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Who owns your block

4600 block of Solly Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $193K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$193K
$67K–$293K
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$215
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$118K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $193K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
77%
19 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
15%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+23%
value · tax +$506
5 years
+122%
value · tax +$725
10 years
+93%
value · tax +$367

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 $193K — about 0.9× 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$193K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied58%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 45 reported crimes (18 violent) and 95 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
45
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
95
43 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Theft from Vehicle6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Thefts4
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle32
Maintenance Complaint11
License Complaint9
Information Request6
Construction Complaints5
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5

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
Joseph H Brown
1946 E Sergeant St · 319 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$100K$200K$193K2016: $100K2017: $100K2018: $100K2019: $82K2020: $87K2021: $87K2022: $87K2023: $159K2024: $159K2025: $157K2026: $157K2027: $193K2016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3472016: $9802017: $9802018: $9902019: $7922020: $6372021: $6222022: $6222023: $1,1142024: $1,1142025: $8412026: $8412027: $1,3472016202020232027

▲ +37% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8210025020162019202220252027This block 193 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+93%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.3 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20002005201020152020
32arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 3 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels18 parcels5 parcels
$67K$225K+

The block's largest owner, Gene Sterin Trust, carries 7 open violations across 26 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Gene Sterin Trust126$14Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 26 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

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4600 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 914 1965 0
4602 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 914 1965 1
4604 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 914 1965 0
4606 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 896 1965 1
4608 SOLLY AVE Absentee individual $193K 3/1 896 1965 1 rented
4610 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $45K in 2001 → $158K in 2018 (+251%). Owner-occupied $225K 2/1 896 1965 3 tax lien
4612 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 896 1965 1
4613 SOLLY AVE Vacant $67K —/— 0
4614 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $35K in 2000 → $75K in 2020 (+114%). Absentee individual $193K 3/1 896 1965 2 rented
4616 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 896 1965 1
4617 SOLLY AVE Absentee individual $293K —/— 1,178 1965 1 rented
4618 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $40K in 2002 → $155K in 2018 (+288%). Owner-occupied $225K 3/2 896 1965 3
4619 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $95K in 2003 → $142K in 2009 (+50%). Owner-occupied $293K —/— 1,180 1965 2
4620 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 896 1965 1
4622 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 896 1965 0
4623 SOLLY AVE Vacant $67K —/— 1
4624 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 896 1965 1
4625 SOLLY AVE Vacant $67K —/— 0
4626 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 896 1965 0
4628 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $38K in 2001 → $150K in 2018 (+294%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 896 1965 2
4630 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $50K in 2024 → $200K in 2024 (+300%). Owner-occupied $200K 2/1 896 1965 2
4632 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $95K in 2006 → $144K in 2018 (+52%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 896 1965 2
4634 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $81K in 2007 → $84K in 2017 (+4%). Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 896 1965 2
4636 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $63K in 2004 → $61K in 2014 (-2%). Absentee individual $193K 3/1 896 1965 2 rented
4638 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $84K in 2007 → $170K in 2021 (+102%). Owner-occupied $225K 2/1 896 1965 3
4640 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 914 1965 0

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

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.