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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $507K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 42% | 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.
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
- $507K typical home, up +111% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,222 to $6,218 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $13M assessed, $161,070/yr to the city, about $6,195 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +111% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +93% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 22
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsw Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $532K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4813 WALTON AVE | Owner-occupied | $532K | —/— | 2,700 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 4815 WALTON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $249K in 2015 → $567K in 2020 (+128%). | Absentee individual | $451K | 4/3 | 2,700 | 1925 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 4817 WALTON AVE HistoryAppeal 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 TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $100K in 2005 → $25K in 2009 (-75%). | Owner-occupied | $537K | —/— | 2,850 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 4826 WALTON AVE Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $175K in 2004 → $655K in 2024 (+274%). | Owner-occupied | $654K | 5/2 | 2,724 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 4839 WALTON AVE TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 New constructionBought for $65K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $277K in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $459K | —/— | 2,916 | 1925 | 4 | abated |
| 4844 WALTON AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $102K in 2001 → $450K in 2017 (+341%). | Owner-occupied | $625K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 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)