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Who owns your block

4500 block of Tackawanna St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 62% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 16 open code violations and 20 homes behind $148,754 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 86% since 2016, now about $114K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$114K
$8K–$756K
ZIP median $170K
Price / sq ft
$92
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$479
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
12 of 52
$31K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
62%
30 of 52
city 41%
Rentals
6%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
16
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$149K
20 of 52 behind
▲ block 38% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
8
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax −$159
5 years
+81%
value · tax −$20
10 years
+86%
value · tax −$295

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 $114K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19124Philadelphia
Median home value$114K$170K$223K
Owner-occupied37%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 65 reported crimes (28 violent) and 161 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
65
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
161
45 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Thefts10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Fraud4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint52
Illegal Dumping18
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Salting15
Abandoned Vehicle13
License Complaint8

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
Allen M Stearne
1655 Unity St · 370 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$114K2016: $61K2017: $61K2018: $61K2019: $60K2020: $63K2021: $63K2022: $63K2023: $73K2024: $73K2025: $102K2026: $102K2027: $114K2016202020232027

▲ +86% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$4312016: $7262017: $7262018: $6472019: $4762020: $4512021: $4512022: $4512023: $3372024: $3362025: $5902026: $5902027: $4312016202020232027

▼ -41% since 2016 · ~-5%/yr

12
12 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 $30,532 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%
$928pays now $2,027at the full rate

4529-31 Tackawanna St is assessed at $145K but pays $928 a year — about 46% of the $2,027 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 +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 186 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $186 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+86%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 43 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 33 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20002005201020152020
43arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
33homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 52 parcels

Owner-occupied: 30Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 10 52parcels
  • Owner-occupied 30
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 10

Value distribution today

5 parcels5 parcels1 parcels3 parcels0 parcels22 parcels16 parcels
$8K$145K+

The block's largest owner, Oda Llc, carries 3 open violations across 32 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Oda Llc132$4.9Mphila.gov ↗
Community Dev Corp610$377Kphila.gov ↗
Gigab Realtor Llc11$133Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 52 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4500 TACKAWANNA ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2001. Owner-occupied $119K 3/1 1,344 1935 1 abated
4502 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,320 1935 0 abatedtax lien
4504 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,352 1935 0
4505 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $20K in 2004 → $48K in 2023 (+138%). Absentee individual $72K 3/1 434 1935 3
4506 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $5K in 2010 → $110K in 2018 (+2100%). Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,320 1935 3 tax lien
4507 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $83K 2/1 728 1935 0 1 violtax lien
4508 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 4×: $24K in 2004 → $55K in 2006 (+132%). Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,320 1935 4 rented
4509 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $83K 2/1 728 1935 0 abated
4510 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,320 1935 0 abated
4511 TACKAWANNA ST Bought for $18K in 2014, built new (tax-abated), sold for $95K in 2021. Owner-occupied $121K 3/1 1,170 1935 2 abated
4512 TACKAWANNA ST sold $5K (2011); Appeal dismissed (2018); Appeal granted (2019). Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,320 1935 1 tax lien
4513-15 TACKAWANNA ST Absentee individual $170K 4/1 2,560 1935 0 10 violtax lien
4514-18 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $40K in 2006 → $110K in 2021 (+175%). Investor / LLC $756K —/— 5,814 1930 3
4517 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $122K —/— 1,200 1935 0 abated
4519 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $122K —/— 1,200 1935 0 abated
4520 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $21K —/— 0 tax lien
4521 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $28K in 2011 → $52K in 2011 (+84%). Owner-occupied $129K —/— 1,280 1935 2 tax lien
4522 TACKAWANNA ST Absentee individual $140K —/— 1,400 1935 0 tax lien
4523 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $134K —/— 1,455 1935 1
4524 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $27K —/— 0 tax lien
4527 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $8K in 2000 → $95K in 2008 (+1088%). Owner-occupied $139K —/— 1,157 1935 3
4528 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $134K —/— 1,210 1935 0 tax lien
4529-31 TACKAWANNA ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $145K —/— 1,292 1935 0 abatedtax lien
4530 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2007 → $35K in 2015 (-59%). Owner-occupied $128K 3/2 1,162 1935 2
4532 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2007 → $35K in 2015 (-59%). Vacant $27K —/— 2
4535 TACKAWANNA ST sold $5K (2010); Appeal granted with conditions (2018). Absentee individual $146K 4/1 1,733 1935 1
4536 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2007 → $35K in 2015 (-59%). Vacant $27K —/— 2
4538 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $126K —/— 1,470 1935 0 tax lien
4539 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $15K in 2008 → $60K in 2010 (+300%). Owner-occupied $128K 4/1 1,230 1935 3
4540 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $23K in 2002 → $50K in 2007 (+117%). Owner-occupied $107K 3/1 1,092 1935 2
4541 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $32K —/— 0 tax lien
4542 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $107K 3/1 1,092 1935 0
4543 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $32K —/— 0 tax lien
4544 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2018 → $140K in 2021 (+1888%). Owner-occupied $133K 2/1 1,014 1935 2
4545 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $34K —/— 0 tax lien
4546 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $119K 4/1 1,696 1935 0 abated
4547 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $34K —/— 0 tax lien
4548 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,322 1935 0 tax lien
4549 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $34K —/— 0 tax lien
4550 TACKAWANNA ST Absentee individual $115K 3/1 1,402 1935 0
4551 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $56K —/— 0 tax lien
4552 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,308 1935 0 abated
4554 TACKAWANNA ST Absentee individual $114K 3/1 1,308 1935 0 rented
4556 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 4×: $25K in 2002 → $150K in 2024 (+500%). Owner-occupied $111K 3/2 1,224 1935 4
4558 TACKAWANNA ST Absentee individual $114K 3/1 1,308 1935 0 rented
4559 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $133K —/— 1,410 1935 0 2 violtax lien
4560 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,308 1935 0 abated
4561 TACKAWANNA ST Investor / LLC $133K —/— 1,410 1935 0 3 violtax lien
4562 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $17K in 2000 → $75K in 2023 (+355%). Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,308 1935 2 tax lien
4564 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $118K 4/1 1,504 1935 0 abated
4565 TACKAWANNA ST Appeal withdrawn (2026). Owner-occupied $129K —/— 1,152 1935 0 tax lien
4567 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $8K —/— 200 1925 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

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

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