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Who owns your block

4500 block of St Davids St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 7% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 58% since 2016, now about $291K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$291K
$196K–$351K
ZIP median $346K
Price / sq ft
$253
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$247K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $291K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1900
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
5 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
27%
4 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
+9%
value · tax +$351
5 years
+48%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+58%
value · tax +$1K

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 $291K — about 1.3× 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 blockZIP 19127Philadelphia
Median home value$291K$346K$223K
Owner-occupied33%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 31 reported crimes (9 violent) and 280 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
31
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
280
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Thefts6
Theft from Vehicle4
Motor Vehicle Theft2
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Salting59
Street Defect47
Maintenance Complaint32
Information Request22
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection21
Sanitation Violation15

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
James Dobson
4667 Umbria St · 253 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$250K$500K$291K2016: $185K2017: $185K2018: $185K2019: $194K2020: $198K2021: $198K2022: $198K2023: $225K2024: $225K2025: $268K2026: $268K2027: $291K2016202020232027

▲ +58% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,8282016: $2,5082017: $2,5082018: $2,5082019: $2,6302020: $2,6762021: $2,6762022: $2,6762023: $2,8892024: $2,8892025: $3,4772026: $3,4772027: $3,8282016202020232027

▲ +53% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 158 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $158 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+58%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.3 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2017. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2018202020222024
5arm's-length sales since 2017
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 9 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 9

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels3 parcels4 parcels3 parcels
$196K$336K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Velse Llc15$1.7Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 15 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4511 SAINT DAVIDS ST Absentee individual $274K 2/1 960 1900 0
4513 SAINT DAVIDS ST Investor / LLC $196K 2/1 960 1900 1 rented
4515 SAINT DAVIDS ST Absentee individual $274K 2/1 960 1900 1
4517 SAINT DAVIDS ST Absentee individual $274K 2/1 960 1900 1
4519 SAINT DAVIDS ST Owner-occupied $274K 2/1 960 1900 0
4521 SAINT DAVIDS ST Absentee individual $328K 2/1 960 1900 0
4523 SAINT DAVIDS ST Absentee individual $336K 3/1 1,330 1900 0 rented
4525 SAINT DAVIDS ST Absentee individual $278K 3/1 1,120 1900 0
4527 SAINT DAVIDS ST Absentee individual $298K 4/1 1,120 1900 0
4529 SAINT DAVIDS ST Owner-occupied $307K 2/1 1,095 1900 1
4531 SAINT DAVIDS ST Absentee individual $277K 3/— 1,104 1900 0 rented
4533 SAINT DAVIDS ST Owner-occupied $291K 2/1 1,233 1900 1
4535 SAINT DAVIDS ST Owner-occupied $351K 3/2 1,530 1900 0
4537 SAINT DAVIDS ST Absentee individual $304K 4/1 1,384 1900 0 rented
4539 SAINT DAVIDS ST Owner-occupied $304K 4/— 1,384 1900 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.