Who owns your block
4600 block of Van Kirk St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 62% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 3 homes behind $26,648 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 88% since 2016, now about $214K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $214K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above 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 | $214K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 48% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 133 reported crimes (30 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
- $214K typical home, up +88% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,278 to $1,950 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.5M assessed, $46,689/yr to the city, about $2,223 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +88% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +53% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
4630 Van Kirk St is assessed at $212K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,963 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 +5.9% 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 $188 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 47 arm's-length sales since 1969. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Rlkotarja Llc, carries 8 open violations across 6 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rlkotarja Llc | 1 | 6 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Primeedge Properties Llc | 1 | 6 | $785K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pineda Real Estate Pa Llc | 1 | 4 | $654K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4600 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $201K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 4602 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $201K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 4604-06 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $245K | 4/2 | 1,840 | 1920 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 4605 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $134K in 2008 → $135K in 2020 (+1%). | Owner-occupied | $239K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 4608 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 4609 VAN KIRK ST | Investor / LLC | $238K | 2/2 | 1,280 | 1920 | 1 | rented6 viol |
| 4610 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $117K in 2006 → $190K in 2021 (+62%). | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/2 | 1,350 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 4611 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2002 → $122K in 2017 (+171%). | Owner-occupied | $214K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 4613 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2003 → $175K in 2021 (+289%). | Owner-occupied | $239K | 3/1 | 1,624 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 4614-16 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 4/1 | 1,216 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 4615 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $57K in 2001 → $235K in 2024 (+313%). | Owner-occupied | $257K | 3/2 | 1,280 | 1920 | 5 | 1 viol |
| 4617R VAN KIRK ST | Vacant | $24K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 4617 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 8×: $138K in 2007 → $20K in 2025 (-85%). | Absentee individual | $354K | 4/2 | 3,508 | 1920 | 8 | |
| 4618 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2004 → $72K in 2018 (+88%). | Absentee individual | $167K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 4619 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $464K | —/— | 5,152 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 4620 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $78K in 2004 → $99K in 2015 (+26%). | Owner-occupied | $163K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 4622 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2004 → $34K in 2013 (-54%). | Owner-occupied | $163K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 4624 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $73K in 2007 → $140K in 2025 (+92%). | Investor / LLC | $163K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 4626 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $110K in 1969 → $68K in 2015 (-38%). | Investor / LLC | $163K | 3/1 | 1,044 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 4628 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $60K in 2008 → $150K in 2024 (+150%). | Owner-occupied | $172K | 3/1 | 1,114 | 1920 | 5 | |
| 4630 VAN KIRK ST New constructionBought for $50K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $137K in 2021. | Absentee individual | $212K | —/— | 2,600 | 1920 | 2 | 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)