Who owns your block
4500 block of E Thompson St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $50 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 68% since 2016, now about $229K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $229K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19137 median of $213K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19137 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19137 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $229K | $213K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 64% | 49% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 30 reported crimes (13 violent) and 149 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
- $229K typical home, up +68% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,594 to $1,979 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.5M assessed, $93,969/yr to the city, about $2,136 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +68% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +24% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% 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 $168 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 27 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 44 parcels
- Owner-occupied 33
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F And C Estates Llc | 1 | 1 | $178K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4500-02 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $288K | —/— | 2,884 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4501-05 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $286K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4504 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $233K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4506 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2004 → $127K in 2011 (+41%). | Owner-occupied | $227K | —/— | 1,440 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4507 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $122K in 2005 → $263K in 2024 (+115%). | Owner-occupied | $234K | —/— | 1,410 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4508 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $54K | —/— | 800 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4509 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $244K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 4510 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $185K in 2008 → $155K in 2014 (-16%). | Owner-occupied | $250K | —/— | 1,632 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4511 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $237K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4512 E THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4514 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | —/— | 1,050 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4515 E THOMPSON ST HistoryAppeal dismissed (2021). | Owner-occupied | $278K | 4/1 | 1,705 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4516 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | —/— | 1,050 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4517-21 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $228K | —/— | 2,176 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4518 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $85K in 2004 → $20K in 2009 (-76%). | Owner-occupied | $201K | —/— | 1,065 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 4520 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $201K | —/— | 1,065 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4522 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $200K | —/— | 1,065 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4523-25 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4524 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $39K in 2001 → $186K in 2015 (+377%). | Owner-occupied | $276K | 3/2 | 1,232 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4526 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $229K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4527 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $160K in 2012 → $235K in 2019 (+47%). | Owner-occupied | $306K | 3/1 | 1,485 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4528 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $211K | —/— | 1,120 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4529 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $248K | 3/2 | 1,648 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4530 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $196K | —/— | 1,050 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4531 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $294K | —/— | 1,472 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4532-36 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $335K | —/— | 2,080 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4533 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $85K in 2003 → $180K in 2012 (+112%). | Owner-occupied | $243K | 4/1 | 1,515 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4535 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $250K | 4/1 | 1,710 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4537 E THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $52K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4538 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $228K | —/— | 1,462 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4540 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $240K | 4/1 | 1,840 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4541 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $295K | 4/1 | 1,510 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4542 E THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4543 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $243K | 4/1 | 1,510 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4544 E THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2007 → $210K in 2017 (+163%). | Owner-occupied | $282K | 3/2 | 1,445 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4545 E THOMPSON ST ImprovedBought for $18K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $138K | —/— | 840 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4546 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $215K | —/— | 1,200 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4547-49 E THOMPSON ST HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2014). | Absentee individual | $269K | —/— | 3,760 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 4548 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $199K | —/— | 1,260 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4550 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $115K in 2004 → $140K in 2018 (+22%). | Owner-occupied | $225K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 4552 E THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $214K | —/— | 1,084 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4558 E THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $41K in 2004 → $75K in 2022 (+86%). | Investor / LLC | $178K | 3/1 | 952 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 4560 E THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $217K | 4/1 | 1,503 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4562 E THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)