Who owns your block
4800 block of Van Kirk St
A mixed-ownership block: 52% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 4 homes behind $39,242 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 85% since 2016, now about $163K. 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 $163K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $163K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 39% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 143 reported crimes (35 violent) and 127 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
- $163K typical home, up +85% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,104 to $1,977 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.1M assessed, $44,617/yr to the city, about $1,940 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +85% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +79% 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 +5.8% 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 $185 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 31 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4800 VAN KIRK ST | Vacant | $25K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 4801 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2014 → $28K in 2015 (-44%). | Vacant | $40K | —/— | — | — | 2 | 2 violtax lien |
| 4802 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $14K in 2018 → $20K in 2020 (+44%). | Vacant | $25K | —/— | — | — | 3 | tax lien |
| 4804 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2009 → $193K in 2024 (+286%). | Owner-occupied | $171K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 4805 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2014 → $28K in 2015 (-44%). | Owner-occupied | $216K | 4/1 | 1,298 | 1930 | 2 | 2 violtax lien |
| 4806 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $163K | 2/2 | 1,020 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 4807 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $75K in 2003 → $148K in 2016 (+97%). | Owner-occupied | $240K | 4/1 | 1,207 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 4808 VAN KIRK ST Historysold $70K (2007); Appeal granted (2014). | Absentee individual | $162K | 2/2 | 980 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 4809 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $240K | 4/1 | 1,920 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 4810 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $143K | 3/1 | 972 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 4811 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $240K | 4/1 | 1,920 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 4812 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $143K | 3/1 | 972 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 4813-15 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $269K | 3/1 | 1,488 | 1930 | 0 | 5 viol |
| 4814 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $143K | 3/1 | 972 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 4816 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $65K in 2004 → $91K in 2018 (+41%). | Owner-occupied | $156K | 3/1 | 1,126 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 4818 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $142K | 3/1 | 980 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 4819 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $100K in 2005 → $45K in 2021 (-55%). | Absentee individual | $215K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 4820 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $142K | 3/1 | 980 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 4821 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2005 → $125K in 2024 (+19%). | Owner-occupied | $215K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 4822 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $45K in 2005 → $93K in 2006 (+106%). | Absentee individual | $152K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 2 | rented |
| 4823 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $215K | 4/1 | 1,260 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 4824 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $425K in 2021 → $480K in 2023 (+13%). | Absentee individual | $391K | —/— | 4,340 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 4825 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $241K | —/— | 1,440 | 1930 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)