Who owns your block
400 block of W Somerville Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $3,187 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $187K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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 $187K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19120 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $187K | $171K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 54% | 48% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 76 reported crimes (31 violent) and 165 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
- $187K typical home, up +82% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,419 to $1,402 a year, 0%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.0M assessed, $51,135/yr to the city, about $2,131 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +82% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -1% since 2016 · ~0%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% 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 $182 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Michael J Construction Inc, carries 2 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J Construction Inc | 1 | 2 | $317K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 2009 → $110K in 2009 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $213K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 402 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $185K | —/— | 1,350 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 404 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2002 → $116K in 2008 (+94%). | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 406 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $66K in 2004 → $66K in 2004 (+0%). | Investor / LLC | $195K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 2 | rented |
| 408 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Absentee individual | $268K | —/— | 1,980 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 410 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $204K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 412 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $57K in 2001 → $67K in 2016 (+18%). | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 414 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 416 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 418 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 420 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 422 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 424 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Absentee individual | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 426 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 428 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 430 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $8K in 2012 → $56K in 2017 (+600%). | Absentee individual | $204K | —/2 | 1,380 | 1930 | 2 | tax lien |
| 432 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 2001 → $115K in 2017 (+188%). | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/2 | 1,380 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 434 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2003 → $50K in 2009 (-17%). | Absentee individual | $187K | —/2 | 1,380 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 436 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Absentee individual | $204K | 4/2 | 1,380 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 438 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $122K in 2023 → $284K in 2024 (+134%). | Owner-occupied | $276K | 3/3 | 1,380 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 440 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $20K in 2014 → $46K in 2016 (+130%). | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 442 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 1,380 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 444 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $204K | —/2 | 1,380 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 446 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Absentee individual | $383K | —/— | 4,500 | 1930 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)