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Who owns your block

4400 block of Walnut St

An investor-heavy block: 90% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 32 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 136% since 2016, now about $2.2M. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$2.2M
$1.1M–$5.9M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$176
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
10.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$63M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $2.2M
Tax / yr
$31K
typical · up to $83K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 10
$55K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
10%
1 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
50%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
32
L&I code
▲ block 40% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$732
5 years
+35%
value · tax +$8K
10 years
+136%
value · tax +$18K

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 $2.2M — about 10.0× 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$2.2M$211K$223K
Owner-occupied0%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 98 reported crimes (30 violent) and 304 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
98
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
304
56 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts28
Other Assaults21
Theft from Vehicle9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal55
Maintenance Complaint50
Illegal Dumping40
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
Street Defect18
Information Request14

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$2.5M$5.0M$2.2M2016: $941K2017: $941K2018: $1.6M2019: $1.6M2020: $1.6M2021: $1.6M2022: $1.6M2023: $2.2M2024: $2.2M2025: $2.2M2026: $2.2M2027: $2.2M2016202020232027

▲ +136% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$30,9402016: $12,9332017: $12,9332018: $22,1172019: $22,7802020: $23,0072021: $23,0072022: $23,0072023: $29,9432024: $29,9432025: $30,2082026: $30,2082027: $30,9402016202020232027

▲ +139% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 $54,816 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 $54,816at the full rate

4431-39 Walnut St is assessed at $3.9M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $54,816 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 +8.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 236 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $236 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+136%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.6 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$10M$20M20042008201220162020
9arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 9 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 9

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$1.1M$3.9M+

The block's largest owner, Walnut 44 Llc, carries 32 open violations across 6 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Walnut 44 Llc66$16Mphila.gov ↗
West Philadelphia Housing Group Llc16$21Mphila.gov ↗
4413-17 Walnut Sr Llc11$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Mashari Holding Inc11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 10 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4400-02 WALNUT ST Bought for $1.2M in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $1.2M 12,240 1910 1 rented1 viol
4401-11 WALNUT ST Traded 3×: $1.1M in 2003 → $1.1M in 2003 (+0%). Investor / LLC $5.9M 33,434 1935 3 25 viol
4404-06 WALNUT ST Bought for $7.0M in 2015. Investor / LLC $2.2M 12,240 1915 1 rented4 viol
4408-10 WALNUT ST Traded 2×: $7.0M in 2015 → $13M in 2021 (+79%). Investor / LLC $2.2M 12,240 1915 2 rented
4412-14 WALNUT ST Bought for $7.0M in 2015. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $2.2M 13,500 1915 1 2 viol
4413-17 WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $1.5M 11,205 1920 0 rented
4416-18 WALNUT ST Bought for $7.0M in 2015. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $2.3M 12,690 1920 1
4419-29 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $3.4M 22,764 1930 0 rented
4420-22 WALNUT ST Appeal granted (2010); Appeal granted (2012). Investor / LLC $1.1M 6,960 1920 0
4431-39 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $3.9M 16,300 1950 0 abated

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.