Who owns your block
4000 block of Walnut St
A mixed-ownership block: 25% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 2 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 130% since 2016, now about $1.5M. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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 $1.5M — about 6.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.5M | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 128 reported crimes (36 violent) and 85 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
- $1.5M typical home, up +130% since 2016
- Tax bill $6,134 to $18,451 a year, +11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $53M assessed, $378,583/yr to the city, about $18,929 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +130% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +201% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
4001-13 Walnut St is assessed at $18M but pays $40,284 a year — about 16% of the $258,437 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.9% 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 $230 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2013. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 13
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Associates | 1 | 8 | $7.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Simon Associates A Pennsy | 1 | 2 | $2.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 4021 Club Inc | 1 | 1 | $883K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Urban Homes Vi Llc | 1 | 1 | $373K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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 | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4001-13 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $18M | 357,000 | 1975 | 0 | abated |
| 4008-26 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $5.9M | 35,088 | 1985 | 0 | abated2 viol |
| 4015 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.3M | 72,000 | 1970 | 0 | abated |
| 4021 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $883K | 5,320 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 4025 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $740K | 4,200 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 4027 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $985K | 4,600 | 1880 | 0 | rented |
| 4028 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $2.6M | 11,364 | 1940 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 4029-31 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $2.2M | 12,000 | 1926 | 0 | rented |
| 4032 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $756K | 4,540 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 4033 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $675K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $373K | 3,750 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 4034 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $1.7M | 10,460 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 4035-37 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $1.5M | 20,790 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4036-38 WALNUT ST Improved | Absentee individual | $2.8M | 16,420 | 1924 | 0 | rented |
| 4039 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $1.3M | 5,601 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 4040 WALNUT ST Improved | Absentee individual | $1.7M | 5,760 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 4041 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $1.4M | 6,407 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 4042 WALNUT ST Improved | Absentee individual | $1.7M | 5,760 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 4043 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $1.3M | 5,200 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 4044-50 WALNUT ST Improved | Absentee individual | $4.1M | 16,748 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4045 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $1.0M | 4,250 | 1925 | 0 | 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)