Who owns your block

4500 block of Brown St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $18,081 on taxes.

Owner-occupied
Investor / LLC
Absentee
Vacant
Has violations

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

$127K

$61K–$230K

Recent sale

$270K

1 sold in 2yr

assessed $127K

Median built

1966

year built

city 1925

Owner-occupied

69%

8 of 13

Open violations

none on record

▼ block 0% · city 5%

Back taxes

$18K

2 of 13 behind

▲ block 15% · city 9%

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle · K-8

Martha Washington

1198 S 5th St · 370 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied 8
Investor / LLC 1
Absentee individual 3
Vacant 1

Value distribution today

$61K$227K+

Owner	On block	Owns citywide	Portfolio value	Source
Ballard Properties	1	4	$370K	phila.gov ↗

House by house

All 13 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).

Address	Ownership	Value & trend	Sq ft	Built
4501 BROWN ST	Owner-occupied	$230K	—	2007
4503 BROWN ST	Owner-occupied	$216K	—	2007
4505 BROWN ST	Owner-occupied	$198K	—	2007
4507 BROWN ST	Absentee individual	$216K	—	2006
4509 1/2 BROWN ST	Absentee individual	$227K	—	2006
4509 BROWN ST	Owner-occupied	$216K	—	2007
4511 BROWN ST	Vacant	$61K	—	—
4513 BROWN ST	Owner-occupied	$100K	—	1925
4515 BROWN ST	Investor / LLC	$107K	—	1925
4517 BROWN ST	Owner-occupied	$100K	—	1925
4519 BROWN ST	Owner-occupied	$100K	—	1925
4521 BROWN ST	Owner-occupied	$127K	—	1925
4523 BROWN ST	Absentee individual	$75K	—	1925

Neighborhood

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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, Dept. of Revenue tax balances, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

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Generated 2026-07-07 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)