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Who owns your block

500 block of N 40th St

A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 31% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 123% since 2016, now about $373K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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
$373K
$254K–$641K
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$233
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 16
$13K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
44%
7 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
44%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-14%
value · tax −$292
5 years
+92%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+137%
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 $373K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$373K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied13%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 216 reported crimes (70 violent) and 302 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
216
70 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
302
58 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults55
Thefts47
All Other Offenses30
Theft from Vehicle20
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief19
Fraud10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint65
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection62
Salting22
License Complaint19
Street Defect18
Sanitation Violation17

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-4
Samuel Powel
3610 Warren St · 342 students
Middle · 5-8
Science Leadership Academy Middle School
3610 Warren St · 351 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$373K2016: $167K2017: $157K2018: $157K2019: $188K2020: $194K2021: $194K2022: $194K2023: $319K2024: $319K2025: $431K2026: $431K2027: $373K2016202020232027

▲ +123% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,4462016: $1,6742017: $1,6742018: $1,6742019: $2,2422020: $2,3892021: $2,3892022: $2,3892023: $3,8522024: $3,8522025: $4,7382026: $4,7382027: $4,4462016202020232027

▲ +166% since 2016 · ~+9%/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 $12,824 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

12 homes pay the full 1.40%4 pay less
$1,587pays now $8,635at the full rate

The starkest example: 509-11 N 40th St is assessed at $617K but pays $1,587 a year — about 18% of the $8,635 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9410050020162019202220252027This block 223 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $223 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+123%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.1 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 24 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
24arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 4 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

6 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels4 parcels
$254K$630K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Haba Walnut Street LP33$936Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Aba Real Estate I L P (individual)22$594Kphila.gov ↗
Ayido LLC12$678Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Amarose 3 LLC11$539Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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 16 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
501 N 40TH ST Traded 2×: $252K in 2005 → $260K in 2010 (+3%). Owner-occupied $609K —/— 2,310 1920 2
503 N 40TH ST Traded 2×: $247K in 2005 → $270K in 2010 (+10%). Owner-occupied $576K —/— 2,521 1920 2 rented
505 N 40TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 1999 → $165K in 2012 (+200%). Owner-occupied $402K —/— 2,391 1920 2 rented
507 N 40TH ST Bought for $129K in 2010, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $295K in 2011 (+129%). Owner-occupied $498K —/— 2,472 1920 2 rented
509-11 N 40TH ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $617K —/— 3,600 1920 0 abatedtax lien
512 N 40TH ST Bought for $486K in 2003. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $630K —/— 2,316 1930 3
513 N 40TH ST Owner-occupied $254K 4/1 1,098 1920 0 abated
514 N 40TH ST Traded 3×: $35K in 2001 → $253K in 2011 (+621%). Absentee individual $641K —/— 2,316 1930 3
515 N 40TH ST Bought for $12K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $330K 3/1 1,184 1920 1
516 N 40TH ST Bought for $445K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $539K —/— 2,316 1930 1
517 N 40TH ST Bought for $30K in 2000, use permit in 2007, sold for $48K in 2010 (+60%). Absentee individual $264K —/— 1,184 1920 3 rented
518 N 40TH ST Bought for $80K in 2017. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $287K —/— 2,640 1930 1 rentedtax lien
519 N 40TH ST Investor / LLC $344K —/— 1,336 1920 1
520 N 40TH ST Absentee individual $305K 6/2 2,640 1930 1 rentedtax lien
521 N 40TH ST Bought for $160K in 2009. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Investor / LLC $302K —/— 1,096 1920 1 rented
523 N 40TH ST Bought for $160K in 2009. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Investor / LLC $290K —/— 1,096 1920 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.