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Who owns your block

4800 block of E Thompson St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $2,988 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 49% since 2016, now about $253K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$253K
$242K–$272K
ZIP median $213K
Price / sq ft
$131
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$151K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $253K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
67%
4 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$83
5 years
+32%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+49%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $253K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19137 median of $213K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19137 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19137Philadelphia
Median home value$253K$213K$223K
Owner-occupied33%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 23 reported crimes (6 violent) and 89 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
23
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
89
15 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft4
Other Assaults4
All Other Offenses3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Theft from Vehicle2
Aggravated Assault Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Salting25
Graffiti Removal15
Abandoned Vehicle10
Maintenance Complaint10
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection7
Shoveling4

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
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.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$250K$500K$253K2016: $169K2017: $169K2018: $169K2019: $178K2020: $191K2021: $191K2022: $191K2023: $255K2024: $255K2025: $262K2026: $262K2027: $253K2016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,4272016: $2,0442017: $2,1492018: $2,0442019: $1,9962020: $2,1242021: $2,1242022: $2,1242023: $2,6062024: $2,9752025: $2,9282026: $3,5102027: $3,4272016202020232027

▲ +68% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 149 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $149 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+49%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.8 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 10 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
10arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$242K$271K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pca Qoz Fund I Llc11$242Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4808 E THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $57K in 2002 → $125K in 2005 (+120%). Owner-occupied $249K 4/1 1,632 1920 3
4810-12 E THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $271K 4/1 1,690 1920 0
4814 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $272K 4/1 2,210 1920 1
4816 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $257K —/— 2,109 1920 1 tax lien
4818 E THOMPSON ST Traded 4×: $43K in 1999 → $142K in 2019 (+234%). Investor / LLC $242K 4/1 1,950 1920 4
4820 E THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $248K 4/1 1,887 1920 1

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.