4000 block of Castor Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $169K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 113 reported crimes (37 violent) and 106 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $169K typical home, up +101% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,174 to $1,666 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $6.9M assessed, $67,871/yr to the city, about $1,697 per home

Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 19 of 40 homes pay that full rate — and 21 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% 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 $201 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 61 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Bankers Trust Company Of, carries 13 open violations across 40 properties it owns around the city.

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 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

Worth a look

Renovated & sold on

4021 Castor Ave

$169K · Bought for $40K in 2009, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $155K in 2020 (+288%).

Improved

4033 Castor Ave

$205K · Bought for $60K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026.

Improved

4038 Castor Ave

$174K · Bought for $115K in 2007. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020.

Improved

4013 Castor Ave

$170K · Bought for $26K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020.

Improved

4051 Castor Ave

$170K · Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024.

Improved

4048 Castor Ave

$170K · Bought for $15K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.