4200 block of Chippendale Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $207K — 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.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 330 reported crimes (22 violent) and 147 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $207K typical home, up +85% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,300 to $2,797 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $9.6M assessed, $110,644/yr to the city, about $2,459 per home

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:

• 4234 Chippendale Aveexemption0.70%$1,396/yr on $200K
• 4240 Chippendale Aveexemption0.70%$1,396/yr on $200K
• 4218 Chippendale Aveexemption0.70%$1,397/yr on $200K
• 4222 Chippendale Aveexemption0.70%$1,397/yr on $200K
• 4236 Chippendale Aveexemption0.70%$1,397/yr on $200K
• …and 12 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% 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 $185 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 84 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 45 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

Renovated & sold on

4244 Chippendale Ave

$274K · Bought for $145K in 2004, suppression permit in 2015, sold for $299K in 2025 (+106%).

Renovated & sold on

4211 Chippendale Ave

$262K · Bought for $69K in 2002, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $190K in 2020 (+174%).

Renovated & sold on

4203 Chippendale Ave

$226K · Bought for $55K in 2001, electrical permit in 2010, sold for $99K in 2017 (+80%).

Renovated & sold on

4209 Chippendale Ave

$218K · Bought for $134K in 2008, alterations permit in 2024, sold for $155K in 2026 (+128%).

Improved

4205 Chippendale Ave

$218K · Bought for $145K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009.

Improved

4219 Chippendale Ave

$218K · Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.