Who owns your block
4500 block of Smick St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 76% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $374 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $310K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $310K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19127 median of $346K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19127 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19127 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $310K | $346K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 52% | 28% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 34 reported crimes (9 violent) and 290 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
- $310K typical home, up +71% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,378 to $4,002 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.7M assessed, $110,950/yr to the city, about $3,826 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +71% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +68% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
4528 Smick St is assessed at $310K but pays $2,142 a year — about 49% of the $4,332 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% 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 $171 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 56 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 22
- Absentee individual 7
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4501 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $557K | 3/— | 2,565 | 2014 | 1 | |
| 4503 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $556K | 3/2 | 2,565 | 2014 | 1 | |
| 4503 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $556K | 3/2 | 2,565 | 2014 | 1 | |
| 4505 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $136K in 2005 → $261K in 2017 (+92%). | Owner-occupied | $388K | 3/2 | 1,596 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 4507 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $105K in 2016 → $345K in 2022 (+229%). | Owner-occupied | $328K | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 4508 SMICK ST | Absentee individual | $318K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 4509 SMICK ST | Absentee individual | $293K | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 4510 SMICK ST | Absentee individual | $286K | 3/1 | 896 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 4511 SMICK ST | Absentee individual | $287K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 4512 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $316K | 3/1 | 1,208 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 4513 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $115K in 2003 → $270K in 2022 (+135%). | Owner-occupied | $336K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 4514 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $105K in 2003 → $240K in 2022 (+129%). | Owner-occupied | $295K | 3/1 | 1,208 | 1920 | 5 | |
| 4515 SMICK ST TradedTraded 2×: $83K in 2001 → $210K in 2006 (+154%). | Owner-occupied | $300K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 4516 SMICK ST | Absentee individual | $295K | 3/1 | 1,208 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 4517 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $80K in 2013 → $234K in 2014 (+193%). | Owner-occupied | $344K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 4518 SMICK ST | Absentee individual | $268K | 3/1 | 896 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 4519 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $125K in 2003 → $196K in 2008 (+57%). | Owner-occupied | $307K | 2/1 | 1,140 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 4520 SMICK ST TradedTraded 2×: $147K in 2005 → $262K in 2022 (+79%). | Owner-occupied | $286K | 2/1 | 896 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 4521 SMICK ST TradedTraded 2×: $157K in 2004 → $158K in 2016 (+1%). | Owner-occupied | $273K | 2/1 | 952 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 4522 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $158K in 2004 → $170K in 2016 (+8%). | Absentee individual | $286K | 2/1 | 896 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 4523 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $128K in 2003 → $265K in 2019 (+108%). | Owner-occupied | $287K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 4524 SMICK ST TradedTraded 2×: $150K in 2003 → $211K in 2012 (+40%). | Owner-occupied | $362K | 2/1 | 1,280 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 4525 SMICK ST New constructionBought for $185K in 2023, built new (tax-abated), sold for $440K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $307K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 4526 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $310K | 2/1 | 1,416 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 4527 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $125K in 2002 → $270K in 2020 (+116%). | Owner-occupied | $330K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 4528 SMICK ST New constructionBought for $180K in 2024, built new (tax-abated), sold for $415K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $310K | 2/1 | 1,416 | 1915 | 2 | abated |
| 4529 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $173K in 2004 → $249K in 2019 (+44%). | Owner-occupied | $329K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 4530 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $310K | 2/1 | 1,416 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 4531 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $65K in 2012 → $272K in 2020 (+318%). | Owner-occupied | $332K | 2/1 | 1,064 | 1920 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)