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Who owns your block

300 block of S 4th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 74% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $43,864 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 40% since 2016, now about $1.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year.

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
$1.0M
$493K–$3.0M
ZIP median $419K
Price / sq ft
$464
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
4.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$1.4M
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $1.0M
Tax / yr
$13K
typical · up to $32K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 23
$63K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
74%
16 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
17%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$44K
2 of 23 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$203
5 years
+13%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+40%
value · tax +$3K

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 $1.0M — about 4.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19106 median of $419K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19106 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19106Philadelphia
Median home value$1.0M$419K$223K
Owner-occupied35%33%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 129 reported crimes (4 violent) and 273 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
129
4 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
273
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts100
Theft from Vehicle7
Burglary Residential4
Fraud4
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal38
Street Light Outage30
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection24
Street Defect19
Shoveling18
Street Trees16

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
General George A Mccall
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$1.0M$2.0M$1.0M2016: $721K2017: $721K2018: $774K2019: $894K2020: $896K2021: $896K2022: $896K2023: $940K2024: $940K2025: $1.0M2026: $1.0M2027: $1.0M2016202020232027

▲ +40% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$12,2642016: $9,1842017: $9,1842018: $9,1842019: $10,4992020: $10,7972021: $10,7972022: $11,0892023: $10,8992024: $10,8992025: $12,0612026: $12,0612027: $12,2642016202020232027

▲ +34% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 $63,111 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 $42,114at the full rate

319-27 S 4th St is assessed at $3.0M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $42,114 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 +3.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 140 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $140 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+40%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.4 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 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M200020052010201520202025
32arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

5 parcels4 parcels5 parcels3 parcels2 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$493K$2.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Savile Llc14$4.2Mphila.gov ↗
Colin Wetherill (individual)22$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Georgetown Properties 10 Llc11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 23 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
308 S 4TH ST Absentee individual $1.3M —/— 2,868 1850 1
309-17 S 4TH ST Bought for $560K in 2001. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $1.4M —/— 4,280 1800 3 rented
310 S 4TH ST Bought for $830K in 2020. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $976K 3/2 2,000 1850 1
318 S 4TH ST Bought for $1.4M in 2022, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.5M in 2025. Investor / LLC $1.2M 2/3 1,900 1960 5 2 viol
319-27 S 4TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $3.0M —/— 10,005 1965 0 abated
320-28 S 4TH ST Bought for $1.5M in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $2.4M —/— 4,945 1850 1
329 S 4TH ST Traded 6×: $299K in 2000 → $850K in 2018 (+184%). Owner-occupied $834K —/— 1,920 1900 6
330 S 4TH ST Bought for $825K in 2009, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $1.4M in 2025 (+64%). Absentee individual $855K —/— 5,610 1800 2 rented
331 S 4TH ST Bought for $2.2M in 2017. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $940K —/— 1,890 1900 1
332-34 S 4TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $2.0M —/— 4,212 1850 0
333 S 4TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $647K —/— 1,944 1900 0 rented
335 S 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 4 L&I violations (2010). Absentee individual $647K —/— 1,944 1900 0
337 S 4TH ST Bought for $300K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $747K —/— 1,413 1975 1
338 S 4TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $1.7M 4/3 3,455 1771 0 abated
339 S 4TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $810K —/— 1,745 1850 0
340 S 4TH ST built new under a 2019 permit. Owner-occupied $1.1M 5/3 4,287 1850 0
341 S 4TH ST Owner-occupied $555K —/— 1,138 1850 0
342 S 4TH ST built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $1.8M in 2019. Vacant $493K —/— 1
343 S 4TH ST Bought for $500K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $675K in 2016 (+35%). Owner-occupied $665K —/— 1,622 1850 3
344 S 4TH ST Bought for $850K in 2008, mechanical permit in 2013, sold for $1.3M in 2017 (+53%). Absentee individual $1.0M —/— 3,456 1800 3 rented
348 S 4TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $1.5M 4/2 2,700 1850 0
350 S 4TH ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $1.0M —/— 2,376 1850 0 abated
352 S 4TH ST Bought for $715K in 2006, electrical permit in 2008, sold for $1.2M in 2018 (+62%). Owner-occupied $1.3M —/— 2,689 1850 4

Neighborhood

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

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