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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.

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
$214K
$24K–$464K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$159
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$145K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $214K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 21
$17K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
62%
13 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
29%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$27K
3 of 21 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax −$211
5 years
+101%
value · tax +$823
10 years
+88%
value · tax +$672

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 $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 blockZIP 19135Philadelphia
Median home value$214K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied48%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.

Crimes · 12mo
133
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
109
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts58
Other Assaults15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Motor Vehicle Theft11
All Other Offenses10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect17
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Abandoned Vehicle8
Illegal Dumping8
Maintenance Complaint8
Salting8

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 · K-5
James J Sullivan
5300 Ditman St · 378 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling 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$125K$250K$214K2016: $114K2017: $114K2018: $114K2019: $108K2020: $107K2021: $107K2022: $107K2023: $166K2024: $166K2025: $213K2026: $213K2027: $214K2016202020232027

▲ +88% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,9502016: $1,2782017: $1,2782018: $1,2562019: $1,0922020: $1,1272021: $1,1272022: $1,1272023: $1,5472024: $1,6002025: $2,0192026: $2,1612027: $1,9502016202020232027

▲ +53% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 $16,961 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%
$0pays now $2,963at the full rate

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

9410025020162019202220252027This block 188 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+88%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.6 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 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

$0$250K$500K1980199220042016
47arm's-length sales since 1969
2times the typical home has sold
8most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels4 parcels5 parcels9 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$24K$354K+

The block's largest owner, Rlkotarja Llc, carries 8 open violations across 6 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Rlkotarja Llc16$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Primeedge Properties Llc16$785Kphila.gov ↗
Pineda Real Estate Pa Llc14$654Kphila.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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $117K in 2006 → $190K in 2021 (+62%). Owner-occupied $218K 3/2 1,350 1920 2
4611 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2002 → $122K in 2017 (+171%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,280 1920 3
4613 VAN KIRK ST Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 8×: $138K in 2007 → $20K in 2025 (-85%). Absentee individual $354K 4/2 3,508 1920 8
4618 VAN KIRK ST Traded 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 Traded 2×: $78K in 2004 → $99K in 2015 (+26%). Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,044 1920 2
4622 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2004 → $34K in 2013 (-54%). Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,044 1920 2 rented
4624 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $73K in 2007 → $140K in 2025 (+92%). Investor / LLC $163K 3/1 1,044 1920 3 rented
4626 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $110K in 1969 → $68K in 2015 (-38%). Investor / LLC $163K 3/1 1,044 1920 3 rented
4628 VAN KIRK ST Traded 5×: $60K in 2008 → $150K in 2024 (+150%). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,114 1920 5
4630 VAN KIRK ST Bought 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)

Where this comes from

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