Who owns your block
1800 block of N 4th St
A mixed-ownership block: 26% owner-occupied, 30% investor-held, with 8 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 844% since 2016, now about $269K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% a year.
- 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 $269K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below 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 | $269K | $278K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 4% | 21% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (10 violent) and 250 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
- $269K typical home, up +844% since 2016
- Tax bill $718 to $1,191 a year, +13%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.9M assessed, $26,323/yr to the city, about $975 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +844% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +66% since 2023 · ~+13%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1852 N 4th St is assessed at $594K but pays $1,662 a year — about 20% of the $8,312 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 +22.6% 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 $944 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 27 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 11
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 7 | 4773 | $1418M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1800 North 4th Llc | 8 | 10 | $963K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 N 4TH ST New constructionBought for $591K in 2019, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Vacant | $93K | —/— | — | — | 2 | 2 viol |
| 1802 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Vacant | $95K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1804 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Vacant | $104K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1806 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Vacant | $114K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1808 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Vacant | $85K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1810 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Vacant | $85K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1812 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Vacant | $85K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1814 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Vacant | $85K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1820 N 4TH ST History3 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2025); 3 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $93K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1822 N 4TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); sold $75K (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $75K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 2 viol |
| 1824 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $324K | 2/1 | 1,466 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1826 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $324K | 2/1 | 1,466 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1828 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $324K | 2/1 | 1,466 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1830 N 4TH ST | Absentee individual | $324K | 2/1 | 1,466 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1832 N 4TH ST | Owner-occupied | $324K | 2/1 | 1,466 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1834 N 4TH ST New constructionBought for $14K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $472K in 2020. | Absentee individual | $513K | 3/— | 1,722 | 2020 | 3 | abatedtax lien |
| 1836 N 4TH ST New constructionBought for $14K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $472K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $513K | 3/— | 1,722 | 2020 | 3 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1838 N 4TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2020). | Vacant | $75K | —/— | — | — | 5 | 2 viol |
| 1840 N 4TH ST | Owner-occupied | $283K | —/— | 1,633 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1842 N 4TH ST New constructionBought for $90K in 2021, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $449K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $445K | 3/2 | 1,707 | 1920 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1844 N 4TH ST New constructionBought for $60K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $440K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $527K | 3/— | 1,824 | 2020 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 1846 N 4TH ST New constructionBought for $75K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $535K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $514K | 3/— | 1,730 | 2022 | 2 | abated |
| 1848 N 4TH ST | Absentee individual | $269K | 2/1 | 1,466 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1850 N 4TH ST | Absentee individual | $269K | 2/1 | 1,466 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1852 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $455K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $594K | 4/— | 2,352 | 2020 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 1854 N 4TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $269K | 2/1 | 1,466 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1856 N 4TH ST New constructionBought for $32K in 2017, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $610K in 2022. | Absentee individual | $75K | 4/— | 2,349 | 2021 | 3 | rentedtax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)