Who owns your block
4500 block of Unruh Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 64% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $38,239 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $178K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.
- 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 $178K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $178K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 74 reported crimes (25 violent) and 109 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
- $178K typical home, up +87% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,254 to $1,939 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.0M assessed, $40,974/yr to the city, about $1,862 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +87% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +55% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 42 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Marcon Holdings Llc, carries 3 open violations across 25 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcon Holdings Llc | 1 | 25 | $3.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Richardson & Smith Enterprises Llc | 1 | 6 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Melhor Llc | 1 | 5 | $845K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Honest Acquisitions Llc | 1 | 4 | $647K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4500 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $210K | —/— | 1,280 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 4501 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,220 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 4502 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $102K in 2005 → $168K in 2020 (+65%). | Owner-occupied | $214K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 4503 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 2004 → $100K in 2005 (+72%). | Absentee individual | $178K | 3/1 | 1,186 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 4504 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $207K | —/— | 1,280 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 4505 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $90K in 2010 → $190K in 2021 (+111%). | Owner-occupied | $179K | 3/1 | 1,186 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 4506 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $207K | —/— | 1,280 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 4507 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2004 → $215K in 2025 (+208%). | Investor / LLC | $181K | 3/1 | 1,230 | 1935 | 2 | rented |
| 4509 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $57K in 2002 → $138K in 2026 (+140%). | Investor / LLC | $178K | 3/1 | 1,186 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 4511 UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $177K | 3/1 | 1,186 | 1935 | 1 | tax lien |
| 4513 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $69K in 2005 → $40K in 2015 (-42%). | Investor / LLC | $174K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1935 | 2 | rented |
| 4515 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 1,110 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 4517 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1935 | 0 | tax lien |
| 4519 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $45K in 2005 → $104K in 2017 (+131%). | Owner-occupied | $208K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1935 | 4 | tax lien |
| 4521 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $171K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 4523 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $24K in 2000 → $73K in 2023 (+197%). | Absentee individual | $170K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 4550 UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $163K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1935 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 4552 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $12K in 2004 → $200K in 2022 (+1567%). | Owner-occupied | $173K | 3/1 | 1,116 | 1935 | 4 | |
| 4554 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $163K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 4556 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2001 → $43K in 2003 (-4%). | Investor / LLC | $165K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1935 | 3 | rented |
| 4558 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $89K in 2005 → $245K in 2025 (+175%). | Owner-occupied | $165K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 4560 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $73K in 2005 → $160K in 2020 (+118%). | Owner-occupied | $210K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1935 | 4 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)