Who owns your block
4000 block of Chippendale Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 12% investor-held, with 7 open code violations and 2 homes behind $12,929 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 73% since 2016, now about $186K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $186K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19136 median of $251K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19136 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19136 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $186K | $251K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 24% | 49% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 350 reported crimes (23 violent) and 130 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
- $186K typical home, up +73% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,484 to $2,594 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.2M assessed, $39,557/yr to the city, about $2,327 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +73% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +75% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
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:
- 4018 Chippendale Aveexemption0.64%$1,194/yr on $185K
- 4025 Chippendale Aveexemption0.65%$1,200/yr on $186K
- 4021 Chippendale Aveexemption0.65%$1,218/yr on $187K
- 4019 Chippendale Aveexemption0.68%$1,330/yr on $195K
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.1% 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 $173 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 8
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Walter Ulatowski, carries 41 open violations across 140 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Ulatowski (individual) | 3 | 140 | $26M | phila.gov ↗ |
| L&A Installations LLC | 1 | 4 | $955K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 2041 Margaret Street LLC | 1 | 3 | $527K | phila.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 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4010 CHIPPENDALE AVE History2 L&I violations (2010); 3 L&I violations (2017); sold $75K (2018). | Absentee individual | $198K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 4012 CHIPPENDALE AVE History2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013); 3 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Absentee individual | $195K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 0 | rented |
| 4014 CHIPPENDALE AVE Historysold $20K (2000); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2017); 3 L&I violations (2024). | Absentee individual | $185K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 1 | rented1 viol |
| 4016 CHIPPENDALE AVE Historysold $24K (2001); 5 L&I violations (2007); 3 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Absentee individual | $185K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 1 | rented1 viol |
| 4018 CHIPPENDALE AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $62K in 2003, addition and/or alteration permit in 2022, sold for $175K in 2024 (+182%). | Owner-occupied | $185K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 3 | rented |
| 4019 CHIPPENDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2008 → $90K in 2016 (+80%). | Owner-occupied | $195K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 4020 CHIPPENDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $79K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $185K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 4021 CHIPPENDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $25K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $187K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 1 | 4 viol |
| 4022 CHIPPENDALE AVE History4 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); 3 L&I violations (2024). | Absentee individual | $185K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 4023 CHIPPENDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $53K in 2002 → $73K in 2022 (+38%). | Absentee individual | $187K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 4024 CHIPPENDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $47K in 2003 → $70K in 2020 (+49%). | Investor / LLC | $185K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 3 | rented |
| 4025 CHIPPENDALE AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $98K in 2005, alteration permit in 2007, sold for $197K in 2024 (+101%). | Owner-occupied | $186K | 3/2 | 990 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 4026 CHIPPENDALE AVE History4 L&I violations (2018); 8 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); sold $125K (2021). | Absentee individual | $215K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 4027 CHIPPENDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $65K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $189K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 4028 CHIPPENDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2015 → $70K in 2019 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $185K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 4029 CHIPPENDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $90K in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $191K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 4030 CHIPPENDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $130K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $185K | 2/1 | 990 | 1950 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)