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Who owns your block

400 block of W Upsal St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $620K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year.

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
$620K
$442K–$708K
ZIP median $374K
Price / sq ft
$195
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$646K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $620K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 18
$23K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
94%
17 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$359
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+84%
value · tax +$3K

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 $620K — about 2.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19119 median of $374K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19119 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19119Philadelphia
Median home value$620K$374K$223K
Owner-occupied72%63%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 18 reported crimes (4 violent) and 78 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
18
4 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
78
12 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts6
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Other Assaults2
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
All Other Offenses1
Burglary Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Traffic Signal Emergency18
Maintenance Complaint12
Illegal Dumping11
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection7
Other (Streets)4
Salting4

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
Anna L Lingelbach
6340 Wayne Ave · 366 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$500K$1.0M$620K2016: $336K2017: $336K2018: $336K2019: $409K2020: $391K2021: $391K2022: $391K2023: $499K2024: $499K2025: $600K2026: $600K2027: $620K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,4112016: $4,2902017: $4,2902018: $4,2902019: $5,1412020: $4,8762021: $4,8762022: $4,8762023: $5,9322024: $5,9322025: $7,0332026: $7,0522027: $7,4112016202020232027

▲ +73% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

1
1 property 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 $22,523 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$3,863pays now $8,189at the full rate

430 W Upsal St is assessed at $585K but pays $3,863 a year — about 47% of the $8,189 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
19arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Absentee individual: 1 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

7 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels5 parcels4 parcels
$442K$695K+

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

House by house

All 18 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
417 W UPSAL ST Traded 2×: $181K in 2002 → $450K in 2021 (+149%). Owner-occupied $474K 6/2 2,398 1925 2
419 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $454K —/— 2,398 1925 0 3 viol
420 W UPSAL ST Traded 2×: $366K in 2013 → $659K in 2023 (+80%). Owner-occupied $659K 6/3 2,915 1925 2
421 W UPSAL ST Absentee individual $455K 6/2 2,398 1925 1 rented
422 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $645K —/— 3,776 1925 1
423 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $459K 4/2 2,398 1925 0
424 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $695K —/— 3,280 1925 0
425 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $447K 5/2 2,383 1925 1
426 W UPSAL ST Traded 5×: $154K in 2001 → $439K in 2015 (+186%). Owner-occupied $708K 4/3 2,915 1925 5
427 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $442K —/— 2,319 1925 0
428 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $658K 5/2 2,915 1925 1
429 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $463K —/— 2,604 1925 0
430 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $585K 5/— 3,000 1906 0 abated
431 W UPSAL ST Bought for $646K in 2025. Owner-occupied $610K 5/3 2,570 1925 1
432 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $665K 4/2 3,000 1925 0
433 W UPSAL ST Traded 4×: $395K in 2010 → $465K in 2020 (+18%). Owner-occupied $635K 6/3 3,900 1925 4
434 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $629K 7/2 3,232 1925 1
435 W UPSAL ST Owner-occupied $630K 6/3 3,900 1925 0 tax lien

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

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