Who owns your block
400 block of St Lukes St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 4 homes behind $23,727 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 99% since 2016, now about $111K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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 $111K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $111K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 129 reported crimes (35 violent) and 210 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
- $111K typical home, up +99% since 2016
- Tax bill $571 to $151 a year, -11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.8M assessed, $8,577/yr to the city, about $476 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +99% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -74% since 2016 · ~-11%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
434 Saint Lukes St is assessed at $115K but pays $203 a year — about 13% of the $1,603 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.4% 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 $199 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2019. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Initial Investment Properties Llc, carries 4 open violations across 23 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Investment Properties Llc | 1 | 23 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bartley And Caruso Llc | 1 | 1 | $111K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 430 SAINT LUKES ST | Vacant | $10K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 431 SAINT LUKES ST | Absentee individual | $74K | 3/1 | 1,290 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 432 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated3 violtax lien |
| 433 SAINT LUKES ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $52K in 2020 → $50K in 2025 (-5%). | Absentee individual | $74K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 434 SAINT LUKES ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $25K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 435 SAINT LUKES ST | Investor / LLC | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 436 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 437 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 438 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 439 SAINT LUKES ST | Absentee individual | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 440 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 441 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $74K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 442 SAINT LUKES ST | Absentee individual | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 443 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 444 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 445 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 446 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 447 SAINT LUKES ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)