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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.

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
$439K
$6K–$989K
ZIP median $368K
Price / sq ft
$269
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$383K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $439K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 22
$30K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
82%
18 of 22
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$30K
2 of 22 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$225
5 years
+63%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+84%
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 $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 blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$439K$368K$223K
Owner-occupied64%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.

Crimes · 12mo
8
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
17
1 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud4
Thefts2
Other Assaults1
Theft from Vehicle1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection7
Abandoned Vehicle2
Complaint (Streets)2
Homeless Encampment Request2
Maintenance Complaint2
Stop Sign Repair1

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
Shawmont
535 Shawmont Ave · 457 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$439K2016: $238K2017: $238K2018: $238K2019: $264K2020: $269K2021: $269K2022: $269K2023: $337K2024: $337K2025: $418K2026: $418K2027: $439K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,6922016: $2,9402017: $2,9512018: $2,9512019: $3,5132020: $3,3782021: $3,3782022: $3,3782023: $3,6002024: $3,6002025: $4,4672026: $4,4672027: $4,6922016202020232027

▲ +60% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

2
2 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 $29,884 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%
$4,537pays now $8,637at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 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

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
21arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 22 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 22parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels11 parcels6 parcels3 parcels
$6K$617K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Trustees Of The Wdg Revocable Trust11$431Kphila.gov ↗
Steve Construction Inc11$379Kphila.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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
445 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $420K 3/1 1,600 1950 0
447 SUMMIT AVE Traded 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 Traded 2×: $279K in 2011 → $280K in 2017 (+0%). Owner-occupied $434K 3/1 1,824 1950 2
457 SUMMIT AVE Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $280K in 2016 → $440K in 2021 (+57%). Owner-occupied $427K 4/1 1,600 1950 2
467 SUMMIT AVE Bought 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 Traded 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 Traded 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)

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.