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Who owns your block

2900 block of N 3rd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 66% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 15 open code violations and 12 homes behind $72,775 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 61% since 2016, now about $78K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$78K
$13K–$163K
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$76
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$38K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $78K
Tax / yr
$788
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
23 of 56
$27K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
66%
35 of 56
city 41%
Rentals
2%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
15
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$73K
12 of 56 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$10
5 years
+178%
value · tax +$41
10 years
+61%
value · tax −$74

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 $78K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19133Philadelphia
Median home value$78K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied34%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 129 reported crimes (43 violent) and 112 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
129
43 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
112
13 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults25
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations16
All Other Offenses15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9
Thefts9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection24
Maintenance Complaint16
Street Light Outage12
Abandoned Vehicle11
Illegal Dumping10
Smoke Detector5

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
Julia Deburgos
401 W Lehigh Ave · 512 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$50K$100K$78K2016: $49K2017: $49K2018: $49K2019: $37K2020: $28K2021: $28K2022: $28K2023: $43K2024: $43K2025: $74K2026: $74K2027: $78K2016202020232027

▲ +61% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$1892016: $2672017: $2632018: $2592019: $1332020: $1412021: $1412022: $1482023: $2792024: $2792025: $1792026: $1792027: $1892016202020232027

▼ -29% since 2016 · ~-3%/yr

23
23 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 $26,564 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%
$196pays now $1,596at the full rate

2915 N 3rd St is assessed at $114K but pays $196 a year — about 12% of the $1,596 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 +4.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

5810025020162019202220252027This block 161 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $161 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+61%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.1 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 26 arm's-length sales since 1991. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 38 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$25K$50K19952000200520102015
26arm's-length sales since 1991
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
38homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 56 parcels

Owner-occupied: 35Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 12 56parcels
  • Owner-occupied 35
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 12

Value distribution today

12 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels0 parcels41 parcels
$13K$81K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)32498$133Mphila.gov ↗
Lydia E Rivera (individual)49$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Nelson Peralta (individual)23$268Kphila.gov ↗
Luis A Borges (individual)22$159Kphila.gov ↗
Alvarado Luis A Jr (individual)22$156Kphila.gov ↗
Elving Reyes (individual)22$92Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 56 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2901 N 3RD ST 3 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2012); L&I violation (2023). Vacant $14K —/— 0 tax lien
2903 N 3RD ST Bought for $8K in 2009. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Absentee individual $53K 3/1 1,064 1920 2 tax lien
2905 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $146K —/— 1,064 1920 0 tax lien
2907 N 3RD ST Traded 3×: $500 in 2000 → $13K in 2012 (+2500%). Absentee individual $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 3 tax lien
2909 N 3RD ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 0 abated
2910 N 3RD ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2911 N 3RD ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 0 abated
2912 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0
2913 N 3RD ST 2 L&I violations (2010); 6 L&I violations (2017). Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 0
2914 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abated
2915 N 3RD ST built new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $114K —/— 1,596 1920 0 abated
2916 N 3RD ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0
2917 N 3RD ST Bought for $500 in 2000. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. Absentee individual $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 2 tax lien
2918 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 1
2919 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 0 abated
2920 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 1
2921 N 3RD ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $23K in 2006. Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 1 abated
2922 N 3RD ST built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abated
2923 N 3RD ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 0 abated
2924 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2925 N 3RD ST Absentee individual $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 0 rented
2926 N 3RD ST Vacant $13K —/— 0
2927 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 0 abated
2928 N 3RD ST Absentee individual $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abated
2929 N 3RD ST Absentee individual $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 1
2930 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2932 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abated
2934 N 3RD ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2936 N 3RD ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2937 N 3RD ST Bought for $5K in 2001. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $56K —/— 1,064 1920 3
2938 N 3RD ST 8 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2025); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2026). Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 4 viol
2939 N 3RD ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $8K in 2005. Owner-occupied $80K —/— 1,064 1920 1 abated
2940 N 3RD ST Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 7 violtax lien
2941 N 3RD ST Absentee individual $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 1
2942 N 3RD ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2943 N 3RD ST Vacant $14K —/— 0 4 viol
2944 N 3RD ST Absentee individual $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 1
2945 N 3RD ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $3K in 2001. Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 1 abated
2946 N 3RD ST Bought for $2K in 2009, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $40K in 2010 (+1900%). Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 2
2947 N 3RD ST Absentee individual $53K 3/1 1,064 1920 0
2948 N 3RD ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abated
2949 N 3RD ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $2K in 2000. Owner-occupied $80K 3/1 1,064 1920 1 abated
2950 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abated
2951 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $81K —/— 1,288 1920 1
2952 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 1 tax lien
2953 N 3RD ST Vacant $13K —/— 0
2954 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,024 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2955 N 3RD ST Vacant $13K —/— 0
2956 N 3RD ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
2957 N 3RD ST Vacant $14K —/— 0
2958 N 3RD ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
2959 N 3RD ST Vacant $14K —/— 0 tax lien
2960 N 3RD ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
2961 N 3RD ST Traded 2×: $2K in 2002 → $4K in 2003 (+122%). Vacant $14K —/— 2 tax lien
2963 N 3RD ST Vacant $14K —/— 0
2965 N 3RD ST Bought for $40K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $163K —/— 2,720 1920 1

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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