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Who owns your block

4000 block of Vista St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 61% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $512 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $203K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$203K
$203K–$211K
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$169
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$211K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $203K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
61%
19 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
23%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$512
1 of 31 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax −$491
5 years
+83%
value · tax +$504
10 years
+79%
value · tax +$364

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 $203K — about 0.9× 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 blockZIP 19136Philadelphia
Median home value$203K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied52%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 136 reported crimes (38 violent) and 210 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
136
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
210
45 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults27
All Other Offenses25
Motor Vehicle Theft22
Thefts18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Theft from Vehicle8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint58
Abandoned Vehicle28
Sanitation Violation17
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
License Complaint15
Information Request14

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 · K-5
Edwin Forrest
7300 Cottage St · 798 students
Middle · K-8
Northeast Community Propel Academy
7500 Rowland Ave · 1715 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$125K$250K$203K2016: $113K2017: $113K2018: $113K2019: $106K2020: $111K2021: $111K2022: $111K2023: $143K2024: $143K2025: $191K2026: $191K2027: $203K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,5502016: $1,1632017: $1,1862018: $1,2402019: $1,0042020: $9742021: $9622022: $1,0462023: $9422024: $9412025: $1,3792026: $2,0412027: $1,5502016202020232027

▲ +33% 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

9410025020162019202220252027This block 179 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $179 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+79%
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 39 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K200020052010201520202025
39arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 8 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

26 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$203K$204K+

The block's largest owner, Ddh Fund Llc, carries 38 open violations across 43 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ddh Fund Llc143$7.1Mphila.gov ↗
Wei Ye Realty Llc14$971Kphila.gov ↗
Cjs Tang Llc13$688Kphila.gov ↗
J&P Homes Llc11$203Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 31 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4010 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $132K in 2007 → $180K in 2022 (+36%). Investor / LLC $209K 3/1 1,200 1950 2 rented
4011 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $88K in 2004 → $193K in 2021 (+119%). Absentee individual $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 3 rented
4012 VISTA ST Absentee individual $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4013 VISTA ST Absentee individual $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1 rented
4014 VISTA ST Absentee individual $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 0
4015 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,206 1950 0
4016 VISTA ST Absentee individual $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4017 VISTA ST Absentee individual $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4018 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $115K in 2009 → $125K in 2017 (+9%). Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 2
4019 VISTA ST Absentee individual $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1 rented
4020 VISTA ST Investor / LLC $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1 rented
4021 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $64K in 2002 → $116K in 2008 (+82%). Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 3
4022 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4023 VISTA ST Investor / LLC $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1 rented
4024 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4025 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4026 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4027 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1 1 viol
4028 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 0
4029 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $120K in 2005 → $140K in 2020 (+17%). Absentee individual $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 3
4030 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $65K in 2015 → $120K in 2016 (+85%). Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 2
4031 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $140K in 2005 → $113K in 2015 (-19%). Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 2
4032 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4033 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4034 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $62K in 2002 → $243K in 2025 (+294%). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,200 1950 2
4035 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,200 1950 0
4036 VISTA ST Investor / LLC $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1 tax lien
4037 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4038 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 1
4039 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,200 1950 0
4040 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2000 → $180K in 2021 (+304%). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,224 1950 3 rented

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.