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Who owns your block

4500 block of N 9th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 150% since 2016, now about $173K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$173K
$152K–$190K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$96
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1930
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
75%
3 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
50%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax −$488
5 years
+154%
value · tax +$696
10 years
+150%
value · tax +$380

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $173K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$173K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied75%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 91 reported crimes (17 violent) and 177 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
91
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
177
55 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses37
Thefts12
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Other Assaults8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle34
Street Light Outage27
Illegal Dumping19
Maintenance Complaint19
Traffic Signal Emergency14
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10

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 · K-5
Cayuga
4344 N 5th St · 250 students
Middle · 6-8
Roberto Clemente
122 W Erie Ave · 279 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$100K$200K$173K2016: $69K2017: $69K2018: $69K2019: $89K2020: $68K2021: $68K2022: $68K2023: $142K2024: $142K2025: $160K2026: $160K2027: $173K2016202020232027

▲ +150% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1792016: $7992017: $7992018: $7992019: $9812020: $7502021: $4832022: $4832023: $1,1632024: $1,1632025: $1,6672026: $1,6672027: $1,1792016202020232027

▲ +48% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 250 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $250 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+150%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.2 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2008201220162020
6arm's-length sales since 2005
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 1 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$152K$179K+

The block's largest owner, Bell Saharajoly Llc, carries 1 open violation across 3 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bell Saharajoly Llc13$579Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 4 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4501 N 9TH ST Bought for $90K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $190K 4/1 2,100 1930 1
4503 N 9TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $152K 4/1 1,740 1930 0 tax lien
4505 N 9TH ST Bought for $65K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $179K 4/2 1,740 1930 3 rentedtax lien
4507 N 9TH ST Bought for $52K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $168K —/— 1,740 1930 2 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.