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Who owns your block

4900 block of Walnut St

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 22% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 4 homes behind $23,623 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 140% since 2016, now about $364K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$364K
$25K–$544K
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$155
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$279K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $364K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 50
$49K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
50%
25 of 50
city 41%
Rentals
34%
17 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$24K
4 of 50 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
8
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 12% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$161
5 years
+86%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+140%
value · tax +$2K

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 $364K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$364K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied30%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 127 reported crimes (31 violent) and 277 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
127
31 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
277
60 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts29
Other Assaults18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
All Other Offenses11
Fraud10
Motor Vehicle Theft10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint52
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection50
Illegal Dumping25
Street Defect25
Graffiti Removal24
Abandoned Vehicle14

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-5
Henry C Lea
6501 Chew Ave · 261 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$250K$500K$364K2016: $152K2017: $152K2018: $152K2019: $184K2020: $195K2021: $195K2022: $195K2023: $284K2024: $284K2025: $374K2026: $374K2027: $364K2016202020232027

▲ +140% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,8472016: $1,8042017: $1,8042018: $1,8042019: $2,1362020: $2,2452021: $2,2452022: $2,2452023: $3,1812024: $3,3522025: $4,0672026: $4,0082027: $3,8472016202020232027

▲ +113% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

8
8 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 $49,029 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%
$1,848pays now $7,079at the full rate

4925-27 Walnut St is assessed at $506K but pays $1,848 a year — about 26% of the $7,079 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 +8.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 240 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $240 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+140%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.8 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 56 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
56arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
22homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 50 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 11Absentee individual: 14 50parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 11
  • Absentee individual 14

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels1 parcels6 parcels8 parcels18 parcels11 parcels
$25K$486K+

The block's largest owner, Light Up Gold Llc, carries 1 open violation across 8 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Light Up Gold Llc18$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Rahabot Property Llc16$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
215 Residential Llc16$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Walnut Portfolio Grp V Llc13$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
American Heritage Holding13$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Saffrock Walnut Llc23$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Tink Tank Llc12$898Kphila.gov ↗
Walnut Portfolio Grp Iv Llc22$912Kphila.gov ↗
Premiere Rentals Llc11$368Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 50 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

New construction
4919 Walnut St
$368K · built new (tax-abated).
Improved
4937 Walnut St
$368K · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025.
Improved
4908 Walnut St
$307K · Bought for $245K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025.
Improved
4918 Walnut St
$246K · Bought for $305K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022.
Frequently traded
4913 Walnut St
$501K · Traded 3×: $162K in 2023 → $500K in 2024 (+209%).
Frequently traded
4945 Walnut St
$473K · Traded 4×: $63K in 2002 → $394K in 2019 (+525%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4900 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $421K —/— 2,160 1925 1
4901 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $375K —/— 2,475 1925 1
4902 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $306K —/— 2,160 1925 0
4903 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $183K in 2007 → $405K in 2019 (+121%). Owner-occupied $361K —/— 2,250 1925 2
4904 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $212K —/— 2,160 1925 0
4905 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $361K —/— 2,250 1925 0
4906 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $322K —/— 2,160 1925 1 2 viol
4907 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $445K —/— 2,250 1925 0 abated
4908 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $245K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $307K —/— 2,160 1925 2 1 violtax lien
4909 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2005 → $201K in 2008 (+111%). Absentee individual $364K —/— 2,250 1925 2 rented
4910 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $246K —/— 2,160 1925 1 rented
4911 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $364K —/— 2,250 1925 0 rented
4912 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2004 → $228K in 2004 (+407%). Owner-occupied $343K —/— 2,160 1925 3 rented
4913 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $162K in 2023 → $500K in 2024 (+209%). Owner-occupied $501K 5/3 2,408 1925 3
4914 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $49K —/— 2,160 — 0 rented
4915 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $49K —/— 2,250 1925 1
4916 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $34K in 2001 → $60K in 2004 (+79%). Absentee individual $25K —/— 2,350 1915 3 rented
4917 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $400K in 2005 → $418K in 2022 (+4%). Owner-occupied $468K 7/3 2,250 1925 4
4918 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $305K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $246K —/— 2,160 1925 1
4919 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $368K —/— 2,250 1925 0 rentedabated
4920 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $381K —/— 2,736 1925 1 tax lien
4921 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $1K in 2006 → $260K in 2016 (+25900%). Owner-occupied $445K —/— 2,250 1925 4
4922 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $394K —/— 2,736 1925 0 abated
4923 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $349K —/— 2,250 1925 0
4924 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $381K —/— 2,736 1925 1
4925-27 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $506K —/— 2,730 1925 0 abated
4926 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $394K —/— 2,736 1925 0 tax lien
4928 WALNUT ST Historysold $263K (2025); Appeal granted (2025). Investor / LLC $261K —/— 2,364 1925 1 tax lien
4929 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $368K —/— 2,250 1925 0 tax lien
4930 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $60K in 2015 → $245K in 2024 (+308%). Absentee individual $264K —/— 2,736 1925 4
4931 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $368K —/— 2,250 1925 1 rented
4932 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $486K —/— 2,736 1925 0 abated
4933 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $349K —/— 2,250 1925 0
4934 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $381K —/— 2,736 1925 0 tax lien
4935 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $150K in 2005 → $250K in 2024 (+67%). Investor / LLC $368K 7/4 2,250 1925 5 rented
4936 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $49K —/— 2,160 1925 0 rented
4937 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $368K —/— 2,250 1925 0 rented
4939 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $368K —/— 2,250 1925 1 rented
4940 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $49K —/— 2,160 1925 0 rented
4941 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2019 → $450K in 2024 (+350%). Investor / LLC $432K —/— 3,075 1925 2
4942 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $343K —/— 2,160 1925 0 abated
4943 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $49K —/— 2,025 1925 1 rented
4944 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $240K in 2015 → $631K in 2017 (+163%). Investor / LLC $442K —/— 2,160 1925 2 rented
4945 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $63K in 2002 → $394K in 2019 (+525%). Owner-occupied $473K 5/2 2,025 1925 4
4946 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2006 → $631K in 2017 (+1162%). Investor / LLC $366K —/— 2,288 1925 2 rented
4947 WALNUT ST Owner-occupied $235K —/— 2,025 1925 0 1 viol
4948 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $358K —/— 2,160 1925 1 tax lien
4949 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $301K —/— 1,500 1920 0 abated
4950 WALNUT ST Investor / LLC $544K —/— 8,352 1920 1 rented
4951 WALNUT ST Absentee individual $234K —/— 2,250 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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