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Who owns your block

5900 block of N 4th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 87% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations and 4 homes behind $10,771 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $170K. 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
$170K
$17K–$209K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$139
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$85K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $170K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1945
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
87%
47 of 55
city 41%
Rentals
16%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
4 of 55 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax −$21
5 years
+65%
value · tax +$167
10 years
+79%
value · tax +$42

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 $170K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and in line with 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$170K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied58%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (26 violent) and 207 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
95
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
207
43 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft17
Other Assaults16
Fraud12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Thefts11
Theft from Vehicle6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint35
Street Defect34
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection24
Abandoned Vehicle19
Illegal Dumping16
Complaint (Streets)10

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$100K$200K$170K2016: $95K2017: $95K2018: $95K2019: $96K2020: $103K2021: $103K2022: $103K2023: $127K2024: $127K2025: $169K2026: $169K2027: $170K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0042016: $9622017: $9622018: $9622019: $8032020: $8372021: $8372022: $8372023: $8152024: $8152025: $1,5102026: $1,0252027: $1,0042016202020232027

▲ +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 +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 179 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $179 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+79%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 58 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M200020052010201520202025
58arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
22homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 55 parcels

Owner-occupied: 47Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 1 55parcels
  • Owner-occupied 47
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels28 parcels23 parcels
$17K$196K+

The block's largest owner, Abaymado Llc, carries 2 open violations across 13 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Abaymado Llc113$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Phl Rental Properties Llc17$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
T & D Group Llc16$986Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 55 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
5900 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,280 1945 0
5902 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5904 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2001 → $55K in 2001 (+84%). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 2
5906 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2008); sold $175K (2022); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,220 1945 1
5908 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5910 N 4TH ST Bought for $60K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 2
5912 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $169K 3/1 1,220 1945 1 rented
5914 N 4TH ST 3 L&I violations (2009). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5916 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5917 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,240 1945 0
5918 N 4TH ST Bought for $120K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 1
5919 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 0 tax lien
5920 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 0 tax lien
5921 N 4TH ST Traded 3×: $63K in 2007 → $170K in 2021 (+170%). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 3
5922 N 4TH ST Bought for $30K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 2
5923 N 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 0
5924 N 4TH ST Bought for $43K in 2017. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 1 rented
5925 N 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2022); sold $195K (2024). Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,180 1945 1
5926 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $22K in 2002 → $62K in 2002 (+182%). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 2
5927 N 4TH ST 4 L&I violations (2018); sold $170K (2021). Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,180 1945 1 tax lien
5928 N 4TH ST Bought for $48K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,220 1945 2
5929 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 0
5930 N 4TH ST Bought for $70K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $205K in 2024 (+193%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,220 1945 5
5931 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 0 tax lien
5932 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2019). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5933 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2022); sold $145K (2022). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 1
5934 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5935 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2016 → $45K in 2016 (+0%). Absentee individual $108K 3/1 1,180 1945 2 rented
5936 N 4TH ST Bought for $15K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 2 tax lien
5937 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $31K in 2001 → $60K in 2002 (+96%). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 2 rented
5938 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5939 N 4TH ST Bought for $30K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 3
5940 N 4TH ST Bought for $56K in 2000, addition and/or alteration permit in 2021, sold for $207K in 2025 (+270%). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 2
5941 N 4TH ST 2 L&I violations (2018); 4 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 0
5942 N 4TH ST Bought for $85K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 1
5943 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $36K in 2002 → $106K in 2006 (+194%). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 2
5944 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5945 N 4TH ST Bought for $60K in 2017. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $108K 3/1 1,180 1945 1 rented
5946 N 4TH ST Bought for $123K in 2007, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $160K in 2025 (+30%). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 4
5947 N 4TH ST Bought for $30K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $85K in 2025 (+183%). Investor / LLC $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 4
5948 N 4TH ST Bought for $30K in 2001. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 1
5949 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 0
5950 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $48K in 2000 → $52K in 2015 (+9%). Absentee individual $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 2 rented
5951 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Vacant $17K —/— 0 3 viol
5952 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5953 N 4TH ST Bought for $100K in 2012. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 1
5954 N 4TH ST 3 L&I violations (2019); sold $72K (2019). Absentee individual $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 1 rented
5955 N 4TH ST 8 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2010); 3 L&I violations (2011). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 0
5956 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 1
5957 N 4TH ST Bought for $90K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 1 rented
5958 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,220 1945 1
5959 N 4TH ST 3 L&I violations (2010). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 0
5960 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,280 1945 0
5961 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $172K 3/1 1,180 1945 1 rented
5963 N 4TH ST Bought for $55K in 2000. Owner pulled a security gates permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $132K —/— 1,740 1945 1 3 violtax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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