Who owns your block
4700 block of Van Kirk St
A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held, with 6 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 92% since 2016, now about $168K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.
- 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 $168K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below 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 | $168K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 21% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 162 reported crimes (39 violent) and 150 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
- $168K typical home, up +92% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,221 to $2,327 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.0M assessed, $37,358/yr to the city, about $2,668 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +92% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +91% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% 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 $192 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 14 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Jax Investments Llc, carries 2 open violations across 3 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jax Investments Llc | 2 | 3 | $484K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 4721 Van Kirk St Llc | 2 | 3 | $572K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 14 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4712 VAN KIRK ST | Investor / LLC | $133K | 3/1 | 1,404 | 1920 | 1 | rented1 viol |
| 4714 VAN KIRK ST | Investor / LLC | $165K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1920 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 4715 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $43K in 2002 → $170K in 2019 (+300%). | Absentee individual | $275K | —/— | 2,207 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 4716 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $165K | —/— | 1,160 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 4717 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $269K | 4/2 | 1,700 | 1930 | 1 | 3 viol |
| 4718 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $137K in 2024 → $225K in 2025 (+64%). | Owner-occupied | $163K | —/— | 1,160 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 4719 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2010 → $160K in 2020 (+33%). | Absentee individual | $249K | 5/1 | 1,700 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 4721 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $25K in 2000 → $275K in 2019 (+1000%). | Owner-occupied | $349K | —/— | 3,176 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 4724 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $85K in 2005 → $194K in 2023 (+128%). | Owner-occupied | $211K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1920 | 4 | 1 viol |
| 4725-29 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $35K in 2017 → $5K in 2019 (-86%). | Investor / LLC | $165K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 4726 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $165K | —/— | 1,160 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 4728 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $38K in 2013 → $140K in 2024 (+273%). | Absentee individual | $168K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 4730 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $168K | —/— | 1,160 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 4731 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $58K in 2000 → $220K in 2020 (+283%). | Owner-occupied | $326K | 5/2 | 2,610 | 1930 | 4 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)