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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

400 block of St Michael Dr

A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $2 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 146% since 2016, now about $338K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$338K
$314K–$429K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$256
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1970
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
92%
11 of 12
city 41%
Rentals
8%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2
1 of 12 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax −$84
5 years
+68%
value · tax +$818
10 years
+146%
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 $338K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above 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$338K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied92%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 178 reported crimes (41 violent) and 95 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
178
41 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
95
15 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts79
Other Assaults24
All Other Offenses23
Theft from Vehicle16
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping19
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection15
Abandoned Vehicle10
Street Defect6
Traffic (Other)5
License Complaint4

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$338K2016: $138K2017: $138K2018: $138K2019: $186K2020: $201K2021: $201K2022: $201K2023: $273K2024: $273K2025: $329K2026: $329K2027: $338K2016202020232027

▲ +146% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,3312016: $1,5932017: $1,7222018: $1,7222019: $2,3302020: $2,5132021: $2,5132022: $2,5132023: $3,0342024: $2,9772025: $3,4932026: $3,4152027: $3,3312016202020232027

▲ +109% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 246 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $246 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+146%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+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 1 arm's-length sale since 2025. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2025
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 12 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Absentee individual: 1 12parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels3 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$314K$380K+

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

House by house

All 12 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
419 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $315K 3/1 1,331 1970 0
421 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $314K 3/1 1,331 1970 0
423 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $340K 3/1 1,331 1970 0
425 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $340K 3/1 1,331 1970 0
426 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $349K 3/1 1,331 1970 0
427 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $336K 3/1 1,331 1970 0
428 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $320K 3/1 1,331 1970 0
430 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $346K 3/1 1,331 1970 1
432 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $380K 3/1 1,331 1970 0
434 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $324K 3/1 1,331 1970 0
436 SAINT MICHAEL DR Absentee individual $429K 3/3 1,331 1970 0 rented
438 SAINT MICHAEL DR Owner-occupied $326K 3/1 1,331 1970 0

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.