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Who owns your block

4200 block of Tyson Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 72% since 2016, now about $287K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.

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
$287K
$265K–$322K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$161
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
71%
17 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
25%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$66
5 years
+52%
value · tax +$804
10 years
+72%
value · tax +$942

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 $287K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19135Philadelphia
Median home value$287K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied54%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 64 reported crimes (23 violent) and 101 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
64
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
101
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft14
Other Assaults11
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
Theft from Vehicle5

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle22
Sanitation Violation20
Street Defect13
Maintenance Complaint12
License Complaint6
Shoveling5

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
Hamilton Disston
6801 Cottage St · 686 students
High · 9-12
Abraham Lincoln
3201 Ryan Ave · 2332 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$287K2016: $167K2017: $167K2018: $167K2019: $182K2020: $189K2021: $189K2022: $189K2023: $254K2024: $254K2025: $289K2026: $289K2027: $287K2016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9722016: $2,0302017: $2,0302018: $2,0332019: $2,1252020: $2,1682021: $2,1662022: $2,1682023: $2,5812024: $2,5812025: $2,7372026: $2,9062027: $2,9722016202020232027

▲ +46% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 172 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $172 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+72%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
26arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Absentee individual: 7 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels2 parcels5 parcels1 parcels1 parcels10 parcels
$265K$303K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 24 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
4200 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $284K 3/1 1,750 1950 1 rented
4201 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $303K 4/1 2,088 1950 1 1 viol
4202 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $269K 4/1 1,750 1950 1
4203 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $303K 4/1 2,088 1950 0
4205 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $303K 4/1 2,088 1950 0
4206 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $295K 4/1 1,750 1950 1
4207 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $298K 4/1 2,088 1950 1
4208 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $265K 4/2 1,750 1950 1 rented
4209 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $298K 4/1 2,088 1950 1
4210 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $285K 4/1 1,750 1950 1
4211 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $298K 4/1 2,088 1950 1
4212 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $285K 3/1 1,750 1950 1
4213 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $277K 4/2 1,400 1950 1
4214-16 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $299K 4/1 1,750 1950 0
4215 TYSON AVE Traded 4×: $145K in 2004 → $260K in 2021 (+79%). Owner-occupied $274K 4/2 1,400 1950 4 rented
4217 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $285K 4/1 1,800 1950 0
4218 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $274K 4/1 1,750 1950 1
4219 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $289K 4/1 1,800 1950 1
4220 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $200K in 2019 → $235K in 2023 (+17%). Absentee individual $270K 3/1 1,750 1950 2 rented
4222 TYSON AVE Traded 3×: $94K in 2008 → $276K in 2021 (+194%). Owner-occupied $322K 3/2 1,750 1950 3
4223 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $300K —/— 1,816 1950 1 rented
4224 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $278K 4/1 1,750 1950 1
4225 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $299K 4/2 1,816 1950 1 rented
4226 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $283K 3/1 1,750 1950 1

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.