Who owns your block
4800 block of Smick St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 76% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 73% since 2016, now about $304K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $304K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19127 median of $346K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19127 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19127 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $304K | $346K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 66% | 28% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 12 reported crimes (1 violent) and 71 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
- $304K typical home, up +73% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,199 to $2,907 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $12M assessed, $105,560/yr to the city, about $2,778 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +73% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +32% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
4856 Smick St is assessed at $328K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,589 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.1% 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 $173 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 59 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 38 parcels
- Owner-occupied 29
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alden Llc | 1 | 29 | $8.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sedgwicks General Contracting Llc | 1 | 1 | $236K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4812 SMICK ST | Absentee individual | $270K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 4814 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $275K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4815 SMICK ST | Vacant | $156K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 4816 SMICK ST TradedTraded 2×: $200K in 2006 → $195K in 2010 (-3%). | Owner-occupied | $295K | 3/1 | 1,240 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 4818 SMICK ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2018 → $365K in 2021 (+508%). | Owner-occupied | $437K | 4/2 | 1,602 | 1900 | 2 | tax lien |
| 4820 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $80K in 2002 → $230K in 2021 (+188%). | Owner-occupied | $334K | 4/1 | 1,080 | 1900 | 5 | |
| 4822 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $278K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 4824 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $278K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4826 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $279K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4828 SMICK ST | Investor / LLC | $264K | 2/1 | 720 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 4830 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $265K | 2/1 | 720 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4832 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $111K in 2015 → $295K in 2022 (+166%). | Owner-occupied | $265K | 2/1 | 720 | 1900 | 3 | |
| 4834 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $236K | 2/1 | 720 | 1900 | 0 | abated |
| 4836 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $235K | 2/1 | 720 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4838 SMICK ST | Investor / LLC | $236K | 2/1 | 720 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4840 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $53K in 2000 → $270K in 2021 (+409%). | Owner-occupied | $295K | 2/1 | 934 | 1900 | 5 | |
| 4842 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $69K in 2001 → $239K in 2020 (+249%). | Owner-occupied | $301K | 2/1 | 1,230 | 1900 | 3 | |
| 4844 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $135K in 2004 → $310K in 2025 (+130%). | Owner-occupied | $294K | 2/1 | 930 | 1900 | 3 | |
| 4846 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $277K | 2/1 | 940 | 1900 | 0 | abated |
| 4848 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $296K | 3/1 | 940 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4849 SMICK ST | Vacant | $1.2M | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4850 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 7×: $102K in 2002 → $330K in 2023 (+224%). | Owner-occupied | $326K | 2/1 | 904 | 1900 | 7 | rented |
| 4852 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $275K | 2/1 | 930 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 4854 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $309K | 2/1 | 1,170 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 4855 SMICK ST | Vacant | $329K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4856 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $328K | 2/1 | 1,134 | 1992 | 0 | abated |
| 4858 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $235K in 2010 → $328K in 2022 (+40%). | Absentee individual | $307K | 2/1 | 1,088 | 1994 | 3 | |
| 4860 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $307K | 2/1 | 1,088 | 1990 | 1 | |
| 4862 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $238K in 2006 → $315K in 2022 (+32%). | Owner-occupied | $355K | 2/1 | 1,134 | 1994 | 4 | |
| 4864 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $100K in 2000 → $261K in 2020 (+161%). | Owner-occupied | $326K | 2/1 | 1,204 | 1992 | 3 | |
| 4866 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $326K | 2/1 | 1,204 | 1993 | 0 | |
| 4868 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $326K | 2/1 | 1,204 | 1992 | 0 | |
| 4870 SMICK ST | Absentee individual | $326K | 2/1 | 1,204 | 1991 | 0 | |
| 4872 SMICK ST | Absentee individual | $326K | 2/1 | 1,204 | 1991 | 1 | |
| 4874 SMICK ST TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2000 → $200K in 2005 (+90%). | Owner-occupied | $326K | 2/1 | 1,204 | 1991 | 2 | |
| 4876 SMICK ST HistoryAppeal approved (2011). | Owner-occupied | $365K | 2/1 | 1,204 | 1991 | 0 | |
| 4878 SMICK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $234K in 2012 → $410K in 2025 (+75%). | Owner-occupied | $365K | 2/1 | 1,204 | 1991 | 4 | |
| 4880 SMICK ST | Owner-occupied | $336K | 2/1 | 1,204 | 1991 | 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)