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Who owns your block

4200 block of E Thompson St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 64% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 36% since 2016, now about $220K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$220K
$37K–$446K
ZIP median $213K
Price / sq ft
$145
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$164K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $220K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 11
$7K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
64%
7 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$9
5 years
+18%
value · tax −$349
10 years
+36%
value · tax −$263

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 $220K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19137 median of $213K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19137 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19137Philadelphia
Median home value$220K$213K$223K
Owner-occupied36%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 27 reported crimes (13 violent) and 89 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
27
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
89
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults9
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Rape1

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint15
Abandoned Vehicle11
Street Defect11
Salting7
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection6
Street Trees6

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 · K-8
Bridesburg
2824 Jenks St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$250K$500K$220K2016: $161K2017: $161K2018: $161K2019: $172K2020: $186K2021: $186K2022: $186K2023: $247K2024: $247K2025: $221K2026: $221K2027: $220K2016202020232027

▲ +36% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$1,7232016: $1,9862017: $1,9862018: $1,9862019: $1,9482020: $2,0722021: $2,0722022: $2,0722023: $2,6172024: $2,6172025: $1,7272026: $1,7322027: $1,7232016202020232027

▼ -13% since 2016 · ~-1%/yr

1
1 property 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 $6,954 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,722pays now $3,077at the full rate

4217 E Thompson St is assessed at $220K but pays $1,722 a year — about 56% of the $3,077 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 136 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $136 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+36%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.6 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20082012201620202024
11arm's-length sales since 2006
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels5 parcels2 parcels
$37K$281K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
East Thompson4331 Llc22$276Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 11 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4204 E THOMPSON ST Traded 4×: $630K in 2006 → $441K in 2019 (-30%). Vacant $446K —/— 4
4217 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 800 1955 0 abatedtax lien
4219 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $217K 3/1 800 1955 1
4221 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $143K in 2011 → $164K in 2026 (+15%). Absentee individual $196K 3/1 800 1955 2
4227 E THOMPSON ST sold $110K (2006); Appeal withdrawn (2022). Vacant $37K —/— 1 tax lien
4231 E THOMPSON ST Investor / LLC $239K 4/1 1,649 1920 1 tax lien
4233 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $281K —/— 1,890 1920 0
4239 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $199K 4/1 1,628 1960 0
4243 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $199K 4/1 1,617 1960 1
4247 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $223K 4/1 1,624 1960 1
4251 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $223K 4/1 1,623 1960 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)

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.