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Who owns your block

4800 block of Walton Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 85% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $14,087 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 111% since 2016, now about $507K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.

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
$507K
$309K–$690K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$188
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$628K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $507K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 26
$23K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
85%
22 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
27%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$14K
3 of 26 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-4%
value · tax −$306
5 years
+65%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+111%
value · tax +$3K

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 $507K — about 2.3× 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$507K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied42%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 216 reported crimes (19 violent) and 196 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
216
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
196
30 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts152
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Other Assaults15
Theft from Vehicle11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal78
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Abandoned Vehicle13
Maintenance Complaint10
Salting9
Shoveling9

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-5
Henry C Lea
6501 Chew Ave · 261 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$507K2016: $240K2017: $240K2018: $240K2019: $297K2020: $308K2021: $308K2022: $308K2023: $437K2024: $437K2025: $526K2026: $526K2027: $507K2016202020232027

▲ +111% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,2182016: $3,2222017: $3,1572018: $3,1572019: $3,9412020: $4,0912021: $4,0572022: $4,0572023: $5,2502024: $5,2502025: $6,5242026: $6,5242027: $6,2182016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

3
3 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 $22,913 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%
$3,991pays now $8,455at the full rate

4837 Walton Ave is assessed at $604K but pays $3,991 a year — about 47% of the $8,455 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 211 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $211 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+111%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.5 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 43 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
43arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 22Absentee individual: 4 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 22
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels7 parcels4 parcels7 parcels4 parcels
$309K$625K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Hsw Properties Llc11$532Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 26 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
4813 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $532K —/— 2,700 1925 1 rented
4815 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $249K in 2015 → $567K in 2020 (+128%). Absentee individual $451K 4/3 2,700 1925 2 rentedtax lien
4817 WALTON AVE Appeal moot (2015); sold $543K (2021); Appeal granted (2025). Owner-occupied $423K 3/3 2,850 1925 1
4819 WALTON AVE Absentee individual $460K —/— 2,850 1925 1 rented
4821 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $123K in 2001 → $356K in 2007 (+191%). Owner-occupied $537K —/— 2,850 1925 2
4823 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $494K —/— 2,850 1920 1 rented
4825 WALTON AVE Traded 3×: $100K in 2005 → $25K in 2009 (-75%). Owner-occupied $537K —/— 2,850 1925 3
4826 WALTON AVE Traded 4×: $30K in 2000 → $300K in 2020 (+900%). Absentee individual $492K —/— 2,345 1925 4
4827 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $460K —/— 2,850 1925 1
4828 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $147K in 2001 → $260K in 2002 (+76%). Owner-occupied $309K 6/3 2,583 1925 2 tax lien
4829 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $459K —/— 2,850 1925 1
4830 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $406K —/— 2,400 1925 1
4831 WALTON AVE Absentee individual $537K —/— 2,850 1925 0
4832 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $486K —/— 2,400 1925 0
4833 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $316K —/— 2,850 1925 1
4834 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $563K —/— 2,805 1925 1
4835 WALTON AVE Bought for $126K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $88K in 2002. Owner-occupied $537K —/— 2,850 1925 2 abated
4836 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $452K —/— 2,805 1925 1 rented
4837 WALTON AVE Bought for $205K in 2015, built new (tax-abated), sold for $604K in 2021. Owner-occupied $604K 5/2 2,850 1925 2 abated
4838 WALTON AVE Traded 4×: $175K in 2004 → $655K in 2024 (+274%). Owner-occupied $654K 5/2 2,724 1925 4
4839 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $450K in 2015 → $630K in 2021 (+40%). Owner-occupied $690K 6/2 2,850 1925 2
4840 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $579K —/— 2,724 1925 1 rented
4841 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $155K in 2008 → $600K in 2025 (+287%). Owner-occupied $567K —/— 2,850 1925 2 rented
4842 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $519K —/— 2,640 1925 0
4843 WALTON AVE Bought for $65K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $277K in 2010. Owner-occupied $459K —/— 2,916 1925 4 abated
4844 WALTON AVE Traded 3×: $102K in 2001 → $450K in 2017 (+341%). Owner-occupied $625K —/— 2,200 1925 3

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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