Who owns your block
1600 block of N 4th St
A mixed-ownership block: 42% owner-occupied, 32% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 3 homes behind $6,721 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 203% since 2016, now about $280K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $280K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19122 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $280K | $278K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 26% | 21% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 91 reported crimes (20 violent) and 213 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $280K typical home, up +203% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,025 to $2,777 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.8M assessed, $59,696/yr to the city, about $3,142 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +203% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +171% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1621 N 4th St is assessed at $1.6M but pays $2,188 a year — about 10% of the $21,887 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $303 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 15 arm's-length sales since 2008. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawks Nest Holdings Lp | 2 | 12 | $3.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ma Willits Properties Llc | 1 | 7 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Unimog Capital Group Llc | 1 | 5 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hayes Tyreese Stanley (individual) | 2 | 2 | $480K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1601 North 4th Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $326K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Or 1621 North 4th Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit. | Investor / LLC | $326K | —/— | 7,008 | — | 0 | |
| 1605-07 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit. | Vacant | $167K | —/— | 1,620 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 1609 N 4TH ST | Vacant | $93K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1611 N 4TH ST ImprovedBought for $8K in 2015. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $313K | 3/1 | 1,728 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1613 N 4TH ST | Absentee individual | $222K | 2/1 | 1,056 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1615 N 4TH ST | Investor / LLC | $198K | 2/1 | 800 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1617-19 N 4TH ST | Owner-occupied | $705K | 4/2 | 2,602 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1621 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $1.6M | —/— | 9,675 | 2019 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1632 N 4TH ST ImprovedBought for $48K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $21K | —/— | 704 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1634 N 4TH ST ImprovedBought for $55K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $280K | 3/1 | 1,470 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1636 N 4TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $165K in 2016, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $275K in 2018 (+67%). | Owner-occupied | $336K | 3/2 | 1,386 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1638 N 4TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2015). | Vacant | $69K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 2 violtax lien |
| 1640 N 4TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 760 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1642 N 4TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $55K in 2017, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2019, sold for $247K in 2020 (+349%). | Owner-occupied | $274K | 2/1 | 752 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1644 N 4TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $165K in 2016, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $275K in 2018 (+67%). | Investor / LLC | $382K | 4/2 | 1,716 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1646 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $781K | 4/3 | 2,663 | 2017 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1648 N 4TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $150K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $381K in 2024 (+154%). | Owner-occupied | $390K | 4/2 | 1,575 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1650 N 4TH ST | Investor / LLC | $306K | 3/2 | 1,569 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1652-54 N 4TH ST | Absentee individual | $220K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)