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Who owns your block

4800 block of Springfield Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $48 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 57% since 2016, now about $531K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$531K
$375K–$952K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$204
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$513K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $531K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 20
$19K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
75%
15 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
25%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$48
1 of 20 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax −$49
5 years
+34%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+57%
value · tax +$2K

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 $531K — about 2.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$531K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied60%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 50 reported crimes (14 violent) and 197 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
50
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
197
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts10
Theft from Vehicle8
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Other Assaults6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Salting39
Graffiti Removal27
Abandoned Vehicle16
Maintenance Complaint15
Illegal Dumping8

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
Avery Harrington
5300 Baltimore Ave · 259 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$500K$1.0M$531K2016: $338K2017: $338K2018: $338K2019: $381K2020: $395K2021: $395K2022: $395K2023: $428K2024: $428K2025: $520K2026: $520K2027: $531K2016202020232027

▲ +57% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,7532016: $4,5302017: $4,7382018: $4,7382019: $4,9272020: $5,0222021: $5,0222022: $5,0222023: $5,5842024: $5,7272025: $6,7502026: $6,8022027: $6,7532016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $18,678 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$3,826pays now $6,711at the full rate

4814 Springfield Ave is assessed at $479K but pays $3,826 a year — about 57% of the $6,711 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 +4.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 157 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $157 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+57%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.3 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
15arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels10 parcels5 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$375K$935K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Life Center Assoc Inc12$750Kphila.gov ↗
2074 E York Lp12$1.0Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 20 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4800 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $817K —/— 3,282 1892 1
4801 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $952K —/— 4,530 1903 0
4802 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $573K —/— 3,198 1892 0
4804 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $512K —/— 3,198 1892 0
4805 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $935K —/— 4,203 1892 1 rented
4806 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $555K —/— 3,198 1892 1
4807 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $693K —/— 2,025 1892 1
4808 SPRINGFIELD AVE Traded 4×: $200K in 2001 → $380K in 2014 (+90%). Absentee individual $555K —/— 3,198 1892 4 rented
4809 SPRINGFIELD AVE Absentee individual $497K —/— 2,640 1892 0 rented
4810 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $538K —/— 2,798 1892 0
4811 SPRINGFIELD AVE Investor / LLC $539K —/— 2,640 1892 0
4812 SPRINGFIELD AVE sold $274K (2003); Appeal city affirmed (2010). Owner-occupied $511K —/— 2,490 1892 1
4813 SPRINGFIELD AVE Investor / LLC $500K —/— 2,679 1892 1 rented
4814 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $479K —/— 2,490 1892 0 abated
4815 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $531K 5/3 2,547 1892 1
4816 SPRINGFIELD AVE Traded 2×: $142K in 2000 → $219K in 2002 (+54%). Owner-occupied $511K —/— 2,490 1892 2
4817 SPRINGFIELD AVE sold $283K (2005); Appeal granted (2016). Owner-occupied $531K —/— 2,547 1892 1 1 viol
4819 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $531K —/— 2,547 1892 1
4821 SPRINGFIELD AVE Absentee individual $492K —/— 2,547 1892 0 rented
4823 SPRINGFIELD AVE Owner-occupied $375K —/— 4,167 1892 0 abated1 viol

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.