Who owns your block
4500 block of Arendell Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $333K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $333K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19114 median of $326K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19114 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19114 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $333K | $326K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 66% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 11 reported crimes (3 violent) and 23 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
- $333K typical home, up +80% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,164 to $3,418 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.2M assessed, $53,972/yr to the city, about $3,598 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +80% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +58% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
4520 Arendell Ave is assessed at $355K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,962 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 +5.5% 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 $180 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aws Abdelaziz (individual) | 2 | 4 | $458K | phila.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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4500 ARENDELL AVE | Owner-occupied | $410K | —/— | 1,641 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 4501 ARENDELL AVE | Owner-occupied | $321K | —/— | 1,470 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 4503 ARENDELL AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $93K in 2012, zoning permit in 2019, sold for $295K in 2021 (+217%). | Owner-occupied | $344K | 2/1 | 1,200 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 4504 ARENDELL AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit, sold for $415K in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $558K | 4/2 | 2,080 | 2012 | 1 | |
| 4505-07 ARENDELL AVE TradedTraded 2×: $136K in 2002 → $224K in 2007 (+65%). | Owner-occupied | $329K | —/— | 1,209 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 4508 ARENDELL AVE | Owner-occupied | $327K | —/— | 1,313 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4509 ARENDELL AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $487K | —/— | 2,984 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 4510 ARENDELL AVE | Owner-occupied | $333K | —/— | 1,313 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4513 ARENDELL AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. | Absentee individual | $299K | —/— | 880 | 1961 | 0 | rented |
| 4517-19 ARENDELL AVE | Owner-occupied | $317K | —/— | 1,086 | 1955 | 0 | |
| 4520 ARENDELL AVE New constructionBought for $170K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $170K in 2001. | Absentee individual | $355K | —/— | 1,436 | 1950 | 3 | abated |
| 4521-23 ARENDELL AVE History2 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $78K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4525 ARENDELL AVE ImprovedBought for $250K in 2005. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $327K | —/— | 1,120 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 4530 ARENDELL AVE | Owner-occupied | $385K | —/— | 1,704 | 1955 | 0 | |
| 4531 ARENDELL AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $342K | —/— | 1,327 | 1960 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)