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Who owns your block

4200 block of Walnut St

An investor-heavy block: 56% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 7 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $813K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$813K
$479K–$4.7M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$187
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $66K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 25
$46K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
12%
3 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
32%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 12% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
12
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 24% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+28%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+87%
value · tax +$5K

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 $813K — about 3.7× the citywide median, and above 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$813K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied0%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 148 reported crimes (24 violent) and 178 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
148
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
178
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts79
Other Assaults13
Fraud11
Theft from Vehicle9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal41
Maintenance Complaint27
Illegal Dumping15
Information Request13
Street Defect13
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8

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
Penn Alexander
4209 Spruce St · 601 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$1.0M$2.0M$813K2016: $435K2017: $435K2018: $525K2019: $633K2020: $638K2021: $638K2022: $638K2023: $840K2024: $840K2025: $798K2026: $798K2027: $813K2016202020232027

▲ +87% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$11,1492016: $6,0952017: $6,0952018: $7,3532019: $7,5732020: $7,6992021: $7,6992022: $7,6992023: $10,0792024: $10,0792025: $10,0792026: $10,0792027: $11,1492016202020232027

▲ +83% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 $46,035 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 $46,035at the full rate

4228-48 Walnut St is assessed at $3.3M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $46,035 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 +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 187 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+87%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 15 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20002004200820122016
15arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 12Absentee individual: 10 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 12
  • Absentee individual 10

Value distribution today

11 parcels7 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$479K$2.3M+

The block's largest owner, Campus Realty Properties, carries 4 open violations across 32 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Campus Realty Properties232$21Mphila.gov ↗
Dpl Properties Lp28$4.8Mphila.gov ↗
Off Penn Properties Llc24$2.9Mphila.gov ↗
Campus Realty Properties-23$3.9Mphila.gov ↗
42nd & Walnut Street Corp12$10Mphila.gov ↗
7-Ellen Inc11$556Kphila.gov ↗
Kaloti Brothers Llc11$4.7Mphila.gov ↗
Dlp Properties Lp11$948Kphila.gov ↗
Dpl Properties L P11$711Kphila.gov ↗
Whc Property Management L11$643Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 25 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4200 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $1.9M 3,900 1890 1 rented
4201 WALNUT ST Traded 2×: $132K in 1999 → $132K in 1999 (+0%). Owner-occupied $556K 1 1960 2
4201A WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Absentee individual $493K 2,184 1960 0
4202 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $744K 3,900 1927 0
4203 WALNUT ST Appeal granted with conditions (2010). Owner-occupied $4.7M 35,940 2008 0
4204 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $856K 3,900 1900 1 rented
4205-07 WALNUT ST Appeal city affirmed (2008). Owner-occupied $2.2M 28,842 1900 0
4206 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $813K 3,900 1900 1 rented
4208 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $967K 3,900 1890 1 rented
4210 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $948K 3,900 1890 1 1 viol
4212 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $703K 3,750 1927 0 rented
4214 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $916K 3,900 1890 1 rented
4216 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $797K 3,900 1890 1 rented
4218 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $703K 4,095 1927 1 rented
4220 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $705K 4,095 1927 0
4222 WALNUT ST Traded 2×: $150K in 2000 → $510K in 2007 (+240%). Investor / LLC $479K 3,900 1890 2
4224 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $711K 3,900 1890 1
4226 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $654K 3,510 1890 1
4228-48 WALNUT ST built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $3.3M 13,690 1970 0 abated
4231 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $1.2M 6,390 1890 0
4233 WALNUT ST Appeal granted with conditions (2010). Absentee individual $639K 3,852 1890 0
4235 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $643K 4,950 1927 1
4237-45 WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $2.3M 7,800 1900 0 2 viol
4249 WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Absentee individual $967K 5,370 1920 0
4251 WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $1.7M 10,998 1927 0 4 viol

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

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