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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

4700 block of Melvale St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners.

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
$164K
$63K–$218K
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
60%
6 of 10
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
Bridesburg
2824 Jenks 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Absentee individual: 4 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels5 parcels3 parcels
$63K$185K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 10 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4728 MELVALE ST Owner-occupied $153K 1920 0
4730 MELVALE ST Owner-occupied $218K 1920 0
4732 MELVALE ST Absentee individual $149K 1920 0
4734-36 MELVALE ST Absentee individual $63K 1920 0
4738 MELVALE ST Owner-occupied $185K 1920 0
4740 MELVALE ST Owner-occupied $184K 1920 0
4742 MELVALE ST Owner-occupied $158K 1920 0
4744 MELVALE ST Absentee individual $165K 1920 0
4746 MELVALE ST Absentee individual $165K 1920 0
4748 MELVALE ST Owner-occupied $164K 1920 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.