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Who owns your block

5400 block of N 4th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $0 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $201K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$201K
$199K–$257K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$147
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$200K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $201K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1900
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
83%
15 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
11%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
1 of 18 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+92%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+93%
value · tax +$1K

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 $201K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$201K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied44%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 67 reported crimes (21 violent) and 170 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
67
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
170
33 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Motor Vehicle Theft12
All Other Offenses7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Thefts6
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping35
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Salting22
Maintenance Complaint20
Abandoned Vehicle19
Information Request6

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
Andrew J Morrison
5100 N 3rd St · 484 students
High · 9-12
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave · 1036 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$125K$250K$201K2016: $104K2017: $104K2018: $104K2019: $104K2020: $104K2021: $104K2022: $104K2023: $137K2024: $137K2025: $201K2026: $201K2027: $201K2016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,7842016: $1,3402017: $1,3402018: $1,3402019: $1,4322020: $1,4382021: $1,4382022: $1,3242023: $1,0982024: $1,0982025: $2,4352026: $2,7842027: $2,7842016202020232027

▲ +108% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 193 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+93%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.3 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2004201020162022
19arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

12 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$199K$226K+

The block's largest owner, Am Property Llc, carries 21 open violations across 36 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Am Property Llc136$5.2Mphila.gov ↗
5401n4thst Vietnam Llc11$257Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 18 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5400 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $220K 3/2 1,376 1900 1
5401 N 4TH ST Bought for $43K in 2001, alteration permit in 2012, sold for $200K in 2026 (+368%). Investor / LLC $257K 3/2 1,802 1900 3
5402 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $203K 4/1 1,760 1900 0
5403 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $199K —/— 1,350 1900 0 rented
5404 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,376 1900 1
5405 N 4TH ST 3 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $199K —/— 1,350 1900 0
5406 N 4TH ST Bought for $40K in 2000. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $201K —/— 1,376 1900 3
5407 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2014). Owner-occupied $199K —/— 1,350 1900 0
5408 N 4TH ST Bought for $113K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $201K —/— 1,376 1900 1
5409 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $199K —/— 1,350 1900 0
5410 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2010 → $125K in 2011 (+127%). Owner-occupied $226K —/— 1,376 1900 2
5411 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $199K —/— 1,350 1900 1
5412 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $67K in 2004 → $110K in 2017 (+64%). Owner-occupied $201K —/— 1,376 1900 2
5413 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $199K —/— 1,350 1900 0
5414 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2006 → $117K in 2011 (+113%). Owner-occupied $201K —/— 1,376 1900 2
5415 N 4TH ST Investor / LLC $209K —/— 1,350 1900 1 rented
5416 N 4TH ST Bought for $38K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $201K 3/2 1,376 1900 2
5418 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $212K —/— 1,376 1900 0

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.