Who owns your block
4500 block of Torresdale Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 3 homes behind $75,361 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 177% since 2016, now about $324K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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 $324K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19124 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $324K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 8% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 56 reported crimes (12 violent) and 95 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
- $324K typical home, up +177% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,634 to $4,528 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.8M assessed, $63,467/yr to the city, about $5,289 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +177% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +177% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
4581 Torresdale Ave is assessed at $133K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,855 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.7% 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 $277 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, 4520 Torresdale Llc, carries 5 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4520 Torresdale Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Frankie D Properties Llc | 1 | 2 | $847K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Iz Construction Llc | 1 | 2 | $318K | phila.gov ↗ |
| T A Real Estate Investments Llc | 1 | 1 | $665K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4520 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $600K in 2013 → $1.3M in 2022 (+117%). | Owner-occupied | $878K | —/— | 3,900 | 1950 | 2 | 5 violtax lien |
| 4540 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $317K | —/— | 3,216 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 4550-52 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $330K | —/— | 4,719 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 4554-58 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $742K | —/— | 12,367 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 4560-62 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $435K | —/— | 6,688 | 1922 | 0 | |
| 4563 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $175K in 2005 → $135K in 2010 (-23%). | Absentee individual | $645K | —/— | 9,925 | 1945 | 2 | 4 violtax lien |
| 4565 TORRESDALE AVE Historysold $70K (2015); Appeal moot (2019). | Absentee individual | $249K | —/— | 3,150 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 4571-73 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $150K in 2000 → $375K in 2022 (+150%). | Owner-occupied | $665K | —/— | 7,600 | 1940 | 4 | |
| 4575 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $96K | —/— | 1,920 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 4577 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2024 → $263K in 2025 (+192%). | Investor / LLC | $118K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 4579 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2024 → $260K in 2025 (+189%). | Owner-occupied | $159K | 4/3 | 1,320 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 4581 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $133K | 4/1 | 1,512 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)