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Who owns your block

4600 block of E Thompson St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 76% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 11 open code violations and 2 homes behind $19,301 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 54% since 2016, now about $218K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$218K
$103K–$5.0M
ZIP median $213K
Price / sq ft
$158
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 21
$73K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
76%
16 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
5%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
11
L&I code
▲ block 14% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
2 of 21 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-6%
value · tax −$173
5 years
+35%
value · tax −$265
10 years
+56%
value · tax +$143

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 $218K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19137 median of $213K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19137 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19137Philadelphia
Median home value$218K$213K$223K
Owner-occupied57%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 39 reported crimes (13 violent) and 166 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
39
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
166
16 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults10
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Theft from Vehicle7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
All Other Offenses2
Burglary Residential2

Top 311 complaints

Salting38
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection26
Street Defect24
Maintenance Complaint14
Abandoned Vehicle8
Stop Sign Repair8

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
Bridesburg
2824 Jenks St · 522 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$250K$500K$218K2016: $141K2017: $139K2018: $139K2019: $150K2020: $161K2021: $161K2022: $161K2023: $220K2024: $220K2025: $231K2026: $231K2027: $218K2016202020232027

▲ +54% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$1,7762016: $1,6572017: $1,6332018: $1,6332019: $1,7952020: $1,9212021: $2,0412022: $2,0412023: $2,5722024: $2,7542025: $2,4152026: $1,9492027: $1,7762016202020232027

▲ +7% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

1
1 property 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 $72,713 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%
$13,693pays now $69,608at the full rate

4629 E Thompson St is assessed at $5.0M but pays $13,693 a year — about 20% of the $69,608 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 +4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 154 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $154 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+54%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.5 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2005201020152020
15arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels4 parcels5 parcels4 parcels0 parcels3 parcels3 parcels
$103K$377K+

The block's largest owner, All Saints Development Ll, carries 3 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
All Saints Development Ll12$6.4Mphila.gov ↗
Mildred & Bud Inc11$316Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 21 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4600 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $212K 4/1 1,530 1920 0
4602 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $53K in 2002 → $163K in 2022 (+208%). Owner-occupied $215K 2/1 956 1920 2
4604 E THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $177K 3/1 956 1920 0
4606 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 956 1920 0
4608 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,256 1925 1
4610 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 956 1920 1
4612-14 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
4616-18 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $304K —/— 3,035 1920 1 tax lien
4620 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $238K —/— 1,400 1920 0
4624 E THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $37K in 2003 → $180K in 2023 (+390%). Owner-occupied $215K —/— 1,065 1920 3
4626 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $73K in 2004 → $250K in 2019 (+242%). Owner-occupied $311K 3/1 1,600 1920 2 1 viol
4629 E THOMPSON ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $5.0M —/— 28,370 1922 0 abated3 viol
4632-34 E THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $112K in 2004 → $235K in 2012 (+110%). Owner-occupied $377K 4/1 2,520 1920 2
4636 E THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $218K —/— 1,600 1920 0
4637 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,216 1920 1
4638 E THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $103K —/— 1,600 1920 1 7 violtax lien
4639 E THOMPSON ST Vacant $111K —/— 0
4640 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $225K —/— 1,600 1920 0
4642 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $225K —/— 1,600 1920 0 tax lien
4644-46 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $374K —/— 3,430 1920 0 rented
4652 E THOMPSON ST sold $100K (2023); Appeal granted with conditions (2025). Owner-occupied $316K —/— 3,716 1920 1

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

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