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Who owns your block

3000 block of S Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 87% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 57% since 2016, now about $240K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$240K
$20K–$537K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$230
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 23
$25K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
87%
20 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
9%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax −$795
5 years
+19%
value · tax +$34
10 years
+57%
value · tax +$519

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 $240K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$240K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied56%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 31 reported crimes (7 violent) and 151 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
31
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
151
20 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft8
Other Assaults6
Thefts5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Fraud3
Theft from Vehicle2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection54
Salting24
Shoveling12
Street Defect10
Construction Complaints7
Abandoned Vehicle5

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
F Amedee Bregy
1700 Bigler St · 244 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$240K2016: $152K2017: $152K2018: $152K2019: $188K2020: $202K2021: $202K2022: $202K2023: $235K2024: $235K2025: $237K2026: $237K2027: $240K2016202020232027

▲ +57% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,2302016: $1,7112017: $1,7112018: $1,7112019: $2,0682020: $2,1962021: $2,1962022: $2,1962023: $2,1632024: $2,1632025: $3,3152026: $3,0252027: $2,2302016202020232027

▲ +30% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

3
3 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 $25,274 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%
$2,872pays now $6,382at the full rate

3001 S Smedley St is assessed at $456K but pays $2,872 a year — about 45% of the $6,382 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 +4.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 157 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $157 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+57%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.3 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
32arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels15 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$20K$345K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 23 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
3000 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 4×: $86K in 2001 → $175K in 2019 (+103%). Owner-occupied $301K —/— 1,440 1920 4
3001 S SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $200K in 2018. Owner-occupied $456K 3/1 1,328 1920 1 abated
3002 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $237K 3/1 1,040 1920 0
3003 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 0 abated
3004 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $179K in 2005 → $280K in 2021 (+56%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 2
3005 S SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 1
3006 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 1
3007 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 1
3008 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $231K 3/1 1,040 1920 1
3009 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $158K in 2012 → $264K in 2018 (+67%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 2
3010 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 5×: $50K in 2001 → $309K in 2017 (+518%). Owner-occupied $325K 3/1 1,040 1920 5
3011 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2002 → $75K in 2005 (-32%). Owner-occupied $537K 3/2 1,542 1920 2
3012 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 1
3013 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 0
3014 S SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $231K 3/1 1,040 1920 0
3015 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $170K in 2006 → $270K in 2023 (+59%). Owner-occupied $259K 3/1 1,040 1920 2
3016 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $314K 2/1 1,040 1920 1 rented
3017 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 1
3018 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 0 abated
3019 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 1 rented
3020 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $40K in 2001 → $310K in 2016 (+675%). Owner-occupied $345K 3/1 1,080 1920 3
3021 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $245K in 2011 → $310K in 2019 (+27%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,040 1920 3
3022 S SMEDLEY ST Vacant $20K —/— 0

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.