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Who owns your block

2800 block of N 4th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 11 homes behind $28,065 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 59% since 2016, now about $80K. 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
$80K
$12K–$609K
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$68
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$48K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $80K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
18 of 40
$26K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
63%
24 of 40
city 41%
Rentals
7%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$28K
11 of 40 behind
▲ block 28% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$44
5 years
+201%
value · tax +$249
10 years
+59%
value · tax +$60

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 $80K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below 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$80K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied35%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 165 reported crimes (50 violent) and 106 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
165
50 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
106
20 still open

Most reported crimes

Narcotic / Drug Law Violations29
All Other Offenses25
Other Assaults25
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10
Thefts10

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping20
Maintenance Complaint16
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Abandoned Vehicle7
License Complaint7
Street Light Outage7

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
Julia Deburgos
401 W Lehigh Ave · 512 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$50K$100K$80K2016: $50K2017: $50K2018: $50K2019: $35K2020: $27K2021: $27K2022: $27K2023: $49K2024: $49K2025: $77K2026: $77K2027: $80K2016202020232027

▲ +59% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$3442016: $2842017: $2842018: $2842019: $1282020: $952021: $952022: $952023: $2062024: $3672025: $4072026: $3002027: $3442016202020232027

▲ +21% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

18
18 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 $25,919 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 $8,528at the full rate

2816-22 N 4th St is assessed at $609K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $8,528 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 +4.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

5310025020162019202220252027This block 159 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $159 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+59%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.2 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 32 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
32arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 40 parcels

Owner-occupied: 24Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 11Vacant: 4 40parcels
  • Owner-occupied 24
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 11
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels25 parcels0 parcels7 parcels
$12K$120K+

The block's largest owner, Bcm Investments Llc, carries 9 open violations across 75 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bcm Investments Llc175$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Bh 4000 Realty Llc14$353Kphila.gov ↗
Rosa Serrano (individual)24$409Kphila.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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2811 N 4TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2813 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $54K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2815 N 4TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abated
2816-22 N 4TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $609K —/— 11,664 1950 0 abated
2817 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 1
2819 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abated
2821 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abated
2823 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2824 N 4TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $2K in 2000. Owner-occupied $75K 3/1 1,064 1920 1 abated
2825 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abated
2826 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $75K 2/1 1,064 1920 1
2827 N 4TH ST Bought for $9K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,176 1920 2
2828 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $3K in 1999 → $4K in 2004 (+33%). Owner-occupied $75K 3/1 1,064 1920 2
2829 N 4TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $2K in 2000. Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 1 abated
2830 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2017 → $70K in 2026 (+56%). Absentee individual $75K 2/1 1,064 1920 2 rented
2831 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abated
2832 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $5K in 2011 → $25K in 2013 (+390%). Absentee individual $75K 3/1 1,064 1920 2 tax lien
2833 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0
2834 N 4TH ST Bought for $10K in 2007, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $44K in 2015. Owner-occupied $75K 3/1 1,064 1920 2 abated
2835 N 4TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abated
2836 N 4TH ST Traded 4×: $25K in 2004 → $277K in 2024 (+1007%). Investor / LLC $75K 3/1 1,064 1920 4 rentedtax lien
2837 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abated
2838 N 4TH ST 4 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2011); 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2017); sold $8K (2018); Appeal city affirmed (2018). Owner-occupied $75K 3/1 1,064 1920 1
2839 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 1
2840 N 4TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $75K 3/1 1,064 1920 0 abated
2841 N 4TH ST Bought for $13K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 4
2842 N 4TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $2K in 2013. Owner-occupied $75K 3/1 1,064 1920 1 abatedtax lien
2843 N 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007); 4 L&I violations (2018); sold $1K (2019). Vacant $13K —/— 1 tax lien
2844 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2010). Owner-occupied $50K 3/1 1,064 1920 0
2845 N 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007); 4 L&I violations (2018). Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
2847 N 4TH ST Bought for $25K in 2026. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $34K 3/1 1,176 1920 1
2849 N 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2010); L&I: UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2015); 5 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2016); sold $3K (2017). Vacant $12K —/— 1 rentedtax lien
2851 N 4TH ST Vacant $15K —/— 1 tax lien
2853 N 4TH ST Bought for $7K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2018. Absentee individual $114K 3/1 1,764 1920 1
2855 N 4TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,764 1920 0 abated
2857 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,764 1920 0 tax lien
2859 N 4TH ST Bought for $9K in 2015. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Absentee individual $114K 3/1 1,764 1920 1 tax lien
2861 N 4TH ST Bought for $10K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Absentee individual $194K 3/1 1,764 1920 1 tax lien
2863 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 abated
2865 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $20K —/— 711 1920 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)

Where this comes from

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