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Who owns your block

4200 block of Wallace St

A mixed-ownership block: 39% owner-occupied, 18% investor-held, with 8 homes behind $36,305 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 171% since 2016, now about $126K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$126K
$36K–$254K
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$136
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$165K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $126K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 33
$18K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
39%
13 of 33
city 41%
Rentals
21%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$36K
8 of 33 behind
▲ block 24% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
0%
value · tax −$161
5 years
+69%
value · tax +$97
10 years
+171%
value · tax +$404

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 $126K — about 0.6× 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 blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$126K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied18%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 103 reported crimes (35 violent) and 255 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
103
35 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
255
34 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults24
All Other Offenses16
Thefts16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection64
Maintenance Complaint52
Illegal Dumping28
Abandoned Vehicle17
Street Defect15
Construction Complaints13

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
Alain Locke
4550 Haverford Ave · 276 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$100K$200K$126K2016: $46K2017: $46K2018: $46K2019: $72K2020: $74K2021: $74K2022: $74K2023: $111K2024: $111K2025: $126K2026: $126K2027: $126K2016202020232027

▲ +171% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0162016: $5962017: $6122018: $6122019: $8852020: $7302021: $7302022: $9192023: $8782024: $9302025: $1,1772026: $1,1772027: $1,0162016202020232027

▲ +70% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

6
6 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 $17,811 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 $3,134at the full rate

4238-40 Wallace St is assessed at $224K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,134 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 +9.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 271 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $271 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+171%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
23arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 33 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 7 33parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

6 parcels2 parcels7 parcels5 parcels5 parcels3 parcels5 parcels
$36K$199K+

The block's largest owner, Cus Construction Inc, carries 4 open violations across 7 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Cus Construction Inc17$280Kphila.gov ↗
Corner Stone Investment Management Group14$970Kphila.gov ↗
Nsw Investments Llc12$241Kphila.gov ↗
Biors Llc11$199Kphila.gov ↗
Kashmir Investments Llc11$72Kphila.gov ↗
Victory Baptist Church, Inc.11$224Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 33 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 WALLACE ST Appeal filed (2007). Owner-occupied $254K —/— 1,535 1925 0 tax lien
4201 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $158K —/— 1,012 1925 1 rented
4202 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $90K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 tax lien
4203 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 754 1925 0 rented
4204 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 rented
4205 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $69K —/— 754 1925 0
4206 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $187K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 rentedabatedtax lien
4207 WALLACE ST Bought for $31K in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $200K in 2021. Absentee individual $189K 2/1 921 1925 3 abated
4208 WALLACE ST Traded 2×: $14K in 2018 → $68K in 2019 (+376%). Vacant $41K —/— 2
4209 WALLACE ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $115K in 2024. Owner-occupied $105K 2/1 865 1925 1 abated
4210 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,010 1925 1
4211 WALLACE ST Vacant $36K —/— 0
4212 WALLACE ST Bought for $15K in 2015, built new (tax-abated), sold for $225K in 2025. Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,010 1925 4 abated
4213 WALLACE ST Vacant $37K —/— 0
4214 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $128K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 rented
4215 WALLACE ST Vacant $36K —/— 0
4216 WALLACE ST Vacant $42K —/— 1
4217 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 756 1925 0 rented
4218 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 tax lien
4219 WALLACE ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2012 → $165K in 2025 (+94%). Owner-occupied $140K 2/1 756 1925 2 rented
4220 WALLACE ST Investor / LLC $164K 3/1 1,040 1925 1
4221 WALLACE ST Investor / LLC $101K 3/1 756 1925 1
4222 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $125K —/— 1,000 1925 0
4223 WALLACE ST Bought for $10K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $9K in 2011. Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 756 1925 2 abated
4224 WALLACE ST Vacant $41K —/— 0
4225 WALLACE ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2022 → $240K in 2024 (+100%). Investor / LLC $199K 3/1 1,036 1925 2
4228 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,038 1925 1 tax lien
4230 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $137K 3/1 968 1925 0
4232 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $137K 3/1 968 1925 0
4234 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $137K 3/1 968 1925 0
4236 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 800 1925 1
4238-40 WALLACE ST Investor / LLC $224K —/— 4,229 1920 0 abated
4239 WALLACE ST Vacant $95K —/— 0 tax lien

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.