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Who owns your block

700 block of N 4th St

A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 6% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 140% since 2016, now about $790K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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
$790K
$99K–$1.1M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$328
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$608K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $790K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2014
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
44%
8 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
22%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 28% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+25%
value · tax +$4K
5 years
+35%
value · tax +$8K
10 years
+183%
value · tax +$8K

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 $790K — about 3.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$790K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied22%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 81 reported crimes (6 violent) and 263 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
81
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
263
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft21
Thefts19
Theft from Vehicle10
Burglary Residential9
Burglary Non-Residential5
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal57
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection50
Illegal Dumping23
Information Request18
Maintenance Complaint17
Salting16

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
General Philip Kearny
601 Fairmount Ave · 193 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$500K$1.0M$790K2016: $329K2017: $279K2018: $547K2019: $566K2020: $585K2021: $585K2022: $585K2023: $630K2024: $630K2025: $630K2026: $630K2027: $790K2016202020232027

▲ +140% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,5042016: $3,3712017: $2,3452018: $2,3452019: $2,7832020: $2,8762021: $2,8762022: $2,8762023: $2,6602024: $4,5032025: $6,2322026: $6,2322027: $10,5042016202020232027

▲ +212% since 2016 · ~+11%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8510025020162019202220252027This block 240 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $240 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+140%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.8 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
16arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 2 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels3 parcels1 parcels5 parcels4 parcels
$99K$1.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
4th Street Lofts Llc14$987Kphila.gov ↗
Derek Eckley (individual)22$1.1Mphila.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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
706 N 4TH ST Vacant —/— 0
707-11 N 4TH ST Vacant $99K —/— 0
708 N 4TH ST Vacant land, last sold for $800K in 2013. Absentee individual $630K 3/— 1,920 2015 1
710 N 4TH ST Vacant land, last sold for $800K in 2013. Absentee individual $795K 3/— 2,058 2015 2 rented
712 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $795K 3/— 2,058 2015 0 rented
713 N 4TH ST Bought for $198K in 2002. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $247K —/— 1,815 1920 2
714 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $795K 3/— 2,058 2015 0 rented
714 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $790K 3/— 2,040 2015 0
715 N 4TH ST built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $430K in 2022. Owner-occupied $446K 4/1 1,839 1920 1 1 viol
716 N 4TH ST built new under a 2012 permit. Owner-occupied $850K 4/3 2,680 2013 0
717 N 4TH ST 3 L&I violations (2016); sold $608K (2025). Absentee individual $543K 3/3 2,040 1920 1
718 N 4TH ST built new under a 2013 permit. Owner-occupied $973K 3/2 2,556 2014 0
719 N 4TH ST Absentee individual $577K 3/3 2,094 1920 1
720 N 4TH ST Old house bought for $700K in 2012, demolished in 2012 and rebuilt (2012). Owner-occupied $1.1M 4/3 2,661 2014 1
722 N 4TH ST Bought for $558K in 2014, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $830K in 2015. Owner-occupied $1.0M 4/2 2,596 2015 3
727-29 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $490K 3/2 1,700 1920 0 rented
731 N 4TH ST Bought for $250K in 2003, zoning permit in 2017, sold for $525K in 2025 (+110%). Owner-occupied $462K 3/2 1,440 1920 4
733-37 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $897K —/— 5,940 1940 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.