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Who owns your block

4100 block of Brown St

A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 23% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 8 homes behind $29,859 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 242% since 2016, now about $151K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$151K
$37K–$356K
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$114
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$210K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $151K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 30
$30K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
43%
12 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
20%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$30K
8 of 30 behind
▲ block 27% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$339
5 years
+177%
value · tax +$776
10 years
+242%
value · tax +$517

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 $151K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$151K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied30%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 143 reported crimes (59 violent) and 211 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
143
59 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
211
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults41
All Other Offenses24
Thefts15
Burglary Residential9
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Fraud8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint66
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Illegal Dumping22
Street Defect13
Dangerous Sidewalk12
Abandoned Vehicle11

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
Belmont Elementary Charter School
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$151K2016: $44K2017: $44K2018: $44K2019: $51K2020: $55K2021: $55K2022: $55K2023: $97K2024: $97K2025: $138K2026: $138K2027: $151K2016202020232027

▲ +242% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$9872016: $4702017: $4702018: $4122019: $2892020: $2112021: $2112022: $2112023: $4762024: $5142025: $6482026: $6482027: $9872016202020232027

▲ +110% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

8
8 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $29,793 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

15 homes pay the full 1.40%15 pay less
$1,008pays now $4,983at the full rate

The starkest example: 4115-17 Brown St is assessed at $356K but pays $1,008 a year — about 20% of the $4,983 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 342 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $342 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+11.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+242%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+5.3 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2004201020162022
26arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 2 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels2 parcels10 parcels6 parcels3 parcels5 parcels
$37K$242K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)44773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Lotus 04a LLC188$14Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Hsm-Frp-7 LLC17$219Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
4115brown LLC13$3.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Fast Lane Boxing LLC13$243Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Pamela J Todd (individual)33$465Kphila.gov ↗
Zmg Investments LLC11$199Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Unlimited Asare Holdings LLC11$191Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Pb Logistics LLC11$150Kphila.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 30 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4100 BROWN ST 3 L&I violations (2016); 3 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2020). Investor / LLC $88K —/— 3,200 1999 0 rented
4104 BROWN ST Absentee individual $159K 3/1 1,486 1925 0 abated
4106 BROWN ST Traded 3×: $3K in 2005 → $23K in 2016 (+667%). Vacant $51K —/— 3 tax lien
4108 BROWN ST Bought for $33K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $110K in 2017 (+233%). Absentee individual $242K —/— 1,408 1925 2
4110 BROWN ST 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $51K —/— 0 tax lien
4111 BROWN ST 2 L&I violations (2007). Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 1,306 1925 0
4112 BROWN ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $56K in 2018. Investor / LLC $338K 4/1 1,626 1925 1 rentedabated
4113 BROWN ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 1,104 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4114-18 BROWN ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $229K —/— 1,997 1925 0 abated
4115-17 BROWN ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $356K 5/5 1,772 1915 0 rentedabatedtax lien
4119 BROWN ST 4 L&I violations (2021); sold $40K (2022); 3 L&I violations (2026). Investor / LLC $37K —/— 1,260 1925 1 3 violtax lien
4120 BROWN ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,376 1925 0
4121 BROWN ST Traded 3×: $60K in 2004 → $57K in 2014 (-6%). Absentee individual $210K —/— 2,600 1915 3 rented
4122 BROWN ST sold $56K (2005); L&I violation (2013). Owner-occupied $135K 3/1 1,186 1925 1
4123 BROWN ST Bought for $25K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $97K in 2017 (+287%). Investor / LLC $199K 3/1 1,446 1925 2 rentedtax lien
4124 BROWN ST 4 L&I violations (2009); 4 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2023). Absentee individual $135K 3/1 1,186 1925 0
4125 BROWN ST Bought for $30K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $158K 4/1 1,584 1925 1 rented
4126 BROWN ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $140K 3/1 1,186 1925 0 abated
4127 BROWN ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,446 1925 0
4128 BROWN ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,186 1925 1
4129 BROWN ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,487 1925 0
4130 BROWN ST Bought for $3K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $140K 3/1 1,186 1925 1
4131 BROWN ST Absentee individual $149K 3/1 1,350 1925 0 abated
4132 BROWN ST Bought for $55K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $158K 3/1 1,636 1925 2
4133 BROWN ST Bought for $5K in 2005, change of use permit in 2020, sold for $210K in 2026 (+4100%). Investor / LLC $191K —/— 1,350 1920 3 tax lien
4134 BROWN ST 3 L&I violations (2012). Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,300 1925 0 tax lien
4135 BROWN ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,350 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4136 BROWN ST L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $181K 4/1 1,700 1925 0 1 violtax lien
4137 BROWN ST Bought for $7K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $236K 3/2 1,350 1925 5 tax lien
4138 BROWN ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,376 1925 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.