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Who owns your block

4500 block of N Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 84% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 4 homes behind $46,207 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 139% since 2016, now about $126K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$126K
$17K–$198K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$94
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$170K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $126K
Tax / yr
$759
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 64
$52K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
84%
54 of 64
city 41%
Rentals
11%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$46K
4 of 64 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$373
5 years
+148%
value · tax +$384
10 years
+139%
value · tax +$187

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 $126K — about 0.6× 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$126K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied58%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 143 reported crimes (67 violent) and 325 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
143
67 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
325
70 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults35
Aggravated Assault No Firearm18
Thefts18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Fraud13
Motor Vehicle Theft13

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint74
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection67
Sanitation Violation67
Abandoned Vehicle18
Illegal Dumping16
Other (Streets)13

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
Edward Steel
4301 Wayne Ave · 331 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$126K2016: $53K2017: $53K2018: $53K2019: $52K2020: $51K2021: $51K2022: $51K2023: $76K2024: $76K2025: $117K2026: $117K2027: $126K2016202020232027

▲ +139% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6162016: $3252017: $4292018: $3252019: $1812020: $972021: $972022: $2322023: $3342024: $2932025: $3012026: $2432027: $6162016202020232027

▲ +90% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

2
2 properties 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 $51,793 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%
$305pays now $1,705at the full rate

4539 N Smedley St is assessed at $122K but pays $305 a year — about 18% of the $1,705 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 +8.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 239 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $239 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+139%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.7 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 52 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 34 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K19952002200920162023
52arm's-length sales since 1995
0times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
34homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 64 parcels

Owner-occupied: 54Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 64parcels
  • Owner-occupied 54
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels52 parcels9 parcels
$17K$156K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Blue Print Homes Llc123$3.6Mphila.gov ↗
Cmoney Real Estate Company Llc117$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Gyi Properties Llc14$619Kphila.gov ↗
Front Step Inc12$848Kphila.gov ↗
Daryser Llc12$266Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 64 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

Worth a look

New construction
4539 N Smedley St
$122K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2006.
Frequently traded
4526 N Smedley St
$154K · Traded 6×: $26K in 1995 → $160K in 2020 (+515%).
Frequently traded
4544 N Smedley St
$154K · Traded 3×: $19K in 2003 → $166K in 2023 (+774%).
Frequently traded
4554 N Smedley St
$154K · Traded 3×: $84K in 2016 → $106K in 2019 (+25%).
Frequently traded
4519 N Smedley St
$126K · Traded 3×: $10K in 2000 → $60K in 2005 (+531%).
Frequently traded
4530 N Smedley St
$126K · Traded 3×: $10K in 2003 → $20K in 2013 (+95%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4500 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,478 1940 0 tax lien
4501 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,828 1940 0 abated
4502 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4503 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $71K in 2022 → $80K in 2023 (+13%). Owner-occupied $127K 3/1 1,326 1940 2 rented2 viol
4504 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0 tax lien
4505 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2011 → $736 in 2012 (-97%). Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,338 1940 2
4506 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1
4507 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4508 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4509 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0 tax lien
4510 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $35K in 2010 → $25K in 2013 (-29%). Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 2
4511 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0 tax lien
4512 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1
4513 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4514 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1
4515 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0 tax lien
4516 N SMEDLEY ST Historysold $27K (2007); Appeal complete (2023). Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1 tax lien
4517 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4518 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4519 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $10K in 2000 → $60K in 2005 (+531%). Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 3
4520 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $48K in 2017 → $133K in 2022 (+176%). Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 2 tax lien
4521 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4522 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $21K in 2016 → $107K in 2022 (+410%). Owner-occupied $126K 3/2 1,338 1940 2
4523 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1 rented
4524 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4525 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4526 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $26K in 1995 → $160K in 2020 (+515%). Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,338 1940 6
4527 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4528 N SMEDLEY ST Historysold $38K (2019); Appeal complete (2024). Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1
4529 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $171K 3/2 1,338 1940 1
4530 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $10K in 2003 → $20K in 2013 (+95%). Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 3
4531 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4532 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1 rented
4533 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4534 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1 rented
4535 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4536 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0 tax lien
4537 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0 tax lien
4538 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,340 1940 0 tax lien
4539 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2006. Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 1,338 1925 1 abated
4540 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $43K in 2002 → $34K in 2007 (-21%). Absentee individual $82K 3/1 1,338 1940 2 rented
4541 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $17K —/— — — 0
4542 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,338 1940 1
4543 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4544 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $19K in 2003 → $166K in 2023 (+774%). Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,338 1940 3
4545 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1
4546 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4547 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 1
4548 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2002 → $70K in 2025 (+137%). Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 2 rented
4549 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4550 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4551 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $35K in 2018 → $152K in 2019 (+334%). Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,338 1940 2
4552 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0 3 viol
4553 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4554 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $84K in 2016 → $106K in 2019 (+25%). Investor / LLC $154K 3/1 1,338 1940 3 rented
4555 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4556 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0
4557 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,326 1940 1 tax lien
4558 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,338 1940 0 tax lien
4559 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $127K 3/1 1,326 1940 0
4560 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,338 1940 1
4561 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,326 1940 1
4562 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $43K in 2021 → $210K in 2023 (+388%). Investor / LLC $198K 3/2 1,478 1940 2 tax lien
4563 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,478 1940 0

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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