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Who owns your block

4900 block of N Carlisle St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 3 homes behind $18,419 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 135% since 2016, now about $140K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$140K
$31K–$217K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$107
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$123K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $140K
Tax / yr
$584
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
65%
14 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
9%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$18K
3 of 23 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$160
5 years
+136%
value · tax +$373
10 years
+135%
value · tax +$147

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 $140K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$140K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied48%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 152 reported crimes (46 violent) and 177 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
152
46 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
177
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Narcotic / Drug Law Violations33
All Other Offenses22
Other Assaults17
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping44
Maintenance Complaint33
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Salting8
License Complaint7
Abandoned Vehicle5

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 · K-5
James Logan
1700 Lindley Ave · 223 students
Middle · K-8
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$100K$200K$140K2016: $60K2017: $60K2018: $60K2019: $62K2020: $59K2021: $59K2022: $59K2023: $87K2024: $87K2025: $129K2026: $129K2027: $140K2016202020232027

▲ +135% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5842016: $4372017: $4372018: $4372019: $3122020: $2762021: $2112022: $2112023: $1262024: $1092025: $4242026: $4242027: $5842016202020232027

▲ +34% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

11 homes pay the full 1.40%12 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 235 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $235 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+135%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.6 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20052010201520202025
13arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 3 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels19 parcels
$31K$144K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Colorado Redevelopment LLC112$1.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Eye Trash Cash LLC15$705Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Ceraphik Properties LLC15$606Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Ccnw Development Company11$140Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

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

$0$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4908 N CARLISLE ST Bought for $47K in 2012. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,328 1930 1
4910 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,328 1930 0
4912 N CARLISLE ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,328 1930 0
4914 N CARLISLE ST Traded 2×: $41K in 2007 → $115K in 2025 (+179%). Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,328 1930 2 rented
4915 N CARLISLE ST Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,306 1940 1
4916 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,362 1930 0 tax lien
4917 N CARLISLE ST Owner-occupied $139K 3/1 1,290 1940 0 tax lien
4919 N CARLISLE ST Bought for $70K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,306 1940 1
4921 N CARLISLE ST Bought for $34K in 2004, use permit in 2013, sold for $200K in 2020 (+488%). Owner-occupied $217K 2/2 1,306 1940 3
4923 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,306 1940 0
4925 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,306 1940 0 tax lien
4927 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,306 1940 0
4928 N CARLISLE ST 2 L&I violations (2009). Vacant $31K —/— 0
4929 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,306 1940 0
4930 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. Absentee individual $143K 3/1 1,308 1940 0
4931 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,306 1940 0 tax lien
4932 N CARLISLE ST Bought for $50K in 2003. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2020. Vacant $31K —/— 2
4933 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $140K 3/1 1,306 1940 0
4934 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $40K —/— 0
4935 N CARLISLE ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2006 → $132K in 2023 (+193%). Absentee individual $140K 3/1 1,306 1940 2 rented
4936 N CARLISLE ST Bought for $5K in 2003. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $142K 3/1 1,308 1930 1
4937 N CARLISLE ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,300 1940 0
4938 N CARLISLE ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $99K —/— 1,096 1930 0 5 violtax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.