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Who owns your block

4800 block of Unruh Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 61% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 98% since 2016, now about $206K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$206K
$148K–$296K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$143
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$460K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $206K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1930
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
61%
17 of 28
city 41%
Rentals
36%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax +$183
5 years
+79%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+98%
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 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 $206K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and in line with 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$206K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied43%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 73 reported crimes (25 violent) and 117 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
73
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
117
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults20
Motor Vehicle Theft16
All Other Offenses7
Fraud7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Thefts5

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle24
Maintenance Complaint22
Street Defect12
Information Request7
License Complaint6
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection6

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
Hamilton Disston
6801 Cottage St · 686 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$206K2016: $104K2017: $104K2018: $104K2019: $103K2020: $115K2021: $115K2022: $115K2023: $129K2024: $129K2025: $184K2026: $184K2027: $206K2016202020232027

▲ +98% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3572016: $1,2322017: $1,2322018: $1,2322019: $1,1552020: $1,2542021: $1,1802022: $1,2912023: $1,6602024: $1,6602025: $2,1742026: $2,1742027: $2,3572016202020232027

▲ +91% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 198 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $198 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+98%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.1 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 56 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
56arm's-length sales since 1999
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 6 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

9 parcels2 parcels3 parcels1 parcels9 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$148K$269K+

The block's largest owner, Rare Rentals Llc, carries 6 open violations across 47 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Rare Rentals Llc147$8.2Mphila.gov ↗
Cm88 Llc14$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Y&S Property Llc14$933Kphila.gov ↗
Nanqu Realty Llc14$857Kphila.gov ↗
Jerni International Llc11$161Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 28 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4801 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $42K in 2014 → $55K in 2014 (+31%). Absentee individual $258K 2/2 1,728 1930 2 rented
4803 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $110K in 2021 → $250K in 2022 (+127%). Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,504 1930 2
4805 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,504 1930 1 rented
4807 UNRUH AVE sold $47K (2002); Appeal denied (2014). Absentee individual $225K 3/1 1,540 1930 1
4809 UNRUH AVE Investor / LLC $220K 3/1 1,504 1930 1 rented
4811 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $80K in 2002 → $123K in 2013 (+53%). Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,576 1930 2
4813 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,504 1930 1
4815 UNRUH AVE Traded 4×: $100K in 2005 → $241K in 2021 (+141%). Owner-occupied $293K 3/— 2,144 1930 4
4817 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $80K in 2018 → $165K in 2020 (+106%). Owner-occupied $269K 3/2 1,504 1930 2
4818 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $145K in 2018 → $460K in 2025 (+217%). Investor / LLC $227K 4/2 1,600 1980 2 rented
4819 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,504 1930 1
4820 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $120K in 2004 → $150K in 2007 (+25%). Absentee individual $214K 4/2 1,600 1980 2 rented
4821 UNRUH AVE Traded 5×: $98K in 2005 → $178K in 2023 (+82%). Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,260 1930 5
4822 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $107K in 2014 → $210K in 2021 (+97%). Owner-occupied $227K 4/2 1,600 1980 2 2 viol
4823 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $18K in 2004 → $80K in 2011 (+342%). Investor / LLC $168K 3/1 1,260 1930 2 rented
4824 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $88K in 2007 → $95K in 2021 (+8%). Owner-occupied $151K 2/1 1,134 1930 2
4825 UNRUH AVE Traded 5×: $31K in 1999 → $250K in 2024 (+706%). Owner-occupied $226K 3/3 1,260 1930 5
4826 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $148K 2/1 1,064 1930 0
4827 UNRUH AVE Absentee individual $168K 4/1 1,260 1930 1 rented
4828 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $150K 2/1 1,064 1930 1
4830 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $150K 2/1 1,064 1930 0
4832 UNRUH AVE Investor / LLC $150K 2/1 1,064 1930 0 rented
4834 UNRUH AVE Traded 4×: $30K in 2001 → $93K in 2006 (+208%). Owner-occupied $150K 2/1 1,064 1930 4
4836 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 1,120 1930 0
4838 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $87K in 2006 → $50K in 2018 (-43%). Absentee individual $160K 3/2 1,120 1930 2
4840 UNRUH AVE Traded 5×: $45K in 2002 → $140K in 2024 (+211%). Investor / LLC $161K 3/1 1,120 1930 5 rented
4842 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $80K in 2005 → $48K in 2024 (-40%). Absentee individual $193K 3/1 1,120 1930 3 rented
4844 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $158K in 2006 → $250K in 2023 (+58%). Owner-occupied $194K —/— 1,675 1930 3

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.