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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

4600 block of Vista St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $205K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$205K
$200K–$314K
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$163
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$115K
5 sold in 2yr
assessed $205K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1935
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
63%
15 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
17%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$168
5 years
+83%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+84%
value · tax +$1K

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 $205K — 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$205K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied33%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 122 reported crimes (41 violent) and 191 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
122
41 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
191
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults28
All Other Offenses19
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Theft from Vehicle11
Thefts11
Fraud10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint51
Illegal Dumping29
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Abandoned Vehicle17
Shoveling16
Graffiti Removal7

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
Edwin Forrest
7300 Cottage St · 798 students
Middle · K-8
Northeast Community Propel Academy
7500 Rowland Ave · 1715 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$125K$250K$205K2016: $111K2017: $111K2018: $111K2019: $108K2020: $112K2021: $112K2022: $112K2023: $146K2024: $146K2025: $191K2026: $191K2027: $205K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8142016: $1,5342017: $1,5342018: $1,5342019: $1,4662020: $1,5272021: $1,5272022: $1,5272023: $2,0342024: $2,0342025: $2,6462026: $2,6462027: $2,8142016202020232027

▲ +83% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 58 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M19952002200920162023
58arm's-length sales since 1995
2times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 4 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

9 parcels8 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$200K$233K+

The block's largest owner, Soco Properties Ii Llc, carries 1 open violation across 19 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Soco Properties Ii Llc119$4.6Mphila.gov ↗
Vista Two Properties Llc17$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Leonardo Ink Llc11$201Kphila.gov ↗
V&A Ventures Inc11$201Kphila.gov ↗
Tvc Dscr Trust 2021-111$205Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 24 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 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $115K in 2017 → $267K in 2021 (+132%). Owner-occupied $276K 3/2 1,457 1935 2
4601 VISTA ST Appeal granted with conditions (2007); sold $195K (2017). Owner-occupied $231K 3/1 1,260 1935 1
4602 VISTA ST Investor / LLC $200K 3/1 1,260 1935 1 rented
4603 VISTA ST Traded 5×: $58K in 2002 → $130K in 2017 (+124%). Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,260 1935 5
4604 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $41K in 2002 → $99K in 2006 (+141%). Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,260 1950 2
4605 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,260 1935 0
4606 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $63K in 2003 → $205K in 2024 (+226%). Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,260 1950 3
4607 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,260 1935 0
4608 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $1K in 2003 → $143K in 2025 (+14200%). Absentee individual $205K 3/1 1,260 1950 2
4609 VISTA ST Traded 5×: $41K in 2002 → $115K in 2026 (+180%). Investor / LLC $201K 3/1 1,260 1935 5
4610 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,260 1950 1
4611 VISTA ST Traded 5×: $60K in 2003 → $195K in 2022 (+227%). Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,260 1935 5
4612 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $58K in 2001 → $155K in 2022 (+167%). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,260 1935 3 rented
4613 VISTA ST Traded 4×: $40K in 2000 → $110K in 2026 (+176%). Investor / LLC $201K 3/1 1,260 1935 4 4 viol
4614 VISTA ST Traded 7×: $52K in 1995 → $172K in 2020 (+231%). Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 1,260 1950 7
4615 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $40K in 2002 → $64K in 2016 (+60%). Absentee individual $201K 3/1 1,260 1935 3
4616 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $62K in 2009 → $122K in 2020 (+97%). Investor / LLC $205K 3/1 1,260 1950 2
4617 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $69K in 2005 → $530K in 2017 (+668%). Investor / LLC $201K 3/1 1,260 1935 2 rented
4618 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $115K in 2007 → $64K in 2014 (-44%). Absentee individual $205K 3/1 1,260 1950 2
4619 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,260 1935 0
4620 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $30K in 2002 → $118K in 2005 (+293%). Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,260 1950 3
4621 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $95K in 2019 → $225K in 2025 (+137%). Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,260 1935 2
4622 VISTA ST Absentee individual $207K 3/2 1,260 1950 0 rented
4623 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $70K in 2005 → $291K in 2023 (+316%). Owner-occupied $314K 3/3 1,260 1935 3

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.