400 block of W Fisher Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $155K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (41 violent) and 161 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $155K typical home, up +105% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,061 to $2,170 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $8.6M assessed, $91,218/yr to the city, about $1,721 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 405 W Fisher Aveexemption0.50%$770/yr on $155K
• 411 W Fisher Aveexemption0.50%$770/yr on $155K
• 425 W Fisher Aveexemption0.50%$770/yr on $155K
• 433 W Fisher Aveexemption0.50%$770/yr on $155K
• 435 W Fisher Aveexemption0.50%$770/yr on $155K
• …and 16 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 455 W Fisher Ave is assessed at $155K but pays $1,687 a year — about 78% of the $2,170 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% 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 $205 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 74 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 53 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

New construction

455 W Fisher Ave

$155K · Bought for $30K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $400 in 2011.

Renovated & sold on

444 W Fisher Ave

$173K · Bought for $40K in 2005, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $180K in 2021 (+350%).

Improved

410 W Fisher Ave

$203K · Bought for $115K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011.

Improved

459 W Fisher Ave

$195K · Bought for $220K in 2014. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025.

Improved

401 W Fisher Ave

$165K · Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024.

Improved

408 W Fisher Ave

$155K · Bought for $2K in 2017. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.