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Who owns your block

5600 block of N 4th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 78% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $3,952 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $195K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$195K
$128K–$222K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$137
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
78%
18 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
13%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
1 of 23 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-6%
value · tax −$362
5 years
+67%
value · tax +$76
10 years
+69%
value · tax −$53

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 $195K — 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$195K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied61%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 98 reported crimes (30 violent) and 157 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
98
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
157
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Narcotic / Drug Law Violations19
Other Assaults17
All Other Offenses11
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping43
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection21
Maintenance Complaint20
Street Trees12
Sanitation Violation9
Street Defect9

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-4
James R Lowell
450 W Nedro Ave · 430 students
Middle
Grover Washington Jr
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 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$195K2016: $115K2017: $115K2018: $115K2019: $116K2020: $117K2021: $117K2022: $117K2023: $160K2024: $160K2025: $209K2026: $209K2027: $195K2016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3682016: $1,4212017: $1,4212018: $1,3732019: $1,2012020: $1,2922021: $1,2922022: $1,2922023: $1,2782024: $1,2782025: $1,7302026: $1,7302027: $1,3682016202020232027

▼ -4% since 2016 · ~0%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 169 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $169 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+69%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.6 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 25 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$100K$200K20002005201020152020
25arm'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 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels10 parcels9 parcels
$128K$211K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Zest Pa Investments Llc11$206Kphila.gov ↗
Transform Properties Llc11$167Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 23 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
5603 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2001 → $95K in 2020 (+90%). Investor / LLC $206K 2/2 1,376 1925 2 rented
5605 N 4TH ST Bought for $52K in 2009, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $90K in 2024 (+73%). Absentee individual $188K —/— 1,376 1925 3
5607 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $188K —/— 1,376 1925 1
5609 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $167K —/— 938 1925 0 tax lien
5610 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $143K —/— 1,120 1925 0
5611 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $77K in 2004 → $77K in 2005 (+0%). Owner-occupied $167K —/— 1,160 1925 2
5612 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $193K —/— 1,440 1925 1
5613 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $193K —/— 1,376 1925 0
5614 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $222K —/— 1,602 1925 1 rented
5615 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $198K —/— 1,440 1925 1
5616 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $128K —/— 1,440 1925 0
5617 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $205K 4/1 1,600 1925 1
5618 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $60K in 2000 → $60K in 2000 (+0%). Owner-occupied $205K —/— 1,440 1925 2
5619 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $206K 4/1 1,600 1925 1
5620 N 4TH ST Bought for $89K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Absentee individual $204K —/— 1,440 1925 2
5621 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $198K —/— 1,440 1925 1
5622 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $193K —/— 1,440 1925 0
5623 N 4TH ST Traded 3×: $90K in 2003 → $130K in 2015 (+44%). Owner-occupied $200K —/— 1,376 1925 3
5624 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $193K —/— 1,440 1925 1 tax lien
5626 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $211K —/— 1,472 1925 0
5628 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2001 → $120K in 2005 (+120%). Absentee individual $213K —/— 1,472 1925 2 rented
5630 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2012). Owner-occupied $195K —/— 1,472 1925 0
5632 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $195K —/— 1,472 1925 1

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.