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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

900 block of N 4th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $1,965 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $557K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year.

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
$557K
$110K–$1.2M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$277
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$615K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $557K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $17K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 46
$50K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
67%
31 of 46
city 41%
Rentals
22%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2K
1 of 46 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$422
5 years
+35%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+70%
value · tax +$3K

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 $557K — about 2.5× 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$557K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied33%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 49 reported crimes (5 violent) and 259 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
49
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
259
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts17
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Other Assaults4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Burglary Residential3
Fraud2

Top 311 complaints

Salting34
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection25
Shoveling21
Street Defect21
Maintenance Complaint18
Dangerous Sidewalk16

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
James R Ludlow
550 W Master St · 237 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$557K2016: $326K2017: $328K2018: $328K2019: $391K2020: $412K2021: $412K2022: $412K2023: $488K2024: $488K2025: $543K2026: $543K2027: $557K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,6852016: $4,0762017: $4,1642018: $4,1642019: $4,7282020: $4,9762021: $4,9762022: $5,0392023: $5,8232024: $5,5782025: $6,2632026: $6,2632027: $6,6852016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

5
5 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $50,090 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,844pays now $9,222at the full rate

907 N 4th St is assessed at $659K but pays $1,844 a year — about 20% of the $9,222 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 57 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M19982004201020162022
57arm's-length sales since 1997
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 46 parcels

Owner-occupied: 31Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 2 46parcels
  • Owner-occupied 31
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels3 parcels2 parcels9 parcels13 parcels11 parcels7 parcels
$110K$786K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
North Leithgow Associates35$2.0Mphila.gov ↗
Jmd Investment Property Llc24$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Scott F Ansill (individual)22$684Kphila.gov ↗
Sf Real Holdings Llc12$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Championship Property Llc11$719Kphila.gov ↗
933 Investment Llc11$563Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 46 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
900-02 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $510K —/— 3,186 1920 0
901-03 N 4TH ST Bought for $145K in 2006, built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $923K 4/3 3,315 2008 1
904 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2013). Absentee individual $282K —/— 1,530 1920 0
905 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $509K —/— 1,662 1950 0
906 N 4TH ST demolished and rebuilt (2012), then sold for $679K in 2019. Investor / LLC $719K 3/3 2,349 2014 4
907 N 4TH ST Bought for $410K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $659K 3/2 1,800 2021 1 abated
908 N 4TH ST Bought for $159K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $377K in 2011 (+137%). Owner-occupied $562K —/— 2,040 1920 3 rented
909 N 4TH ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $410K in 2019. Investor / LLC $471K —/— 1,450 1920 1
911 N 4TH ST sold $95K (2000); L&I violation (2013). Owner-occupied $604K —/— 2,284 1920 1 tax lien
912R N 4TH ST Vacant $110K —/— 0
912 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $574K —/— 2,514 1920 0 rented
913-15 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $879K —/— 3,696 1920 0
914 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2013); sold $950K (2014); L&I violation (2017). Owner-occupied $432K —/— 1,480 1920 1 rentedtax lien
916 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2013); sold $950K (2014). Owner-occupied $684K —/— 2,856 1920 1 rentedtax lien
917 N 4TH ST Bought for $57K in 1997. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $522K —/— 1,968 1920 1
918 N 4TH ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $594K —/— 2,536 1920 0 abated
919 N 4TH ST Bought for $391K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $650K 3/2 2,145 1920 2
920 N 4TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $700K in 2021. Owner-occupied $499K 4/1 1,800 1965 1 abated
920 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $685K —/— 3,168 1920 0
921 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $326K 2/1 924 1900 0
921 N 4TH ST 3 L&I violations (2013). Owner-occupied $357K 3/1 1,034 2011 0
921 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $278K —/1 727 1900 0
922 N 4TH ST Traded 3×: $177K in 2001 → $625K in 2024 (+253%). Owner-occupied $620K 3/2 2,260 1920 3 rented
923 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2013); L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $525K 6/2 3,446 1920 0
924 N 4TH ST Traded 4×: $130K in 2001 → $10K in 2006 (-93%). Owner-occupied $719K —/— 3,150 1920 4
924R N 4TH ST Traded 5×: $192K in 2002 → $365K in 2017 (+90%). Owner-occupied $486K 3/2 1,398 2002 6
925 N 4TH ST Bought for $340K in 2017. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $567K 4/— 1,998 1920 1
926 N 4TH ST Bought for $325K in 2009. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $726K 5/2 2,850 1920 2
927 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $432K —/— 1,245 1920 0 abated
928 N 4TH ST Bought for $200K in 2017, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $274K in 2018. Investor / LLC $640K —/— 2,040 1920 3 rented
929 N 4TH ST Bought for $497K in 2020. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $597K 4/2 2,213 1920 1
930-32 N 4TH ST built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $1.2M in 2017. Absentee individual $1.2M 4/3 6,108 1920 1
931 N 4TH ST Owner-occupied $619K —/— 2,510 1920 0 abated
933 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $563K —/— 2,637 1920 0
934 N 4TH ST Bought for $231K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $461K —/— 1,944 1920 1
935 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2000 → $950K in 2014 (+3067%). Owner-occupied $442K —/— 1,530 1920 2 rentedtax lien
936 N 4TH ST Bought for $14K in 2000, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $615K in 2025 (+4293%). Owner-occupied $584K 3/3 1,944 1920 5 rented
937 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $155K in 2000 → $285K in 2003 (+84%). Absentee individual $517K —/— 2,195 1920 2
938 N 4TH ST Bought for $265K in 2003, electrical permit in 2019, sold for $500K in 2025 (+89%). Owner-occupied $451K 3/1 1,560 1920 4
939 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $660K 3/2 2,600 1920 0 tax lien
940 N 4TH ST Traded 2×: $243K in 2014 → $424K in 2020 (+75%). Owner-occupied $500K 3/2 1,800 1920 2 rented
941 N 4TH ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $350K in 2018. Absentee individual $551K 5/3 2,178 1920 1
942 N 4TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $431K —/— 1,528 1920 0
943-45 N 4TH ST Bought for $705K in 2019. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $786K 4/2 2,626 1920 1
944 N 4TH ST Bought for $84K in 2000. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. Absentee individual $427K —/— 1,465 1920 1 rented
946 N 4TH ST L&I violation (2011). Vacant $228K —/— 0

Neighborhood

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

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