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Who owns your block

4900 block of Valley St

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 346% since 2016, now about $124K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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
$124K
$120K–$233K
ZIP median $170K
Price / sq ft
$107
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$143K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $124K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1926
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
50%
2 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 25% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+55%
value · tax +$615
5 years
+64%
value · tax +$675
10 years
+346%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $124K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19124Philadelphia
Median home value$124K$170K$223K
Owner-occupied0%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 107 reported crimes (49 violent) and 143 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
107
49 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
143
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults33
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9
All Other Offenses9
Thefts9
Motor Vehicle Theft6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint31
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection21
Abandoned Vehicle20
Illegal Dumping16
License Complaint7
Construction Complaints6

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
Mastery Charter School At Smedley
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$124K2016: $28K2017: $28K2018: $74K2019: $76K2020: $76K2021: $76K2022: $76K2023: $81K2024: $81K2025: $80K2026: $80K2027: $124K2016202020232027

▲ +346% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,7372016: $3902017: $3902018: $1,0312019: $1,0622020: $1,0622021: $1,0622022: $1,0622023: $1,1282024: $1,1282025: $1,1222026: $1,1222027: $1,7372016202020232027

▲ +345% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +14.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 446 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $446 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+14.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+346%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+14.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+11.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+8.1 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2007. The typical home has sold 3 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20082012201620202024
9arm's-length sales since 2007
3times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Absentee individual: 2 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$120K$128K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 4 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4907-17 VALLEY ST Absentee individual $233K 3,002 1930 1
4930 VALLEY ST Traded 3×: $216K in 2007 → $143K in 2026 (-34%). Owner-occupied $128K 1,200 1922 3
4932 VALLEY ST Traded 3×: $216K in 2007 → $150K in 2022 (-31%). Owner-occupied $120K 1,120 2006 3
4934 VALLEY ST Traded 2×: $216K in 2007 → $36K in 2017 (-83%). Absentee individual $120K 1,120 1922 2 2 viol

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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.