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Who owns your block

4700 block of Wallace Pl

A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations and 4 homes behind $33,337 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 95% since 2016, now about $183K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$183K
$135K–$208K
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$144
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$178K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $183K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1975
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
92%
22 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
8%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 21% · city 5%
Back taxes
$33K
4 of 24 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$6
5 years
+91%
value · tax +$462
10 years
+95%
value · tax +$275

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 $183K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$183K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied83%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 72 reported crimes (24 violent) and 147 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
72
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
147
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults19
All Other Offenses16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Thefts8
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Fraud4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection52
Maintenance Complaint32
Illegal Dumping11
Salting10
Other (Streets)6
Sanitation Violation5

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 & Middle · K-8
Alain Locke
4550 Haverford Ave · 276 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$183K2016: $94K2017: $94K2018: $94K2019: $92K2020: $96K2021: $96K2022: $96K2023: $186K2024: $186K2025: $185K2026: $185K2027: $183K2016202020232027

▲ +95% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2912016: $1,0162017: $1,0162018: $1,0112019: $8452020: $8292021: $8292022: $8292023: $1,6382024: $1,7722025: $1,2852026: $1,2852027: $1,2912016202020232027

▲ +27% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 195 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $195 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+95%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.2 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
11arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 22Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 22
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels10 parcels2 parcels10 parcels
$135K$203K+

The block's largest owner, Pwbh Holdings 3 Llc, carries 8 open violations across 20 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pwbh Holdings 3 Llc120$3.8Mphila.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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4700 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,408 1975 0 rented
4701 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,408 1975 0
4702 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,408 1975 0 3 viol
4703 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,408 1975 0
4704 WALLACE PL Traded 2×: $42K in 2005 → $225K in 2024 (+441%). Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,408 1975 2
4705 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,408 1975 0 tax lien
4706 WALLACE PL Traded 2×: $97K in 2021 → $130K in 2025 (+34%). Investor / LLC $203K 3/1 1,408 1975 2
4707 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,408 1975 0
4708 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,408 1975 0 tax lien
4709 WALLACE PL Traded 2×: $35K in 2017 → $230K in 2023 (+557%). Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,408 1975 2
4710 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,408 1975 0 tax lien
4711 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $135K 3/1 1,224 1975 0 2 violtax lien
4712 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,224 1975 0
4713 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,224 1975 0
4714 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,224 1975 0
4715 WALLACE PL Appeal city affirmed (2010). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,224 1975 0 2 viol
4716 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,224 1975 0
4717 WALLACE PL Traded 2×: $6K in 2006 → $81K in 2017 (+1380%). Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,224 1975 2 tax lien
4719 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,224 1975 1
4721 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,224 1975 0
4723 WALLACE PL Traded 2×: $30K in 2003 → $30K in 2003 (+0%). Absentee individual $177K 3/1 1,224 1975 2 rented1 viol
4725 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,224 1975 0
4727 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,224 1975 0 1 viol
4729 WALLACE PL Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,224 1975 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.