Who owns your block
400 block of Summit Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 2 homes behind $30,021 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $439K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $439K — about 2.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19128 median of $368K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19128 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $439K | $368K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 64% | 58% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 8 reported crimes (1 violent) and 17 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
- $439K typical home, up +84% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,940 to $4,692 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.8M assessed, $107,486/yr to the city, about $4,886 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +84% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +60% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
496 Summit Ave is assessed at $617K but pays $4,537 a year — about 53% of the $8,637 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% 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 $184 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 21 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 18
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees Of The Wdg Revocable Trust | 1 | 1 | $431K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Steve Construction Inc | 1 | 1 | $379K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 445 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $420K | 3/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 447 SUMMIT AVE TradedTraded 2×: $280K in 2008 → $322K in 2018 (+15%). | Owner-occupied | $436K | 3/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 449 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $431K | 3/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 451 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $431K | 3/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 453 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $465K | 3/1 | 1,888 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 455 SUMMIT AVE TradedTraded 2×: $279K in 2011 → $280K in 2017 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $434K | 3/1 | 1,824 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 457 SUMMIT AVE TradedTraded 2×: $130K in 2000 → $400K in 2021 (+208%). | Owner-occupied | $512K | 4/2 | 2,408 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 459 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $434K | 3/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 461 SUMMIT AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $268K in 2008 → $505K in 2024 (+88%). | Owner-occupied | $464K | 4/— | 1,600 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 463 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $442K | 3/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 465 SUMMIT AVE TradedTraded 2×: $280K in 2016 → $440K in 2021 (+57%). | Owner-occupied | $427K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 467 SUMMIT AVE New constructionBought for $280K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $320K in 2018. | Absentee individual | $442K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | abated |
| 469 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $466K | 4/1 | 2,016 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 471 SUMMIT AVE | Absentee individual | $6K | —/— | 500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 475 SUMMIT AVE | Vacant | $75K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 479 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $471K | 4/2 | 1,760 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 485 SUMMIT AVE TradedTraded 2×: $360K in 2011 → $380K in 2016 (+6%). | Owner-occupied | $621K | 4/2 | 2,200 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 493 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $989K | 5/2 | 4,767 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 495 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $463K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1953 | 1 | |
| 496 SUMMIT AVE | Owner-occupied | $617K | 6/2 | 3,250 | 1950 | 0 | abated2 violtax lien |
| 497 SUMMIT AVE TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 1999 → $110K in 1999 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $390K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 499 SUMMIT AVE | Investor / LLC | $379K | 3/— | 1,280 | 1950 | 1 | 2 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)