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Who owns your block

4500 block of Teesdale St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 78% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $51,079 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $219K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$219K
$216K–$295K
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$182
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$240K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $219K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
78%
45 of 58
city 41%
Rentals
14%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$51K
2 of 58 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+11%
value · tax −$209
5 years
+88%
value · tax +$353
10 years
+84%
value · tax +$325

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 $219K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19136 median of $251K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19136 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19136Philadelphia
Median home value$219K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied53%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 93 reported crimes (28 violent) and 128 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
93
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
128
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults19
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Fraud10
All Other Offenses9
Thefts9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle39
Maintenance Complaint18
Sanitation Violation12
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection11
Illegal Dumping6
Information Request6

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 · K-5
Edwin Forrest
7300 Cottage St · 798 students
Middle · K-8
Northeast Community Propel Academy
7500 Rowland Ave · 1715 students
High · 9-12
Abraham Lincoln
3201 Ryan Ave · 2332 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$125K$250K$219K2016: $119K2017: $119K2018: $119K2019: $112K2020: $117K2021: $117K2022: $117K2023: $152K2024: $152K2025: $198K2026: $198K2027: $219K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,9872016: $1,6622017: $1,6622018: $1,6622019: $1,5682020: $1,6342021: $1,6342022: $1,6342023: $2,1252024: $2,1152025: $1,5702026: $2,1962027: $1,9872016202020232027

▲ +20% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9410025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 87 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
87arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 58 parcels

Owner-occupied: 45Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 12 58parcels
  • Owner-occupied 45
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 12

Value distribution today

45 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$216K$258K+

The block's largest owner, Formosa Enterprises Llc, carries 1 open violation across 11 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Formosa Enterprises Llc111$2.6Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 58 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

Frequently traded
4557 Teesdale St
$284K · Traded 3×: $77K in 2003 → $175K in 2019 (+127%).
Frequently traded
4544 Teesdale St
$258K · Traded 3×: $80K in 2003 → $205K in 2020 (+156%).
Frequently traded
4515 Teesdale St
$242K · Traded 3×: $74K in 2003 → $205K in 2021 (+177%).
Frequently traded
4539 Teesdale St
$228K · Traded 4×: $60K in 2002 → $137K in 2007 (+129%).
Frequently traded
4531 Teesdale St
$223K · Traded 3×: $89K in 2004 → $182K in 2021 (+105%).
Frequently traded
4538 Teesdale St
$219K · Traded 3×: $50K in 2005 → $200K in 2020 (+300%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4500 TEESDALE ST Absentee individual $288K 2/2 1,400 1950 1
4501 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,400 1950 1
4502 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $85K in 2015 → $130K in 2021 (+53%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4503 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0 2 violtax lien
4504 TEESDALE ST Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4505 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $85K in 2016 → $128K in 2017 (+51%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4506 TEESDALE ST Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1 rented
4507 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $45K in 2003 → $89K in 2004 (+98%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2 1 viol
4508 TEESDALE ST Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0
4509 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4510 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0
4511 TEESDALE ST Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4512 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4513 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4514 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4515 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $74K in 2003 → $205K in 2021 (+177%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,204 1950 3
4516 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $108K in 2004 → $225K in 2022 (+108%). Owner-occupied $216K 3/2 1,204 1950 3 tax lien
4517 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $69K in 2001 → $140K in 2016 (+103%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4518 TEESDALE ST Absentee individual $223K 3/1 1,202 1950 1
4519 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0
4520 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0
4521 TEESDALE ST Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1 rented
4522 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 2003 → $70K in 2007 (+20%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4523 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $69K in 2001 → $146K in 2006 (+113%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4524 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4525 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0
4526 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0
4527 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $71K in 2002 → $160K in 2020 (+125%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 3
4528 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $75K in 2002 → $195K in 2021 (+160%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 3
4529 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4530 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $79K in 2003 → $180K in 2021 (+128%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 3
4531 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $89K in 2004 → $182K in 2021 (+105%). Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,204 1950 3
4532 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0
4533 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2012 → $125K in 2012 (+108%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4534 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2005 → $150K in 2006 (+58%). Investor / LLC $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4535 TEESDALE ST Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1 rented
4536 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $124K in 2007 → $150K in 2019 (+21%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4537 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0 tax lien
4538 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2005 → $200K in 2020 (+300%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 3
4539 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $60K in 2002 → $137K in 2007 (+129%). Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,204 1950 4 rented
4540 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2006 → $197K in 2021 (+57%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4541 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0
4542 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0 tax lien
4543 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2000 → $115K in 2019 (+130%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 3
4544 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $80K in 2003 → $205K in 2020 (+156%). Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,204 1950 3
4545 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $130K in 2007 → $175K in 2021 (+35%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4546 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $104K in 2004 → $205K in 2025 (+97%). Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 3
4547 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2003 → $116K in 2010 (+54%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4548 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 0
4549 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $51K in 2002 → $100K in 2004 (+96%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2 tax lien
4550 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4551 TEESDALE ST Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1 rented
4552 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $81K in 2003 → $134K in 2006 (+65%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4553 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $88K in 2004 → $168K in 2019 (+92%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,204 1950 2
4554 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 1
4555 TEESDALE ST TradedTraded 2×: $67K in 2002 → $91K in 2012 (+36%). Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,204 1950 2 rented
4556 TEESDALE ST Owner-occupied $295K 2/2 1,330 1950 1 rentedtax lien
4557 TEESDALE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $77K in 2003 → $175K in 2019 (+127%). Absentee individual $284K 2/2 1,330 1950 3 rented

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

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