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Who owns your block

4900 block of W Stiles St

A mixed-ownership block: 45% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held, with 16 open code violations and 8 homes behind $48,650 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 191% since 2016, now about $80K. Property taxes are climbing about 17% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$80K
$15K–$188K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$101
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$311
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
24 of 78
$32K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
45%
34 of 78
city 41%
Rentals
9%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
16
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$49K
8 of 78 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+17%
value · tax −$14
5 years
+136%
value · tax +$203
10 years
+191%
value · tax +$168

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 $80K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$80K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied26%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 61 reported crimes (21 violent) and 274 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
61
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
274
79 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
All Other Offenses9
Fraud6
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint62
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection57
Abandoned Vehicle31
Illegal Dumping26
Sanitation Violation19
Construction Complaints13

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 & Middle · K-8
Rudolph Blankenburg
4600 W Girard Ave · 228 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$50K$100K$80K2016: $27K2017: $27K2018: $27K2019: $33K2020: $34K2021: $34K2022: $34K2023: $53K2024: $53K2025: $68K2026: $68K2027: $80K2016202020232027

▲ +191% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$125$250$2132017: $452018: $222022: $102026: $2272027: $2132017202020242027

▲ +373% since 2017 · ~+17%/yr

24
24 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 $32,488 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%
$329pays now $1,729at the full rate

4932 W Stiles St is assessed at $124K but pays $329 a year — about 19% of the $1,729 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 291 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $291 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+191%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.7 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 65 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 29 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
65arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
29homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 78 parcels

Owner-occupied: 34Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 32 78parcels
  • Owner-occupied 34
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 32

Value distribution today

33 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels1 parcels27 parcels14 parcels
$15K$106K+

The block's largest owner, Ddh Fund Lp, carries 74 open violations across 52 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ddh Fund Lp252$8.2Mphila.gov ↗
Sfr3 050 Llc128$3.5Mphila.gov ↗
Jcre Holdings Llc122$3.6Mphila.gov ↗
Free World Vending Llc14$569Kphila.gov ↗
Stiles And Mole Llc13$337Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 78 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4901 W STILES ST Vacant $25K —/— 0
4903 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4905 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4907 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $320 in 2003 → $50K in 2003 (+15525%). Vacant $15K —/— 2 2 viol
4909 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2014 → $46K in 2018 (+84%). Absentee individual $80K 3/1 756 1925 2
4911 W STILES ST Investor / LLC $70K 3/1 1,068 1925 1
4913 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1 tax lien
4915 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $30K in 2003. Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 866 1925 1 abated
4917 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 866 1925 1
4919 W STILES ST Absentee individual $84K 3/1 866 1925 0 abated
4920 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1 2 violtax lien
4921 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1
4922 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1
4923 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $48K in 2004. Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 866 1925 1 abated
4924 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4925 W STILES ST Bought for $43K in 1999, built new (tax-abated), sold for $43K in 2001. Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 756 1925 3 abated
4926 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1 2 viol
4927 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 756 1925 1 rented
4928 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1 2 viol
4929 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 756 1925 0
4930 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1 tax lien
4931 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1 tax lien
4932 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $58K in 2015. Owner-occupied $124K 3/1 1,020 1925 1 abated
4933 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1 tax lien
4934 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $20K in 2013. Owner-occupied $83K 3/1 840 1925 1 abated
4935 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1 tax lien
4936 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $102K 3/1 1,104 1925 1
4937 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $320 in 2001 → $10K in 2021 (+3025%). Vacant $15K —/— 2
4938 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $41K in 1999. Owner-occupied $102K 3/1 1,104 1925 1 abated
4939 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2000 → $31K in 2021 (-30%). Vacant $15K —/— 2 3 viol
4940 W STILES ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2002 → $147K in 2024 (+227%). Investor / LLC $102K 3/1 1,104 1925 3 rented
4941 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4942 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $48K in 2004. Owner-occupied $102K 3/1 1,104 1925 1 abated
4943 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4944 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $42K in 2022 → $120K in 2024 (+186%). Absentee individual $117K 2/1 840 1925 2 rented
4945 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4946-48 W STILES ST Traded 3×: $115K in 2013 → $460K in 2023 (+300%). Owner-occupied $188K 5/1 1,998 1925 3
4947 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4949 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4950 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2001. Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,137 1925 1 abated
4951 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4952 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $48K in 2001. Owner-occupied $83K 3/1 840 1925 1 abated
4953 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4954 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $83K 3/1 840 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4955 W STILES ST demolished in 2025, then sold for $32K in 2018. Absentee individual $59K 3/1 1,020 1925 1 abated
4956 W STILES ST Absentee individual $83K 3/1 840 1925 1
4957 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 756 1925 0 abated
4958 W STILES ST Vacant $21K —/— 0 2 viol
4959 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 1,020 1925 1 2 violtax lien
4960 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4961 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $33K in 1999 → $33K in 1999 (+0%). Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 756 1925 2
4962 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4963 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2000. Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 756 1925 1 abated
4964 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4965 W STILES ST Absentee individual $83K 3/1 800 1925 0 abated
4966 W STILES ST Vacant $15K —/— 1
4967 W STILES ST Bought for $40K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $58K in 2015. Owner-occupied $106K 3/1 800 1925 2 abatedtax lien
4968 W STILES ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
4969 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $83K 3/1 800 1925 1
4970 W STILES ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
4971 W STILES ST Traded 3×: $6K in 2007 → $141K in 2023 (+2250%). Owner-occupied $81K 2/1 800 1925 3 rentedtax lien
4972-76 W STILES ST Absentee individual $67K —/— 2,300 1925 0 1 violtax lien
4973 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 756 1925 1
4975 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $82K 3/1 800 1925 0 abated
4977 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $82K 3/1 800 1925 0 tax lien
4978 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $22K —/— 767 1925 1 tax lien
4979 W STILES ST Investor / LLC $82K 3/1 800 1925 1 rentedtax lien
4980 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $80K in 2021. Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 976 1925 1 abated
4981 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $48K in 2000. Owner-occupied $81K 3/1 798 1925 1 abated
4982 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $38K in 1999. Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 968 1925 1 abated
4983 W STILES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $40K in 2000. Owner-occupied $82K 3/1 800 1925 1 abated
4984 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 968 1925 1
4985 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $82K 3/1 800 1925 0 abated
4986 W STILES ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
4987 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2007 → $20K in 2010 (+186%). Investor / LLC $82K 3/1 800 1925 2 rented
4989 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $56K 3/1 800 1925 1 rentedtax lien
4991 W STILES ST Owner-occupied $82K 3/1 800 1925 0 abated
4993 W STILES ST Absentee individual $107K 3/1 990 1925 0 abated

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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