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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

400 block of Walter St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $7,820 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $252K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$252K
$13K–$308K
ZIP median $293K
Price / sq ft
$197
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
9 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
1 of 9 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$87
5 years
+62%
value · tax −$1
10 years
+82%
value · tax +$637

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 $252K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19111Philadelphia
Median home value$252K$293K$223K
Owner-occupied67%57%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 33 reported crimes (12 violent) and 92 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
33
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
92
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults6
Fraud5
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Thefts4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle35
Maintenance Complaint9
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Shoveling9
Graffiti Removal5
Illegal Dumping5

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 · K-5
Kennedy C Crossan
7350 Bingham St · 318 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$250K$500K$252K2016: $139K2017: $139K2018: $139K2019: $149K2020: $156K2021: $156K2022: $156K2023: $197K2024: $197K2025: $246K2026: $246K2027: $252K2016202020232027

▲ +82% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,1782016: $1,5412017: $1,5412018: $1,5412019: $1,5312020: $1,5502021: $1,5502022: $2,1792023: $2,7632024: $1,7052025: $2,0912026: $2,0912027: $2,1782016202020232027

▲ +41% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 182 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+82%
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 14 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
14arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels8 parcels
$13K$256K+

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

House by house

All 9 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
400 WALTER ST Owner-occupied $13K —/— 324 1950 0
402 WALTER ST Owner-occupied $252K —/— 1,280 1950 0
404 WALTER ST Traded 2×: $155K in 2007 → $255K in 2026 (+65%). Owner-occupied $252K 3/1 1,280 1950 2
406 WALTER ST Owner-occupied $252K —/— 1,280 1950 1
408 WALTER ST Traded 2×: $107K in 2018 → $242K in 2020 (+126%). Owner-occupied $252K —/— 1,280 1950 2
410 WALTER ST Traded 3×: $82K in 2000 → $160K in 2007 (+95%). Owner-occupied $256K 3/— 1,280 1950 3
412 WALTER ST Owner-occupied $256K —/— 1,280 1950 0
414 WALTER ST Traded 2×: $125K in 2013 → $280K in 2022 (+124%). Owner-occupied $252K 3/1 1,280 1950 2
416 WALTER ST Traded 4×: $53K in 2000 → $150K in 2005 (+183%). Owner-occupied $308K —/— 1,280 1950 4

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.