Who owns your block
300 block of Cherry St
A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 32% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $330 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 53% since 2016, now about $385K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $385K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19106 median of $419K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19106 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19106 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $385K | $419K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 36% | 33% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 84 reported crimes (13 violent) and 162 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $385K typical home, up +53% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,670 to $4,969 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $181,763/yr to the city, about $7,271 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +53% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +86% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 306-08 Cherry Stexemption0.83%$2,030/yr on $245K
- 306-08 Cherry Stexemption0.94%$2,870/yr on $305K
- 306-08 Cherry Stexemption1.00%$3,500/yr on $350K
- 306-08 Cherry Stexemption1.04%$3,989/yr on $385K
- 306-08 Cherry Stexemption1.13%$5,809/yr on $515K
- …and 4 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $153 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 0 times in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Equity Trust Company Cust, carries 11 open violations across 23 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Trust Company Cust | 3 | 23 | $4.3M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Kenneth Lesko (individual) | 3 | 3 | $96K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 301 Cherry LLC | 1 | 1 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Premier Real Property Hol | 1 | 1 | $355K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| John G Traver Co INC | 1 | 1 | $565K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Fink Realty Prtnshp | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Fink Realty Partnership | 1 | 1 | $655K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 25 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301-03 CHERRY ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit. | Investor / LLC | $2.0M | —/— | 10,689 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 304 CHERRY ST | Absentee individual | $32K | —/— | 180 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 304 CHERRY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $32K | —/— | 180 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 304 CHERRY ST | Investor / LLC | $32K | —/— | 180 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 304 CHERRY ST | Investor / LLC | $32K | —/— | 180 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 304 CHERRY ST | Investor / LLC | $32K | —/— | 180 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 304 CHERRY ST | Absentee individual | $32K | —/— | 180 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 305 CHERRY ST Renovated & sold onBought for $830K in 2015, administrative permit in 2016, sold for $1.2M in 2022 (+39%). | Absentee individual | $962K | —/— | 3,974 | 1900 | 2 | rented3 violtax lien |
| 306-08 CHERRY ST | Owner-occupied | $350K | 2/1 | 1,169 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 306-08 CHERRY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $515K | 2/1 | 1,840 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 306-08 CHERRY ST | Investor / LLC | $355K | 2/1 | 1,210 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 306-08 CHERRY ST | Absentee individual | $212K | —/1 | 530 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 306-08 CHERRY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $590K | 2/2 | 2,358 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 306-08 CHERRY ST History3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2016). | Owner-occupied | $315K | —/— | 993 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 306-08 CHERRY ST | Owner-occupied | $385K | 2/1 | 1,331 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 306-08 CHERRY ST | Owner-occupied | $245K | —/1 | 668 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 306-08 CHERRY ST | Owner-occupied | $305K | 2/1 | 957 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 307-09 CHERRY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $2.4M | —/— | 9,900 | 2012 | 0 | |
| 311 CHERRY ST ImprovedBought for $280K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $751K | —/— | 3,576 | 1971 | 1 | |
| 313 CHERRY ST ImprovedBought for $135K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $680K | 2/— | 1,600 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 315 CHERRY ST ImprovedBought for $270K in 2000. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $654K | —/— | 2,151 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 317 CHERRY ST TradedTraded 2×: $270K in 2000 → $250K in 2001 (-7%). | Owner-occupied | $577K | —/— | 1,690 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 319 CHERRY ST New constructionBought for $3.4M in 2021, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $6.7M in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $565K | —/— | — | 2025 | 2 | |
| 321-23 CHERRY ST History4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2024); Appeal complete (2024). | Vacant | $1.2M | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 325-27 CHERRY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $655K | —/— | 3,120 | 1900 | 0 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)