Philadelphia property report

4700 block of Wellington St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 2 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($1,498 recorded then).

The typical home here is up 121% since 2016, now about $187K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
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By the Numbers

Median home value
$187K
10 homes of 11 parcels
ZIP median $207K
Commercial
$560K
1 building · $140/sqft
Price / sq ft
$149
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $230K
Recent sale
$112K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $187K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1955
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
40%
4 of 10
city 48%
Rentals
18%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
$1K
2 of 11 listed
▲ block 18% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$109
5 years
+86%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+121%
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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 $187K — about 0.8× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19135Philadelphia
Median home value$187K$207K$230K
Owner-occupied30%48%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (about 8 a month, 35% of them violent) and 131 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.

Crimes · 12mo
92
about 8/month · 35% violent
311 requests · 12mo
131
about 11/month · 33 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults19
Thefts18
All Other Offenses9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Fraud6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint42
Abandoned Vehicle25
Illegal Dumping10
Street Defect10
Other (Streets)5
Salting5

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$187K2016: $85K2017: $85K2018: $85K2019: $97K2020: $101K2021: $101K2022: $101K2023: $132K2024: $132K2025: $181K2026: $181K2027: $187K2016202020232027

▲ +121% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3122016: $1,0722017: $1,1792018: $1,0722019: $1,3452020: $1,4002021: $1,2682022: $1,2682023: $1,7222024: $1,7222025: $2,2032026: $2,2032027: $2,3122016202020232027

▲ +116% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

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.

7 homes pay the full 1.40%3 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 221 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $221 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+121%
since 2016
Net rental yield
-4272364.3%
est., after tax carry
Total return
-4272356.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-4272359.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 3 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
20arm's-length sales since 2001
3times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Absentee individual: 7 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$165K$235K+

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

House by house

All 11 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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4706 WELLINGTON ST Traded 3×: $23K in 2001 → $98K in 2007 (+324%). Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,110 1955 3
4708 WELLINGTON ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $168K 3/1 1,110 1955 0
4710 WELLINGTON ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2018 → $13K in 2020 (-58%). Absentee individual $165K 3/1 1,110 1955 2 $263 tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger
4711 WELLINGTON ST Offices built new under a 2011 permit. Absentee individual $560K —/— 4,000 2012 1
4712 WELLINGTON ST Inspection failed (2004); Inspection failed ×2 (2005); 5 L&I violations (2007); Inspection failed (2007); 2 L&I violations (2008); Inspection passed (2009); sold $112K (2025). Absentee individual $165K 3/1 1,110 1955 1 licensed rental$1K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger
4714 WELLINGTON ST Traded 3×: $80K in 2003 → $75K in 2018 (-6%). Absentee individual $165K 3/1 1,110 1955 3 licensed rental
4716 WELLINGTON ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $204K 3/1 1,345 1955 0
4718 WELLINGTON ST Traded 3×: $44K in 2014 → $195K in 2021 (+339%). Owner-occupied $218K 4/2 1,545 1955 3
4720 WELLINGTON ST Bought for $33K in 2014. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $221K —/— 1,200 1955 3
4722 WELLINGTON ST Apartment building Bought for $170K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $227K 3/2 1,500 1955 3 1 viol
4726 WELLINGTON ST Apartment building Traded 2×: $130K in 2006 → $99K in 2013 (-24%). Absentee individual $235K —/— 1,680 1955 2

Neighborhood

Median income
$-667M
household
Own vs. rent
78%
owner-occupied
Median age
34
residents
Median rent
$-667M
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:05 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.