Who owns your block
4100 block of Viola St
A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 12% investor-held, with 1 home behind $2,078 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 157% since 2016, now about $93K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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 $93K — about 0.4× 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 block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $93K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 172 reported crimes (68 violent) and 136 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
- $93K typical home, up +157% since 2016
- Tax bill $106 to $484 a year, +15%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.9M assessed, $16,963/yr to the city, about $998 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +157% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +357% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
4188 Viola St is assessed at $93K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,303 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 +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 $257 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 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 4
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Mb Houses Llc, carries 2 open violations across 25 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mb Houses Llc | 1 | 25 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Overbrook Park Properties Llc | 1 | 12 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4106-08 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $7K | —/— | — | 1950 | 0 | |
| 4110 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $128K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4112 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $128K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 4114 VIOLA ST | Vacant | $44K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 4116 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $128K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4152 VIOLA ST | Vacant | $46K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4154 VIOLA ST | Vacant | $45K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4156 VIOLA ST | Vacant | $45K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4158 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $141K | 3/1 | 1,332 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4166 VIOLA ST TradedTraded 2×: $8K in 2016 → $35K in 2023 (+349%). | Investor / LLC | $9K | —/— | 320 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4176 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $62K | —/— | 2,144 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4178 VIOLA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $31K in 2019 → $99K in 2024 (+219%). | Absentee individual | $31K | —/— | 1,072 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 4184 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $135K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4186 VIOLA ST | Investor / LLC | $135K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4188 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $93K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 4190 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $138K | 3/1 | 1,258 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4192-96 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $588K | —/— | 7,348 | 1930 | 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)