $1,3892026: $1,3892027: $2,1562016202020232027

▲ +100% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 $11,901 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:

13 homes pay the full 1.40%8 pay less
$1,079pays now $3,182at the full rate

The starkest example: 432 S 54th St is assessed at $227K but pays $1,079 a year — about 34% of the $3,182 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 278 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $278 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+178%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.2 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 17 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$1.0M20002005201020152020
17arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 1 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels5 parcels10 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$22K$370K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Summer Properties LP114$2.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Migdal Development LLC111$3.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
412 Katnip Bar INC11$191Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 21 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
406 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $241K 4/1 1,760 1925 0
408 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $219K 4/1 1,606 1925 0
410 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $219K 4/1 1,606 1925 0
412 S 54TH ST sold $25K (2001); L&I violation (2007); 14 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $191K —/— 2,272 1925 1
414 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Absentee individual $206K —/— 2,448 1925 0
416 S 54TH ST Absentee individual $238K —/— 1,658 1920 1 rented
418 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $227K 4/1 1,658 1925 0
420 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $235K 4/1 1,658 1925 0
422 S 54TH ST Bought for $8K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Absentee individual $143K 4/1 1,658 1925 1 rented
424 S 54TH ST Absentee individual $227K 4/1 1,658 1925 0
426 S 54TH ST Investor / LLC $227K 4/1 1,658 1925 1 rented
428 S 54TH ST Absentee individual $236K 4/1 1,760 1925 1
430 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $174K —/— 1,904 1920 1
432 S 54TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $227K 4/1 1,658 1925 0 abated
434 S 54TH ST Bought for $145K in 2022. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $370K 4/2 1,658 1925 1 tax lien
436 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $235K 4/1 1,658 1925 0 rentedtax lien
438 S 54TH ST Traded 3×: $15K in 2000 → $15K in 2002 (+0%). Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,658 1901 3 rented
440 S 54TH ST 2 L&I violations (2011); sold $5K (2018); 2 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $22K —/— 1 2 viol
442 S 54TH ST Bought for $16K in 2008. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Absentee individual $25K 4/1 1,474 1925 4 rented
444 S 54TH ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2018 → $282K in 2020 (+252%). Owner-occupied $382K 4/2 1,658 1920 2 rented
446 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $254K —/— 1,870 1920 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)

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.