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Who owns your block

4000 block of Unruh Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 90% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $280K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$280K
$241K–$328K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$194
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
90%
9 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
10%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$159
5 years
+66%
value · tax +$339
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$606

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 $280K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19135Philadelphia
Median home value$280K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied80%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 41 reported crimes (13 violent) and 85 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
41
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
85
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts8
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Other Assaults6
Theft from Vehicle4
Robbery No Firearm3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint20
Shoveling11
Abandoned Vehicle8
Hydrant Request6
Information Request6
Illegal Dumping5

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
Hamilton Disston
6801 Cottage St · 686 students
High · 9-12
Abraham Lincoln
3201 Ryan Ave · 2332 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$250K$500K$280K2016: $155K2017: $155K2018: $155K2019: $162K2020: $169K2021: $169K2022: $169K2023: $235K2024: $235K2025: $269K2026: $269K2027: $280K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5202016: $1,8632017: $1,9142018: $1,9142019: $1,8772020: $1,8932021: $1,8932022: $2,1812023: $2,3702024: $2,2592025: $2,5062026: $2,3612027: $2,5202016202020232027

▲ +35% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 180 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $180 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+80%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
13arm's-length sales since 2004
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Absentee individual: 1 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$241K$309K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 10 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4018 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $110K in 2004 → $215K in 2021 (+95%). Absentee individual $309K 5/1 1,800 1950 2 rented
4019 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $135K in 2005 → $229K in 2021 (+70%). Owner-occupied $278K 3/1 1,536 1950 2
4020 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $87K in 2016 → $242K in 2017 (+178%). Owner-occupied $297K —/— 1,800 1950 2
4021 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $70K in 2015 → $285K in 2023 (+307%). Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,536 1950 3
4022 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $297K 5/1 1,800 1950 1
4023 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $241K —/— 1,240 1950 0
4024 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $328K 5/2 1,680 1950 1
4025 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $125K in 2013 → $230K in 2020 (+84%). Owner-occupied $282K 3/2 1,240 1950 2
4027 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $241K —/— 1,240 1950 0
4029 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $241K —/— 1,240 1950 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.