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Who owns your block

4500 block of St Malachys Way

A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 3 homes behind $3,288 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 145% since 2016, now about $263K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$263K
$263K–$316K
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$197
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$97K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $263K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1996
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
94%
17 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
3 of 18 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+13%
value · tax +$412
5 years
+94%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+145%
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 $263K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$263K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied94%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 15 reported crimes (6 violent) and 58 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
15
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
58
9 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts6
Other Assaults4
Robbery No Firearm2
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Theft from Vehicle1
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Salting15
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Maintenance Complaint10
Sanitation Violation5
Illegal Dumping4
License Complaint3

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
Alain Locke
4550 Haverford Ave · 276 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$263K2016: $107K2017: $107K2018: $107K2019: $131K2020: $136K2021: $136K2022: $136K2023: $186K2024: $186K2025: $233K2026: $233K2027: $263K2016202020232027

▲ +145% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,2752016: $1,0992017: $1,0992018: $1,0992019: $1,2672020: $1,2672021: $1,2672022: $1,2672023: $1,4892024: $1,4892025: $1,8632026: $1,8632027: $2,2752016202020232027

▲ +107% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 245 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $245 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+145%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+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 4 arm's-length sales since 1996. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20002005201020152020
4arm's-length sales since 1996
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Absentee individual: 1 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

13 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$263K$316K

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 18 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4500 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,480 1996 0
4501 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,480 1996 0
4502 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $276K 3/1 1,332 1996 0 1 viol
4503 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4504 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4505 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4506 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4507 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4508 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 1
4509 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4510 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4511 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4512 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 1
4513 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 1
4514 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $316K 3/1 1,480 1996 1 tax lien
4515 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4517 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,332 1996 0
4519 SAINT MALACHYS WAY Absentee individual $316K 3/1 1,480 1996 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.