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Who owns your block

400 block of W Springfield Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 81% since 2016, now about $1.8M. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$1.8M
$976K–$30M
ZIP median $756K
Price / sq ft
$311
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
8.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$3.3M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $1.8M
Tax / yr
$16K
typical · up to $35K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 7
$456K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
57%
4 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$356
5 years
+92%
value · tax +$6K
10 years
+81%
value · tax +$7K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $1.8M — about 8.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19118 median of $756K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19118Philadelphia
Median home value$1.8M$756K$223K
Owner-occupied43%56%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 2 reported crimes (0 violent) and 5 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
2
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
5
1 still open

Most reported crimes

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE1
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect2
Abandoned Vehicle1
Salting1
Traffic (Other)1

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
John S Jenks
8301 Germantown Ave · 380 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$1.3M$2.5M$1.8M2016: $1.0M2017: $1.0M2018: $1.0M2019: $998K2020: $956K2021: $956K2022: $956K2023: $1.4M2024: $1.4M2025: $1.8M2026: $1.8M2027: $1.8M2016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$14,6522016: $7,3392017: $7,3392018: $7,3392019: $9,3582020: $8,8722021: $8,8722022: $8,8722023: $12,2762024: $12,2762025: $14,2962026: $14,2962027: $14,6522016202020232027

▲ +100% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 $456,399 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

9410025020162019202220252027This block 181 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $181 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+81%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20052010201520202025
2arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Absentee individual: 3 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$976K$2.5M+

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

House by house

All 7 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$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
400 W SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $1.1M —/— 3,030 1950 0
401 W SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $1.8M —/— 5,898 1880 0
403 W SPRINGFIELD AVE built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $30M —/— 170,842 1880 0 abated
404 W SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $1.2M 4/3 2,954 1950 1
416 W SPRINGFIELD AVE Absentee individual $2.3M —/— 8,099 1925 0 abated
424 W SPRINGFIELD AVE Appeal granted with conditions (2009); sold $3.3M (2025). Owner-occupied $2.5M 6/4 8,376 2005 1
434 W SPRINGFIELD AVE Absentee individual $976K —/— 2,573 1960 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.