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Who owns your block

6700 block of N 4th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $21,056 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 24% since 2016, now about $232K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$232K
$4K–$347K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$159
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
80%
11 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
13%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$21K
2 of 15 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$98
5 years
+24%
value · tax −$147
10 years
+24%
value · tax −$343

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 $232K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$232K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied67%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 36 reported crimes (14 violent) and 70 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
36
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
70
11 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults9
Thefts5
Fraud4
Motor Vehicle Theft4
All Other Offenses2
Robbery No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
Street Defect14
Abandoned Vehicle9
Maintenance Complaint6
Salting6
Street Trees4

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
Thomas K Finletter
6100 N Front St · 577 students
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$250K$500K$232K2016: $187K2017: $187K2018: $187K2019: $187K2020: $188K2021: $188K2022: $188K2023: $175K2024: $175K2025: $239K2026: $239K2027: $232K2016202020232027

▲ +24% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,8522016: $2,1952017: $2,1952018: $2,1952019: $2,0562020: $1,9992021: $1,9992022: $1,9992023: $1,9232024: $1,9232025: $1,9502026: $1,9502027: $1,8522016202020232027

▼ -16% since 2016 · ~-2%/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 +2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9310025020162019202220252027This block 124 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $124 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+24%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.5 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2001200420072010
13arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels5 parcels5 parcels
$4K$301K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Myrie Burton A Jr (individual)22$376Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 15 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6700 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $170K in 2007 → $255K in 2008 (+50%). Owner-occupied $168K 4/2 2,000 1940 2
6703 N 4TH ST sold $66K (2002); L&I violation (2012); 2 L&I violations (2014). Absentee individual $301K 4/1 2,000 1960 1 rented
6704 N 4TH ST sold $118K (2004); L&I violation (2014). Owner-occupied $195K 4/2 1,875 1940 1
6705 N 4TH ST Bought for $140K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $241K 4/1 1,280 1940 1
6706 N 4TH ST Bought for $80K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $294K 4/2 1,875 1940 1 2 violtax lien
6707 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,679 1960 0
6708 N 4TH ST sold $216K (2004); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,875 1925 1
6710R N 4TH ST Vacant $4K —/— 0 tax lien
6710 N 4TH ST sold $131K (2012); 3 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $215K 3/1 1,024 1960 1
6711 N 4TH ST Bought for $172K in 2004. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $232K 3/2 1,066 1989 2
6712 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $30K —/— 800 1925 0
6714 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $347K 5/3 2,496 1940 0 rented
6715 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $232K 3/2 1,066 1988 1 tax lien
6717 N 4TH ST sold $185K (2005); L&I violation (2010). Owner-occupied $232K 3/2 1,066 1989 1
6719 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $232K 3/2 1,066 1965 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.