2026 assessment
$255K
OPA value, not a listing price
House report
4241 Viola St
3 stories · 2,138 sqft · RSA5 · built 1915
Property at a glanceHouse
Owner-occupancy signal
2027 published assessment
$269K
Future roll, not the current tax bill
Location
4200 block of Viola St
ZIP 19104
Neighborhood area
University City · West Powelton
Approximate · based on ZIP 19104
Assessment and dated record history
Every fetched annual City assessment for this house, compared with its block and ZIP. The chart preserves property assessment, block median and range, ZIP median, and each dated assessment, deed, L&I, permit, and inspection event.
Assessed value
$254,700
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $268,800 · built 1915
Price / sq ft
$126
block $109 · above block
Assessment change
+447%
+17%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +6% vs 2026
Est. tax bill / yr
$2,165
0.85% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Times sold
0
latest deed has shared-name parties
Assessment vs. the block and ZIP · every dated City record marked on the line
- OPA assessment · 2016$49K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2017$49K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2018$49K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2019$67K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2020$97K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2021$97K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2022$97K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2023$180K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2024$180K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2025$255K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2026$255K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2027$269K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- Permit · 2017-09-22New ConstructionThis permit category usually covers construction, repair, alteration, addition, or occupancy work. The approved scope—not the short category—defines what was authorized, and issuance alone does not prove completion.Philadelphia construction and repair permits ↗
- Permit · 2023-12-08Addition and/or AlterationThis permit category usually covers construction, repair, alteration, addition, or occupancy work. The approved scope—not the short category—defines what was authorized, and issuance alone does not prove completion.Philadelphia construction and repair permits ↗
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19104 (University City · West Powelton) medianAssessmentPermit
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Every dated record2 events · exact dates, newest first
- PermitAddition and/or Alteration
- PermitNew Construction
The short read
New constructionnew construction appears in a 2017 permit.
A selected summary of the main sequence. The chart above and source ledger below contain every fetched dated row.
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Deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals.
Open the source ledger 2 dated rows
- PermitAddition and/or Alteration
Permit EP-2023-008606 · Completed
INSTALLATION OF ROOFTOP MOUNTED 5.7KW SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PV SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE 2017 NEC AND PER EZ STANDARD FOR SOLAR PV SYSTEM.
- PermitNew Construction
Permit 815705 · Expired
INSTALL A MISTSUBISHI HEAT PUMP 4 TON WITH ALL MATERIALS FOR A COMPLETE INSTALLATION (SFD). REPLACE UNIT IN LOCATION OF EXISTONG PER ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPH UNIT NOT TO BE VISIBLE FROM A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
What this record suggests
The City file documents 2 permits touching electrical work, roof work. 1 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.
Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $3K with a lien entry · latest deed has shared-name parties; relationship unverified. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
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Property details and source records
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Property tax
The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.
BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.
2026 taxable assessment $154,700 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $268,800; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit or an amount due is not automatically “back taxes.”
OPA 0622151002026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.
Historical delinquency sources Record found
This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.
A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $3,213.03 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.
2006$153.89 total · $0.00 principal · $104.90 interest · $14.04 penalty2007$302.96 total · $0.00 principal · $217.59 interest · $19.16 penalty2008$273.90 total · $0.00 principal · $192.96 interest · $19.16 penalty2009$244.83 total · $0.00 principal · $168.32 interest · $19.16 penalty2010$215.76 total · $0.00 principal · $143.69 interest · $19.16 penalty2011$202.86 total · $0.00 principal · $130.85 interest · $21.06 penalty2012$176.59 total · $0.00 principal · $107.77 interest · $21.87 penalty2013$147.70 total · $0.00 principal · $82.52 interest · $22.65 penalty2014$312.11 total · $0.00 principal · $124.84 interest · $52.96 penalty2015$231.76 total · $0.00 principal · $56.74 interest · $52.96 penalty2016$950.67 total · $790.40 principal · $11.86 interest · $7.90 penalty
For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”
The property, on paper
OPA physical field record.
Stories
3
Interior
2,138 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,128 sqft
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
B-
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Block context
4200 block of Viola St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 4239 Viola St · 4243 Viola St
L&I license dates · data through Jul 21, 2026
Business licenses at this address Latest pull
What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.
No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 21, 2026.
A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner: OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history: Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections: L&I Property History · Atlas
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022: Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016: Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance: Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
- Zoning appeals: L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents: US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery: Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 22, 2026, 7:12 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.
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