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Who owns your block

7400 block of N 21st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 93% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 6 homes behind $95,898 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $216K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$216K
$207K–$324K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$145
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$240K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $216K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 40
$51K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
93%
37 of 40
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$96K
6 of 40 behind
▲ block 15% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$11
5 years
+56%
value · tax +$341
10 years
+76%
value · tax +$353

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 $216K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$216K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied83%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 60 reported crimes (17 violent) and 261 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
60
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
261
38 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults13
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Fraud8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Thefts6
Theft from Vehicle4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection64
Abandoned Vehicle50
Smoke Detector31
Salting21
Other (Streets)14
Illegal Dumping13

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
Samuel Pennypacker
1858 E Washington Ln · 302 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$125K$250K$216K2016: $123K2017: $123K2018: $123K2019: $145K2020: $139K2021: $139K2022: $139K2023: $183K2024: $183K2025: $219K2026: $219K2027: $216K2016202020232027

▲ +76% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6602016: $1,3072017: $1,3072018: $1,3072019: $1,4742020: $1,3192021: $1,3192022: $1,3192023: $1,4602024: $1,4602025: $1,6712026: $1,6712027: $1,6602016202020232027

▲ +27% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 $50,786 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%
$0pays now $3,018at the full rate

7438 N 21st St is assessed at $216K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,018 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 +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 176 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+76%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 21 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
30arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
21homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 40 parcels

Owner-occupied: 37Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2 40parcels
  • Owner-occupied 37
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

22 parcels14 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$207K$284K+

The block's largest owner, Hobiefella Trust, carries 2 open violations across 11 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Hobiefella Trust111$2.4Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 40 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7414 N 21ST ST Bought for $62K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $211K 3/2 1,590 1925 3
7415 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,590 1925 0 tax lien
7416 N 21ST ST Bought for $250K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,470 1925 1
7417 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,470 1925 0
7418 N 21ST ST Traded 3×: $120K in 2010 → $227K in 2024 (+89%). Owner-occupied $283K 3/1 1,470 1925 3
7419 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2012). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,470 1925 0 rented
7420 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2025. Absentee individual $214K 3/1 1,470 1925 0 tax lien
7421 N 21ST ST Traded 2×: $63K in 2015 → $165K in 2016 (+164%). Owner-occupied $284K 3/2 1,470 1925 2
7422 N 21ST ST sold $135K (2019); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,536 1925 1 2 viol
7423 N 21ST ST Bought for $90K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,470 1925 1
7424 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,470 1925 0
7425 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,470 1925 0
7426 N 21ST ST sold $130K (2005); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $217K 3/1 1,470 1925 1
7427 N 21ST ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $213K 3/1 1,470 1925 0 abated
7428 N 21ST ST Bought for $145K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,470 1925 1
7429 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,470 1925 0 tax lien
7430 N 21ST ST Traded 2×: $71K in 2000 → $95K in 2005 (+34%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,470 1925 2
7431 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,470 1925 0
7432 N 21ST ST Bought for $75K in 2004. Owner pulled a use permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,470 1925 1
7433 N 21ST ST Traded 2×: $60K in 2006 → $162K in 2007 (+170%). Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,470 1925 2
7434 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,470 1925 0
7435 N 21ST ST Investor / LLC $219K 3/1 1,560 1925 0
7436 N 21ST ST L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,500 1925 0 5 violtax lien
7437 N 21ST ST Bought for $65K in 2016, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $172K in 2017 (+165%). Owner-occupied $293K 3/2 1,576 1925 2 tax lien
7438 N 21ST ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,500 1925 0 abatedtax lien
7439 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,560 1925 0
7440 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,500 1925 0
7441 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,560 1925 0
7442 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,500 1925 0
7443 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,560 1925 0
7444 N 21ST ST Bought for $186K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,500 1925 1
7445 N 21ST ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2020 → $258K in 2020 (+223%). Owner-occupied $324K 3/2 1,560 1925 2
7446 N 21ST ST Traded 2×: $113K in 2009 → $120K in 2015 (+6%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,500 1925 2
7447 N 21ST ST Bought for $80K in 2006. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $225K 3/1 1,560 1925 2
7448 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2019); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,500 1925 0 tax lien
7449 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,560 1925 1
7450 N 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2019); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2021); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,500 1925 0 tax lien
7451 N 21ST ST Owner-occupied $225K 3/2 1,560 1925 1
7452 N 21ST ST Bought for $180K in 2019. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $225K 3/1 1,590 1925 1
7453 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $228K 4/1 1,650 1925 0

Neighborhood

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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.