Who owns your block
4800 block of N 4th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 76% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 2 homes behind $10,475 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 88% since 2016, now about $147K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $147K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19120 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $147K | $171K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 48% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 99 reported crimes (40 violent) and 293 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
- $147K typical home, up +88% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,061 to $1,893 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.0M assessed, $31,554/yr to the city, about $1,503 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +88% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +78% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.9% 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 $188 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 12 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Bridges Development Llc | 1 | 1 | $147K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 21 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4801 N 4TH ST | Owner-occupied | $126K | —/— | 1,152 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4803 N 4TH ST | Absentee individual | $135K | 4/1 | 1,344 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 4814 N 4TH ST | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 0 | tax lien |
| 4815 N 4TH ST ImprovedBought for $46K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $147K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4816 N 4TH ST | Absentee individual | $151K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4817 N 4TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4818 N 4TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2008); 5 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2025). | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4819 N 4TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $150K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4820 N 4TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4821 N 4TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $152K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4822 N 4TH ST ImprovedBought for $21K in 1999. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 4823 N 4TH ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4824 N 4TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2006 → $42K in 2015 (-24%). | Absentee individual | $138K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 4825 N 4TH ST | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4826 N 4TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $138K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4827 N 4TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $153K | 4/1 | 1,504 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 4828 N 4TH ST History2 L&I violations (2010). | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1900 | 0 | tax lien |
| 4829 N 4TH ST History2 L&I violations (2009); 3 L&I violations (2011); 5 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Absentee individual | $79K | —/— | 1,050 | 1900 | 0 | 7 viol |
| 4830 N 4TH ST ImprovedBought for $84K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $138K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4832 N 4TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2004 → $50K in 2012 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $138K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 4834 N 4TH ST | Owner-occupied | $132K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1900 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)