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Who owns your block

4300 block of Walnut St

A mixed-ownership block: 13% owner-occupied, 7% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 75% since 2016, now about $699K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$699K
$312K–$4.8M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$180
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $67K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
13%
2 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
73%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$378
5 years
+51%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+75%
value · tax +$4K

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 $699K — about 3.1× 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$699K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied0%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 99 reported crimes (21 violent) and 237 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
99
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
237
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts38
Other Assaults12
Fraud9
Theft from Vehicle9
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint55
Graffiti Removal45
Illegal Dumping17
Information Request17
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Shoveling10

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$500K$1.0M$699K2016: $400K2017: $400K2018: $400K2019: $447K2020: $464K2021: $464K2022: $464K2023: $507K2024: $507K2025: $672K2026: $672K2027: $699K2016202020232027

▲ +75% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$9,7862016: $5,5962017: $5,5962018: $5,5962019: $6,2502020: $6,4942021: $6,4942022: $6,4942023: $7,0902024: $7,0902025: $9,4082026: $9,4082027: $9,7862016202020232027

▲ +75% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 175 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $175 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+75%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20042008201220162020
6arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 12 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 12

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels6 parcels4 parcels2 parcels
$312K$867K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Efbee Associates11$4.8Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 15 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4300R WALNUT ST Absentee individual $312K —/— 1,731 1960 0 tax lien
4300 WALNUT ST Traded 2×: $250K in 2002 → $280K in 2008 (+12%). Owner-occupied $682K —/— 2,046 1960 2
4301 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $4.8M —/— 26,480 1950 0 tax lien
4302 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $673K —/— 3,060 1915 1 rented
4304 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $867K 4/4 3,060 1915 1 rented
4306 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $702K —/— 3,060 1915 1 rented
4308 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $751K 6/2 2,430 1915 0 rented
4310 WALNUT ST Bought for $440K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Absentee individual $495K —/— 2,830 1915 1
4312 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $743K —/— 4,968 1890 0 rented
4314 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $699K —/— 4,320 1890 0 rented
4316 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $676K —/— 4,320 1890 0 rented
4318 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $659K —/— 4,320 1890 0 rented
4320 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $752K —/— 4,143 1915 0 rented
4322 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $752K —/— 4,143 1915 0 rented
4324 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $626K —/— 4,320 1890 0 rented

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.