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Who owns your block

4400 block of Van Kirk St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 73% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 70% since 2016, now about $190K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$190K
$134K–$444K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$157
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$207K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $190K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 22
$28K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
73%
16 of 22
city 41%
Rentals
14%
3 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
+11%
value · tax −$35
5 years
+86%
value · tax +$459
10 years
+70%
value · tax +$474

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 $190K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below 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$190K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied46%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 54 reported crimes (18 violent) and 69 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
54
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
69
9 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults11
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Theft from Vehicle7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Fraud5
Thefts5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Maintenance Complaint9
Abandoned Vehicle8
Street Defect6
Smoke Detector5
Information Request3

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 · K-5
James J Sullivan
5300 Ditman St · 378 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$125K$250K$190K2016: $111K2017: $111K2018: $103K2019: $98K2020: $102K2021: $102K2022: $102K2023: $148K2024: $148K2025: $171K2026: $171K2027: $190K2016202020232027

▲ +70% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,7552016: $1,2482017: $1,2812018: $1,2722019: $1,2632020: $1,2962021: $1,2962022: $1,2962023: $1,5082024: $1,5082025: $1,7902026: $1,7902027: $1,7552016202020232027

▲ +41% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

3
3 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 $27,674 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 $6,215at the full rate

4414-16 Van Kirk St is assessed at $444K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $6,215 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% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8810025020162019202220252027This block 170 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $170 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+70%
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 21 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
21arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 22 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 1 22parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels9 parcels0 parcels4 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$134K$251K+

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

House by house

All 22 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
4400 VAN KIRK ST Traded 4×: $50K in 2002 → $95K in 2007 (+90%). Owner-occupied $134K —/— 1,410 1920 4
4402 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $110K in 2007 → $112K in 2011 (+2%). Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,190 1920 3
4404 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $169K 3/1 1,176 1920 1 rented
4406 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,176 1920 0
4407 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $204K —/— 810 1920 0 tax lien
4408 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,176 1920 1
4409-11 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $251K 3/2 1,392 1920 1
4410 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $128K in 2018 → $180K in 2022 (+41%). Absentee individual $218K 3/1 1,176 1920 2 rented
4412 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $108K in 2005 → $265K in 2025 (+147%). Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,176 1920 3
4413 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,200 1925 0 abated
4414-16 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $444K —/— 5,450 1922 0 abated
4415 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $238K 4/1 1,650 1925 1
4417 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $217K —/— 1,340 1925 0
4419 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $220K —/— 1,140 1925 0
4420 VAN KIRK ST Vacant $160K —/— 0
4422-24 VAN KIRK ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $90K in 2005. Owner-occupied $267K —/— 1,487 1920 1 abated
4426-28 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $236K —/— 1,050 1920 1
4430 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,120 1920 0
4432 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $52K in 2003 → $5K in 2011 (-90%). Absentee individual $175K 3/1 1,120 1920 2
4434 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,120 1920 0
4436 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,120 1920 1
4438 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $175K 3/1 1,120 1920 0 rented

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

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.