Who owns your block
400 block of Vollmer St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 227% since 2016, now about $399K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $399K — about 1.8× 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 block | ZIP 19148 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $399K | $261K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 62% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 154 reported crimes (38 violent) and 162 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
- $399K typical home, up +227% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,285 to $4,180 a year, +11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.1M assessed, $53,317/yr to the city, about $4,101 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +227% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +225% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
438 Vollmer St is assessed at $335K but pays $1,176 a year — about 25% of the $4,691 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.4% 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 $327 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 13 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 408 VOLLMER ST | Owner-occupied | $406K | 3/2 | 2,178 | 1970 | 1 | |
| 410 VOLLMER ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2003 → $390K in 2023 (+225%). | Owner-occupied | $448K | 3/2 | 2,160 | 1970 | 2 | |
| 412 VOLLMER ST | Owner-occupied | $378K | 3/1 | 2,160 | 1970 | 1 | |
| 414 VOLLMER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $185K in 2009 → $410K in 2023 (+122%). | Owner-occupied | $447K | 4/3 | 2,160 | 1970 | 3 | |
| 416 VOLLMER ST TradedTraded 2×: $84K in 2001 → $235K in 2006 (+180%). | Owner-occupied | $378K | 3/1 | 2,160 | 1970 | 2 | |
| 418 VOLLMER ST TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 2002 → $255K in 2016 (+132%). | Owner-occupied | $377K | 3/2 | 2,160 | 1970 | 2 | |
| 420 VOLLMER ST | Owner-occupied | $473K | 3/2 | 2,160 | 1970 | 1 | |
| 422 VOLLMER ST | Owner-occupied | $403K | 3/1 | 2,160 | 1970 | 0 | |
| 424 VOLLMER ST | Owner-occupied | $399K | 3/1 | 2,160 | 1970 | 1 | |
| 426 VOLLMER ST | Owner-occupied | $399K | 3/1 | 2,160 | 1970 | 0 | |
| 438 VOLLMER ST | Owner-occupied | $335K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1970 | 0 | abated |
| 440 VOLLMER ST | Owner-occupied | $310K | 3/1 | 1,252 | 1970 | 0 | abated |
| 442 VOLLMER ST TradedTraded 2×: $212K in 2018 → $278K in 2021 (+31%). | Owner-occupied | $335K | 3/1 | 1,252 | 1970 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)