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Who owns your block

2200 block of N 4th St

A mixed-ownership block: 26% owner-occupied, 26% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $1,886 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 660% since 2016, now about $86K. Property taxes are climbing about 24% 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
$86K
$24K–$829K
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$109
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$97K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $86K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 27
$17K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
26%
5 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
7%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2K
2 of 27 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
11
9 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+88%
value · tax −$7
5 years
+383%
value · tax +$469
10 years
+529%
value · tax +$484

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 $86K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19133Philadelphia
Median home value$86K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied7%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 74 reported crimes (17 violent) and 103 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
74
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
103
21 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses20
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Other Assaults7
Theft from Vehicle7
Thefts6
Weapon Violations5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint23
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
Illegal Dumping15
Abandoned Vehicle8
Traffic Signal Emergency7
Smoke Detector6

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
William Mckinley
2101 N Orkney St · 275 students
High
Kensington Campus

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$100K$200K$86K2016: $11K2017: $14K2018: $17K2019: $20K2020: $18K2021: $18K2022: $18K2023: $62K2024: $62K2025: $45K2026: $46K2027: $86K2016202020232027

▲ +660% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6242016: $602017: $1402018: $1402019: $1352020: $1402021: $1402022: $1552023: $7812024: $7812025: $6232026: $6312027: $6242016202020232027

▲ +940% since 2016 · ~+24%/yr

3
3 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 $16,678 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:

18 homes pay the full 1.40%9 pay less
$4,642pays now $11,606at the full rate

The starkest example: 2219-21 N 4th St is assessed at $829K but pays $4,642 a year — about 40% of the $11,606 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 +20.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 760 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $760 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+20.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+660%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+20.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+17.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+13.7 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K200020052010201520202025
23arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 27 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 13 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 13

Value distribution today

13 parcels2 parcels3 parcels2 parcels2 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$24K$302K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)44773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
Jba Group LLC112$883Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Laston Kafutwa (individual)22$294Kphila.gov ↗
Sv Design INC11$598Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
2219 North 4th LLC11$829Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
2224 N 4th St LLC11$279Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Punch Buggy Land LLC11$101Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Rachel Fried LLC11$44Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Roberto Rodriguez Service LLC11$41Kphila.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 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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2207 N 4TH ST Bought for $67K in 2022, built new under a 2024 permit. Investor / LLC $598K 6/6 1,894 2025 2 rentedtax lien
2208-12 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Absentee individual $302K —/— 4,320 1917 0
2209 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $42K in 2019 → $20K in 2024 (-52%). Vacant $45K —/— 2
2211 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $140K 4/1 1,656 1920 0 abated
2213 N 4TH ST Vacant $45K —/— 0
2214-22 N 4TH ST built new under a 2008 permit. Vacant $158K —/— 0 3 violtax lien
2215 N 4TH ST sold $500 (2006); 4 L&I violations (2008); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2014). Vacant $45K —/— 1
2217 N 4TH ST sold $5K (2000); 2 L&I violations (2010). Owner-occupied $206K 4/1 1,612 1920 1
2219-21 N 4TH ST built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $829K —/— 6,000 2025 0 rentedabated
2223 N 4TH ST Bought for $10K in 2008, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $119K in 2015. Owner-occupied $162K 4/1 1,656 1920 3
2224 N 4TH ST Bought for $40K in 2004. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $279K —/— 2,160 1930 1
2225 N 4TH ST Vacant $86K —/— 0 tax lien
2226-28 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. Absentee individual $123K —/— 2,160 1912 0
2227 N 4TH ST Bought for $5K in 2012. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $241K —/— 1,656 1920 1
2229 N 4TH ST Bought for $1K in 2002. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. Absentee individual $53K —/— 1,314 1917 1
2231 N 4TH ST Bought for $30K in 2020, change of use permit in 2023, sold for $230K in 2023 (+667%). Investor / LLC $101K —/— 923 1950 2
2232 N 4TH ST Traded 3×: $59K in 2012 → $8K in 2016 (-86%). Vacant $41K —/— 3
2233 N 4TH ST 3 L&I violations (2018); 3 L&I violations (2019); 3 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2023). Vacant $44K —/— 0 tax lien
2234 N 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008). Vacant $41K —/— 0
2235 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $140K 4/1 1,656 1920 0 tax lien
2236 N 4TH ST Vacant $41K —/— 0
2237 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a city demolition permit in 2024. Vacant $44K —/— 0
2238 N 4TH ST Bought for $5K in 2000, built new, sold for $39K in 2025. Vacant $41K —/— 4
2240 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $203K 4/1 1,656 1920 0 abated
2242 N 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2019); 4 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $42K —/— 0
2244-46 N 4TH ST Bought for $9K in 2001. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2013. Absentee individual $24K —/— 5,760 1920 2
2256 N 4TH ST Vacant $32K —/— 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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