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Who owns your block

5700 block of N 4th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $1,222 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 67% since 2016, now about $188K. 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
$188K
$17K–$313K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$136
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$235K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $188K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
83%
20 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
1 of 24 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-11%
value · tax −$348
5 years
+64%
value · tax +$254
10 years
+67%
value · tax −$38

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 $188K — about 0.8× 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$188K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied67%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 72 reported crimes (22 violent) and 104 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
72
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
104
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults11
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Theft from Vehicle8
Thefts8
All Other Offenses7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Maintenance Complaint14
Abandoned Vehicle9
Street Trees6
Street Defect5

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$188K2016: $113K2017: $113K2018: $113K2019: $112K2020: $114K2021: $114K2022: $114K2023: $160K2024: $160K2025: $212K2026: $212K2027: $188K2016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2682016: $1,3062017: $1,3062018: $1,3062019: $1,2322020: $1,1912021: $1,0142022: $1,0142023: $1,2052024: $1,2052025: $1,6162026: $1,6162027: $1,2682016202020232027

▼ -3% 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 +4.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 167 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $167 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+67%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.7 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
15arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 2 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels10 parcels4 parcels
$17K$250K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Manuel Ramirez (individual)23$310Kphila.gov ↗
Morak W Valentine (individual)22$275Kphila.gov ↗
Lychan Ouch (individual)22$213Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 24 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
5708 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5710 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $191K —/— 1,440 1925 0
5711 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2025). Absentee individual $17K —/— 840 1975 0
5712 N 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $203K —/— 1,344 1925 0
5713 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $259K —/— 1,800 1925 0
5714 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $186K —/— 1,344 1925 1
5715 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $212K —/— 1,692 1925 0
5716 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $30K —/— 810 1970 0
5717 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $248K —/— 2,160 1925 0
5718 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $186K —/— 1,344 1925 0
5719 N 4TH ST Vacant $25K —/— 0
5720 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $211K 4/1 1,664 1925 0
5721 N 4TH ST Bought for $52K in 2000. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $200K 4/1 1,536 1925 1
5723 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $78K in 2003 → $114K in 2014 (+47%). Owner-occupied $190K —/— 1,344 1925 2
5724 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2012 → $285K in 2023 (+217%). Owner-occupied $313K 5/2 3,810 1925 2
5725 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $22K —/— 600 1975 1
5727 N 4TH ST Vacant $25K —/— 0
5728 N 4TH ST Bought for $85K in 2006. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $167K 3/1 1,230 1925 1
5729 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $206K —/— 1,600 1925 0
5730 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $167K 3/1 1,230 1925 1
5731 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $250K 4/1 1,600 1925 1
5732 N 4TH ST sold $50K (2009); 2 L&I violations (2009); L&I violation (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013). Absentee individual $167K 3/1 1,230 1925 1
5734 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2004 → $93K in 2008 (+68%). Owner-occupied $167K 3/1 1,230 1925 2
5736 N 4TH ST Bought for $98K in 2007. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $168K 3/1 1,230 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.