Philadelphia property report
4800 block of Whitaker Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($5,134 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 115% since 2016, now about $189K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $189K — about 0.8× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19124 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19124 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $189K | $171K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 46% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 24 reported crimes (about 2 a month, 21% of them violent) and 47 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
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
- $189K typical home, up +115% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $864 to $1,481 a year through 2027, +5%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $21,012/yr from taxable assessments, or $1,910 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +115% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +71% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.
- 4897 Whitaker Avelower taxable assessment0.57%$957/yr on $168K
- 4893 Whitaker Avelower taxable assessment0.58%$984/yr on $170K
- 4895 Whitaker Avelower taxable assessment0.59%$1,018/yr on $173K
- 4885 Whitaker Avelower taxable assessment0.61%$1,083/yr on $177K
- 4899 Whitaker Avelower taxable assessment0.70%$1,400/yr on $200K
- …and 1 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% 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 $215 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 12 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).
Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4869 WHITAKER AVE Vacant lot | Vacant | $269K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4879 WHITAKER AVE | Owner-occupied | $201K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 4881 WHITAKER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $43K in 2005 → $138K in 2026 (+220%). | Owner-occupied | $191K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 4883 WHITAKER AVE Historysold $805K (2003); L&I violation (2022); Inspection failed (2022). | Absentee individual | $189K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 4885 WHITAKER AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 4887 WHITAKER AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $188K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 4889 WHITAKER AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 0 | $5K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 4891 WHITAKER AVE Historysold $171K (2020); L&I violation (2026); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2026). | Owner-occupied | $206K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 4893 WHITAKER AVE Historysold $39K (2003); L&I violation (2025); Inspection failed ×2 (2025); L&I violation (2026); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2026). | Owner-occupied | $184K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 4895 WHITAKER AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $184K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 4897 WHITAKER AVE ImprovedBought for $40K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 4899 WHITAKER AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit, sold for $200K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1945 | 1 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)