Who owns your block
4600 block of Emery St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 78% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 6 homes behind $27,778 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $193K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $193K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19137 median of $213K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19137 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19137 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $193K | $213K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 57% | 49% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 56 reported crimes (24 violent) and 168 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
- $193K typical home, up +78% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,225 to $1,382 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.3M assessed, $67,989/yr to the city, about $1,838 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +78% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +13% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 4631 Emery Sttax-abated new construction0.13%$144/yr on $110K
- 4617 Emery Stexemption0.40%$560/yr on $140K
- 4644 Emery Stexemption0.42%$609/yr on $144K
- 4629 Emery Stexemption0.53%$844/yr on $160K
- 4619 Emery Stexemption0.57%$953/yr on $168K
- …and 17 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The starkest example: 4611 Emery St is assessed at $571K but pays $3,356 a year — about 42% of the $7,991 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% 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 $178 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 48 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 37 parcels
- Owner-occupied 28
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James J Sharkey (individual) | 2 | 3 | $636K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bertram A Schmidt (individual) | 2 | 2 | $210K | phila.gov ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4605 EMERY ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2004 → $102K in 2005 (+70%). | Owner-occupied | $179K | —/— | 888 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4607 EMERY ST ImprovedBought for $100K in 2012. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $184K | 2/1 | 958 | 1925 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 4610 EMERY ST | Vacant | $14K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 4611 EMERY ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $571K | 4/3 | 2,163 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 4612 EMERY ST TradedTraded 2×: $24K in 2000 → $60K in 2017 (+150%). | Owner-occupied | $181K | —/— | 891 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 4614 EMERY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $58K in 2004 → $107K in 2018 (+84%). | Owner-occupied | $182K | —/— | 907 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 4616 EMERY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $208K | —/— | 1,152 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4617 EMERY ST | Owner-occupied | $140K | 2/1 | 1,065 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4618 EMERY ST Renovated & sold onBought for $55K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $375K in 2026 (+582%). | Owner-occupied | $342K | 4/2 | 1,772 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 4619 EMERY ST | Owner-occupied | $168K | 3/1 | 917 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4621 EMERY ST ImprovedBought for $90K in 2023. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $168K | 3/1 | 917 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4623 EMERY ST ImprovedBought for $250K in 2025. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $205K | 3/1 | 917 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 4624 EMERY ST | Owner-occupied | $172K | —/— | 890 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4625 EMERY ST Renovated & sold onBought for $15K in 2013, demolition permit in 2013, sold for $129K in 2017 (+486%). | Owner-occupied | $226K | 2/1 | 982 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 4626 EMERY ST | Absentee individual | $259K | —/— | 1,250 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4627 EMERY ST | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 909 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4629 EMERY ST ImprovedBought for $10K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $160K | 3/1 | 812 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 4630-32 EMERY ST Renovated & sold onBought for $59K in 2004, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $170K in 2020 (+188%). | Owner-occupied | $247K | 2/1 | 755 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4631 EMERY ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 812 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 4633 EMERY ST | Absentee individual | $176K | 3/1 | 928 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4634-36 EMERY ST ImprovedBought for $75K in 2020. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. | Vacant | $52K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 4635 EMERY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $133K in 2009 → $185K in 2023 (+40%). | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 1,136 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 4637 EMERY ST Renovated & sold onBought for $49K in 2002, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $205K in 2025 (+318%). | Owner-occupied | $199K | 2/1 | 1,245 | 1925 | 5 | |
| 4638-40 EMERY ST Historysold $256K (2008); 2 L&I violations (2009). | Absentee individual | $354K | —/— | 3,296 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4639 EMERY ST | Absentee individual | $193K | 3/1 | 1,136 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4641 EMERY ST Historysold $215K (2021); L&I violation (2025); L&I violation (2026). | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,220 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4642 EMERY ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2006 → $80K in 2016 (-33%). | Absentee individual | $257K | 4/1 | 2,240 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4643 EMERY ST ImprovedBought for $30K in 2013. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4644 EMERY ST History4 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2023). | Owner-occupied | $144K | —/— | 1,110 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4645 EMERY ST TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2005 → $155K in 2010 (+138%). | Owner-occupied | $236K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4647 EMERY ST ImprovedBought for $110K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1925 | 1 | 3 viol |
| 4649 EMERY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4651 EMERY ST | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 4653-55 EMERY ST | Owner-occupied | $122K | —/— | 1,600 | 1947 | 0 | |
| 4657 EMERY ST TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2014 → $228K in 2019 (+153%). | Owner-occupied | $291K | 3/2 | 975 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 4659 EMERY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $196K | —/— | 975 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 4661 EMERY ST | Absentee individual | $14K | —/— | 216 | 1925 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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