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Who owns your block

300 block of E Tusculum St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 36% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 6 homes behind $32,700 on taxes.

The typical home here is down 19% since 2016, now about $31K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$31K
$12K–$234K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$74
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$13K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $31K
Tax / yr
$280
typical · up to $1K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 25
$9K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
40%
7 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 12% · city 5%
Back taxes
$33K
6 of 25 behind
▲ block 24% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-17%
value · tax −$6
5 years
+27%
value · tax +$140
10 years
-19%
value · tax +$137

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 $31K — about 0.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$31K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied16%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 377 reported crimes (54 violent) and 232 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
377
54 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
232
34 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses121
Vagrancy/Loitering56
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations38
Other Assaults24
Thefts17
Disorderly Conduct14

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping60
Maintenance Complaint40
Information Request19
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Abandoned Vehicle14
Dangerous Sidewalk9

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 · K-4
Lewis Elkin
3199 D St · 431 students
Middle · 5-8
Stetson
3200 B St · 511 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$31K2016: $38K2017: $38K2018: $38K2019: $32K2020: $24K2021: $24K2022: $24K2023: $52K2024: $52K2025: $37K2026: $37K2027: $31K2016202020232027

▼ -19% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$2452016: $1082017: $1082018: $1082019: $1052020: $1052021: $1052022: $1052023: $5882024: $5882025: $2512026: $2512027: $2452016202020232027

▲ +127% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 $8,568 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%
$0pays now $1,081at the full rate

329 E Tusculum St is assessed at $77K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,081 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 -1.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

6410025020162019202220252027This block 81 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $81 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
-1.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
-19%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
-1.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-8.3 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K20002005201020152020
17arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 14 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 14

Value distribution today

10 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels12 parcels
$12K$77K+

The block's largest owner, Standard Development Llc, carries 2 open violations across 19 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Standard Development Llc319$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Venta Llc16$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Cvi Partners Llc16$959Kphila.gov ↗
Havana Equities Llc15$111Kphila.gov ↗
Nat Legacy Llc14$506Kphila.gov ↗
Somerset Llc12$526Kphila.gov ↗
Equity Trust Company Custodian Fbo Mered11$16Kphila.gov ↗

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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
300 E TUSCULUM ST Appeal moot (2017). Vacant $234K —/— 0 2 viol
301 E TUSCULUM ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 896 1935 0 tax lien
303 E TUSCULUM ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 896 1935 0 abatedtax lien
305 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
309 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $31K —/— 1
313 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
315-17 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $12K —/— 0 tax lien
323 E TUSCULUM ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 896 1935 0 abated
325 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $18K —/— 0 tax lien
327 E TUSCULUM ST Absentee individual $77K 3/1 1,040 1935 1
329 E TUSCULUM ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $8K in 2003. Owner-occupied $77K 3/1 1,040 1935 1 abated
331 E TUSCULUM ST Investor / LLC $77K 3/1 1,040 1935 1 rentedtax lien
333 E TUSCULUM ST Owner-occupied $77K 3/1 1,040 1935 0 abatedtax lien
335 E TUSCULUM ST Traded 3×: $8K in 2002 → $7K in 2014 (-13%). Absentee individual $77K 3/1 1,040 1935 3
337 E TUSCULUM ST Owner-occupied $77K 3/1 1,040 1935 1
339 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $20K —/— 0 1 violtax lien
341 E TUSCULUM ST Bought for $2K in 2006. Vacant $28K —/— 2
343 E TUSCULUM ST Bought for $1K in 2003. Vacant $18K —/— 2
345 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $18K —/— 0 tax lien
347 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $18K —/— 0
349 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $18K —/— 0
351 E TUSCULUM ST Traded 3×: $25K in 2000 → $19K in 2022 (-24%). Vacant $18K —/— 3 tax lien
353 E TUSCULUM ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2023. Owner-occupied $77K 3/1 1,040 1935 1 abated1 viol
355 E TUSCULUM ST Vacant $18K —/— 0 tax lien
359-67 E TUSCULUM ST Absentee individual $90K —/— 3,891 1945 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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