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Who owns your block

300 block of Van Kirk St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $26,906 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 88% since 2016, now about $192K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.

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
$192K
$187K–$614K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$158
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$505K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $192K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1947
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
82%
18 of 22
city 41%
Rentals
18%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$27K
1 of 22 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$147
5 years
+76%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+88%
value · tax +$1K

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 $192K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$192K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied36%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 56 reported crimes (17 violent) and 118 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
56
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
118
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults13
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Theft from Vehicle8
Thefts7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint42
Abandoned Vehicle15
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Other (Streets)6
Illegal Dumping5
Information Request5

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
Benjamin ES Franklin
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 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$250K$500K$192K2016: $102K2017: $102K2018: $102K2019: $105K2020: $109K2021: $109K2022: $109K2023: $147K2024: $147K2025: $178K2026: $178K2027: $192K2016202020232027

▲ +88% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6412016: $1,4202017: $1,4202018: $1,4202019: $1,4522020: $1,5132021: $1,5132022: $1,5132023: $2,0462024: $2,0482025: $2,4942026: $2,4942027: $2,6412016202020232027

▲ +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:

14 homes pay the full 1.40%8 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 188 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $188 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+88%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.6 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 29 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M19982004201020162022
29arm's-length sales since 1995
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 22 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 2 22parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

12 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels4 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$187K$312K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Clear Water Equities LLC11$274Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Tetra Ventures LLC11$454Kphila.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 22 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
310-12 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $614K 5/4 3,000 1930 0
314-16 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $260K 3/2 1,260 1930 0
320 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $104K in 2002 → $155K in 2022 (+49%). Investor / LLC $274K 4/1 2,161 1930 2 rented
324 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $268K 2/2 1,380 1961 1 rented
326 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $268K 2/2 1,380 1961 1
331 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $115K in 2005 → $98K in 2012 (-15%). Owner-occupied $233K 4/2 1,394 1947 3
333 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $111K in 2006 → $62K in 2015 (-44%). Absentee individual $187K 3/1 1,196 1947 2 rented
335 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $57K in 2001 → $125K in 2014 (+120%). Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,196 1947 3
336 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $150K in 2003 → $150K in 2003 (+0%). Owner-occupied $312K 5/— 1,745 1930 2
337 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,196 1947 1
339 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,196 1947 0
341 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,196 1947 0
343 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,196 1947 1
344 VAN KIRK ST Traded 4×: $146K in 1995 → $635K in 2025 (+335%). Investor / LLC $454K —/— 2,145 1960 4 rented
345 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,196 1947 1
347 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,196 1947 0 3 violtax lien
349 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,196 1947 1
351 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,196 1947 1
353 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,196 1947 1
355 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2004 → $149K in 2006 (+76%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,196 1947 2
357 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $96K in 2007 → $170K in 2023 (+77%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,196 1947 2
359 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $242K —/— 2,580 1947 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

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.