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Who owns your block

4200 block of N Sydenham St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 8 homes behind $40,973 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 113% since 2016, now about $92K. 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
$92K
$8K–$150K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$82
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$112K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $92K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
12 of 37
$14K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
65%
24 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
11%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$41K
8 of 37 behind
▲ block 22% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+11%
value · tax +$215
5 years
+104%
value · tax +$715
10 years
+113%
value · tax +$687

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 $92K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$92K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied32%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 147 reported crimes (73 violent) and 320 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
147
73 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
320
63 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults36
Motor Vehicle Theft17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm11
Thefts10
Burglary Residential9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint59
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection54
Illegal Dumping52
Street Defect30
Abandoned Vehicle28
Sanitation Violation15

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
Edward Steel
4301 Wayne Ave · 331 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$50K$100K$92K2016: $43K2017: $43K2018: $43K2019: $40K2020: $45K2021: $45K2022: $45K2023: $66K2024: $66K2025: $83K2026: $83K2027: $92K2016202020232027

▲ +113% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2892016: $6022017: $6022018: $6022019: $5542020: $5742021: $5742022: $5742023: $8652024: $8662025: $1,0742026: $1,0742027: $1,2892016202020232027

▲ +114% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

12
12 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 $14,414 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%
$0pays now $1,293at the full rate

4239 N Sydenham St is assessed at $92K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,293 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 +7.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9210025020162019202220252027This block 213 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $213 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+113%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.6 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 30 arm's-length sales since 1996. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K19982004201020162022
30arm's-length sales since 1996
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 24Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 11 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 24
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 11

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels14 parcels18 parcels4 parcels
$8K$121K+

The block's largest owner, Jsb Property Group Llc, carries 7 open violations across 17 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jsb Property Group Llc117$2.1Mphila.gov ↗
Vel Homes Holding Llc110$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Horneburger Llc13$424Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 37 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4209-11 N SYDENHAM ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2007. Owner-occupied $83K 3/1 1,094 1950 1 abated
4213 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $94K 3/1 1,152 1950 0 2 violtax lien
4215 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2008 → $26K in 2009 (+30%). Investor / LLC $94K 3/1 1,152 1950 2
4217 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $13K in 2005 → $17K in 2008 (+31%). Absentee individual $8K —/— 612 1950 2
4225 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $93K 3/1 1,132 1950 1
4226 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $15K in 2017 → $70K in 2018 (+367%). Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,222 1950 2 rented
4227 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,122 1950 0 abatedtax lien
4228 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 920 1950 0 abatedtax lien
4229 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2006 → $65K in 2010 (+225%). Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,122 1950 2
4230 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 920 1950 0
4231 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 4×: $15K in 2007 → $171K in 2022 (+1037%). Owner-occupied $121K 3/1 1,122 1950 4
4232 N SYDENHAM ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $13K in 1996. Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 920 1950 1 abatedtax lien
4233 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 3×: $29K in 2016 → $55K in 2021 (+90%). Absentee individual $121K 3/1 1,122 1950 3 rented
4234 N SYDENHAM ST Bought for $22K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $61K in 2022. Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 920 1950 2 abated
4235 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $92K 3/1 1,122 1950 1 tax lien
4236 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 920 1950 1 tax lien
4237 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,118 1950 0
4238 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 920 1950 0 abatedtax lien
4239 N SYDENHAM ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $25K in 2003. Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,126 1950 1 abated
4240 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 926 1950 0 abatedtax lien
4241 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,126 1950 0
4242 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 926 1950 0 abated2 violtax lien
4243 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $92K 3/1 1,126 1950 1
4244 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 926 1950 0 tax lien
4245 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $92K 3/1 1,126 1950 0 tax lien
4246 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 926 1950 0 abated
4247 N SYDENHAM ST Investor / LLC $92K 3/1 1,122 1950 1 tax lien
4248 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2008 → $60K in 2021 (+20%). Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 926 1950 2
4249 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,126 1950 0
4250 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $84K 3/1 926 1950 1
4251 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,122 1950 0 abated
4252 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $84K 3/1 926 1950 0 tax lien
4253 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $92K 3/1 1,122 1950 1 rented
4254 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 926 1950 0 abated
4255 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $93K 3/1 1,130 1950 0 tax lien
4256 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $101K 3/1 1,344 1950 0 tax lien
4257 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $95K 3/1 1,184 1950 1 rented

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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