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Who owns your block

400 block of Unruh Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 90% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $270K. 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
$270K
$8K–$811K
ZIP median $293K
Price / sq ft
$195
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
90%
18 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
10%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$165
5 years
+77%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$839

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 $270K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19111Philadelphia
Median home value$270K$293K$223K
Owner-occupied62%57%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 43 reported crimes (12 violent) and 84 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
43
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
84
33 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft7
Other Assaults7
Thefts7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
All Other Offenses5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle16
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection15
Maintenance Complaint11
Construction Complaints9
Salting9
License Complaint5

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 · K-5
J Hampton Moore
6900 Summerdale Ave · 1162 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$270K2016: $151K2017: $151K2018: $151K2019: $146K2020: $152K2021: $152K2022: $152K2023: $206K2024: $206K2025: $259K2026: $259K2027: $270K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6482016: $1,8092017: $1,8092018: $1,8092019: $1,5442020: $1,5852021: $1,5852022: $1,5852023: $2,0192024: $2,1402025: $2,4832026: $2,4832027: $2,6482016202020232027

▲ +46% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 31 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
31arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels4 parcels5 parcels5 parcels3 parcels2 parcels
$8K$467K+

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

House by house

All 21 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
400-02 UNRUH AVE Absentee individual $811K —/— 4,608 1959 1 rented
401 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $98K in 2002 → $145K in 2018 (+48%). Owner-occupied $273K —/— 1,365 1925 3
403 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $270K —/— 1,365 1925 1
405 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $276K 3/2 1,365 1925 1
406 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $467K 6/2 3,970 1925 0
407 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $30K in 2010 → $166K in 2010 (+453%). Owner-occupied $266K —/— 1,365 1925 2
409 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $222K —/— 750 1925 0
413 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $322K —/— 2,056 1925 0
415 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $140K in 2002 → $375K in 2023 (+168%). Owner-occupied $355K 4/2 1,736 1925 3
417 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $140K in 2002 → $375K in 2023 (+168%). Owner-occupied $8K —/— 200 1925 3
419 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $200K in 2005 → $154K in 2012 (-23%). Owner-occupied $256K 3/— 1,276 1925 2
420 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $250K in 2004 → $192K in 2013 (-23%). Owner-occupied $354K 5/3 2,188 1925 3
421 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $169K in 2005 → $150K in 2015 (-11%). Owner-occupied $260K —/— 1,276 1925 2
423 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $169K in 2005 → $150K in 2015 (-11%). Vacant $34K —/— 2
424 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $289K —/— 1,530 1925 0
425 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $80K in 2013 → $130K in 2017 (+62%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,092 1925 2
427 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,092 1925 1
428 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $153K in 2006 → $275K in 2023 (+80%). Owner-occupied $310K 4/3 1,913 1925 2
429 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $122K in 2006 → $99K in 2023 (-19%). Absentee individual $199K 3/1 1,092 1925 2 rented
431 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 924 1925 1
432 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $379K —/— 1,800 1925 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.