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Who owns your block

400 block of Shunk St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $18,121 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 126% since 2016, now about $268K. 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
$268K
$210K–$1.4M
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$199
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$263K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $268K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $20K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 27
$30K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
67%
18 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
11%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$18K
2 of 27 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$28
5 years
+57%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+126%
value · tax +$2K

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 $268K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$268K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied30%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 201 reported crimes (44 violent) and 126 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
201
44 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
126
33 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts84
Other Assaults27
All Other Offenses23
Theft from Vehicle21
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
Illegal Dumping13
Street Defect7
Other (Streets)6
Salting6

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
John H Taggart
400 W Porter St · 485 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$250K$500K$268K2016: $119K2017: $119K2018: $119K2019: $158K2020: $171K2021: $171K2022: $171K2023: $239K2024: $239K2025: $270K2026: $270K2027: $268K2016202020232027

▲ +126% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1262016: $1,6642017: $1,5482018: $1,5202019: $1,9502020: $2,0772021: $2,0772022: $2,0772023: $2,3032024: $2,6602025: $3,0242026: $3,1542027: $3,1262016202020232027

▲ +88% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

7
7 properties 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 $29,905 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%
$1,751pays now $5,904at the full rate

413 Shunk St is assessed at $422K but pays $1,751 a year — about 30% of the $5,904 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 226 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $226 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+126%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.2 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 38 arm's-length sales since 1922. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M19321953197419952016
38arm's-length sales since 1922
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 27 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 7 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

12 parcels4 parcels0 parcels5 parcels0 parcels3 parcels3 parcels
$210K$463K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Seafarers Bldg Corp11$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Warwick Development Llc11$223Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 27 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
400 SHUNK ST Traded 2×: $2.0M in 2025 → $2.0M in 2025 (+0%). Investor / LLC $1.4M —/— 10,730 1950 2
409 SHUNK ST Absentee individual $427K 4/1 2,435 1970 0
411 SHUNK ST Traded 3×: $175K in 2024 → $320K in 2025 (+83%). Absentee individual $423K 4/1 2,401 1970 3
413 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $422K 4/1 2,394 1970 0 abated
415 SHUNK ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $401K in 2026. Owner-occupied $337K 4/1 1,536 1970 1 abated
417 SHUNK ST Traded 3×: $200K in 2006 → $193K in 2018 (-4%). Owner-occupied $323K 4/1 1,313 1970 3
419 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $339K 3/2 1,536 1970 1
421 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $337K 4/1 1,536 1970 0 abated
423 SHUNK ST Traded 2×: $86K in 2002 → $170K in 2015 (+98%). Owner-occupied $516K 4/2 1,592 1970 2
427 SHUNK ST Investor / LLC $223K 3/1 1,080 1925 1
429 SHUNK ST Traded 2×: $98K in 2009 → $180K in 2019 (+85%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,080 1925 2
430-36 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $463K 2/1 2,568 1960 1
431 SHUNK ST Traded 3×: $34K in 2000 → $109K in 2008 (+222%). Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,080 1925 3 rented
433 SHUNK ST Traded 2×: $177K in 2017 → $280K in 2026 (+58%). Absentee individual $234K 3/1 1,080 1925 2 3 viol
435 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $265K 3/1 1,324 1925 0
437 SHUNK ST Traded 2×: $74K in 2005 → $90K in 2006 (+22%). Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,444 1925 2
438 SHUNK ST Bought for $23K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2002. Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 1,338 1925 2 abated
439 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $324K 3/1 1,266 1925 0
440 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 1,338 1925 1
441 SHUNK ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $90K in 2016. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,080 1925 1 abated
442 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 1,338 1925 1
443 SHUNK ST Traded 2×: $35K in 2015 → $80K in 2015 (+129%). Absentee individual $210K 3/1 1,080 1920 2 rented
444 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 1,338 1925 0 abated
445 SHUNK ST Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,100 1925 1
446 SHUNK ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2003. Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 1,338 1925 1 abated
448 SHUNK ST Traded 4×: $25K in 2002 → $130K in 2015 (+420%). Absentee individual $276K 3/1 1,338 1925 4
450 SHUNK ST Vacant land, last sold for $20K in 1922. Absentee individual $244K 4/1 1,568 1925 2 rented

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.