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Who owns your block

4900 block of N Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 14 open code violations and 13 homes behind $115,245 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $130K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$130K
$13K–$205K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$133
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$173K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $130K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 47
$30K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
60%
26 of 47
city 41%
Rentals
11%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
14
L&I code
▲ block 21% · city 5%
Back taxes
$115K
13 of 47 behind
▲ block 28% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$4
5 years
+98%
value · tax +$154
10 years
+78%
value · tax −$72

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 $130K — 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$130K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied36%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 61 reported crimes (26 violent) and 198 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
61
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
198
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Thefts7
Fraud5
All Other Offenses4
Theft from Vehicle4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint47
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection37
Salting26
Illegal Dumping25
Abandoned Vehicle7
Other (Streets)6

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$130K2016: $73K2017: $73K2018: $73K2019: $68K2020: $66K2021: $66K2022: $66K2023: $85K2024: $85K2025: $129K2026: $129K2027: $130K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5262016: $5982017: $5982018: $5982019: $3982020: $3722021: $3722022: $3722023: $1412024: $1412025: $5222026: $5222027: $5262016202020232027

▼ -12% since 2016 · ~-1%/yr

6
6 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 $30,190 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%
$569pays now $2,465at the full rate

4912 N Smedley St is assessed at $176K but pays $569 a year — about 23% of the $2,465 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9010025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 29 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
32arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
29homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 47 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 8 47parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 8

Value distribution today

7 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels5 parcels0 parcels34 parcels
$13K$138K+

The block's largest owner, Rad Diversified Reit Inc, carries 101 open violations across 181 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Rad Diversified Reit Inc1181$28Mphila.gov ↗
Vibhaa Llc142$822Kphila.gov ↗
Darnell Russell Investments Llc124$4.1Mphila.gov ↗
Btv Phil Llc112$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Cw Johnson Trust14$492Kphila.gov ↗
Blue Grass Realty Llc14$603Kphila.gov ↗
Tcs Anika Homes Acquisition Iii11$176Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 47 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
4900 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,030 1925 0 abated3 violtax lien
4902 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $86K 3/1 950 1925 0 1 viol
4904 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $10K in 2004 → $22K in 2005 (+114%). Absentee individual $130K 3/1 950 1925 2 rented
4906 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $130K 3/1 950 1925 0 1 viol
4908 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 950 1925 0
4910 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $57K in 2025 → $214K in 2025 (+275%). Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 2
4912 N SMEDLEY ST Bought for $52K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $44K in 2020. Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 950 1925 6 rentedabated
4914 N SMEDLEY ST sold $70K (2021); Appeal complete (2026). Investor / LLC $130K 3/1 950 1925 1 1 violtax lien
4915 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $53K —/— 0
4916 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 950 1925 1 tax lien
4917 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $13K —/— 0
4918 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 0
4919 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $15K —/— 0 tax lien
4920 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 0
4921 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $14K —/— 0 tax lien
4922 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 950 1925 0 abated1 violtax lien
4923 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 abated
4924 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 0 1 viol
4925 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $69K in 2022 → $275K in 2025 (+301%). Owner-occupied $205K 3/3 1,136 1925 2
4926 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 0
4927 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 4×: $17K in 2005 → $18K in 2014 (+7%). Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 4 tax lien
4928 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 0 tax lien
4929 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
4930 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 0 1 viol
4931 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 0
4932 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 0 1 viol
4933 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $90K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4934 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 0
4935 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 1 tax lien
4936 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $33K in 2008 → $80K in 2009 (+146%). Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 2
4937 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 0
4938 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $130K 3/1 950 1925 1 rented
4939 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
4940 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $130K 4/2 950 1925 1 rented
4941 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 0
4942 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $139K 3/1 1,104 1925 0 2 viol
4943 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 1 tax lien
4944 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $13K —/— 1 tax lien
4945 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $16K in 2000 → $22K in 2000 (+34%). Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 2 tax lien
4946 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $130K 3/1 950 1925 1 rented
4947 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 0
4948 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 950 1925 0 tax lien
4949 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 1
4950 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $13K —/— 0
4951 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 abated
4953 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 1 tax lien
4955 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $31K in 2005 → $70K in 2025 (+127%). Investor / LLC $138K 3/1 1,080 1925 2 2 violtax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 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.