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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.

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
$385K
$32K–$2.4M
ZIP median $419K
Price / sq ft
$250
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $34K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1900
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
44%
11 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
8%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$330
2 of 25 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
12
8 homes · ZBA & boards
block 32% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-5%
value · tax −$317
5 years
+15%
value · tax +$503
10 years
+46%
value · tax +$2K

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 $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 blockZIP 19106Philadelphia
Median home value$385K$419K$223K
Owner-occupied36%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.

Crimes · 12mo
84
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
162
15 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts28
Other Assaults12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
All Other Offenses7
Burglary Non-Residential6
Fraud6

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect33
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Salting15
Maintenance Complaint13
Graffiti Removal11
Inlet Cleaning10

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
General George A Mccall
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$385K2016: $252K2017: $265K2018: $294K2019: $322K2020: $335K2021: $335K2022: $335K2023: $357K2024: $357K2025: $403K2026: $403K2027: $385K2016202020232027

▲ +53% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$4,9692016: $2,6702017: $2,7032018: $3,2832019: $3,7172020: $3,8422021: $4,4662022: $4,4662023: $4,4352024: $4,4352025: $4,5402026: $5,2862027: $4,9692016202020232027

▲ +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:

16 homes pay the full 1.40%9 pay less

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 153 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+3.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+53%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.6 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 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

$0$5.0M$10M200020052010201520202025
13arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 1 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

6 parcels5 parcels3 parcels5 parcels2 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$32K$1.2M+

The block's largest owner, Equity Trust Company Cust, carries 11 open violations across 23 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Equity Trust Company Cust323$4.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Kenneth Lesko (individual)33$96Kphila.gov ↗
301 Cherry LLC11$2.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Premier Real Property Hol11$355Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
John G Traver Co INC11$565Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Fink Realty Prtnshp11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Fink Realty Partnership11$655Kphila.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

$0$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
301-03 CHERRY ST built 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 Owner 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 Bought 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 Owner 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 Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $590K 2/2 2,358 1900 0
306-08 CHERRY ST 3 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 Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Absentee individual $2.4M —/— 9,900 2012 0
311 CHERRY ST Bought for $280K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $751K —/— 3,576 1971 1
313 CHERRY ST Bought for $135K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $680K 2/— 1,600 1930 3
315 CHERRY ST Bought for $270K in 2000. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $654K —/— 2,151 1950 2
317 CHERRY ST Traded 2×: $270K in 2000 → $250K in 2001 (-7%). Owner-occupied $577K —/— 1,690 1920 2
319 CHERRY ST Bought 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 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2024); Appeal complete (2024). Vacant $1.2M —/— 0
325-27 CHERRY ST Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $655K —/— 3,120 1900 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.