4700 block of Tampa St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $148K — about 0.6× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (about 5 a month, 36% of them violent) and 94 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $148K typical home, up +63% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,216 to $2,024 a year through 2027, +5%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $98,790/yr from taxable assessments, or $1,568 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 4722 Tampa Stmajor assessment exemption0.00%$0/yr on $99K
• 4771 Tampa Stlower taxable assessment0.41%$581/yr on $142K
• 4740 Tampa Stlower taxable assessment0.42%$606/yr on $143K
• 4720 Tampa Stlower taxable assessment0.47%$699/yr on $150K
• 4730 Tampa Stlower taxable assessment0.47%$699/yr on $150K
• …and 23 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 4765 Tampa St has a $2,152/year assessment-based estimate on $205K assessed value — about 75% of the $2,870 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.5% 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 $163 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 103 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Penn Fam Vision LLC, carries 1 open violation across 30 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 64 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

4765 Tampa St

$187K · Bought for $76K in 2007, built new under a 2026 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $175K in 2

New construction

4746 Tampa St

$160K · Bought for $40K in 2006, built new under a 2007 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $93K in 20

New construction

4766 Tampa St

$147K · built new under a 2022 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $38K in 2000.

New construction

4722 Tampa St

$99K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $8K in 2006.

Renovated & sold on

4719 Tampa St

$149K · Bought for $18K in 2017, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $3.3M in 2024 (+18931%).

Renovated & sold on

4727 Tampa St

$148K · Bought for $30K in 2003, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $45K in 2020 (+50%).

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