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.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $190K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 46% | 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.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $190K typical home, up +70% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,248 to $1,755 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.6M assessed, $36,616/yr to the city, about $1,664 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +70% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +41% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4400 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $50K in 2002 → $95K in 2007 (+90%). | Owner-occupied | $134K | —/— | 1,410 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 4402 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 2×: $128K in 2018 → $180K in 2022 (+41%). | Absentee individual | $218K | 3/1 | 1,176 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 4412 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 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 New constructionbuilt 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 TradedTraded 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
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)