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Who owns your block

3000 block of S Sydenham St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $5,032 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 46% since 2016, now about $240K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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–$338K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$200
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 21
$21K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
86%
18 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
5%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
2 of 21 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$94
5 years
+17%
value · tax −$455
10 years
+46%
value · tax +$34

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-occupied57%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 37 reported crimes (7 violent) and 142 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
37
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
142
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft8
Theft from Vehicle7
Other Assaults6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Fraud4
Thefts4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection44
Salting19
Shoveling12
Street Defect11
Information Request9
Construction Complaints7

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: $164K2017: $164K2018: $164K2019: $191K2020: $205K2021: $205K2022: $205K2023: $238K2024: $238K2025: $247K2026: $247K2027: $240K2016202020232027

▲ +46% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$1,9572016: $1,8742017: $1,9232018: $1,9932019: $2,3752020: $2,4122021: $2,4122022: $2,4122023: $2,5782024: $2,5782025: $2,0512026: $2,0512027: $1,9572016202020232027

▲ +4% since 2016 · ~+0%/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 $21,431 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

6 homes pay the full 1.40%15 pay less
$1,936pays now $3,491at the full rate

The starkest example: 3014 S Sydenham St is assessed at $249K but pays $1,936 a year — about 55% of the $3,491 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 146 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $146 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+46%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-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 29 arm's-length sales since 1995. 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$500K19982004201020162022
29arm's-length sales since 1995
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels5 parcels9 parcels5 parcels
$20K$325K+

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

House by house

All 21 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
3000 S SYDENHAM ST Bought for $150K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $188K —/— 1,456 1920 2 tax lien
3001 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $195K —/— 1,280 1920 1
3002 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $300K 4/1 2,100 1920 0 tax lien
3003 S SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $66K in 2001 → $180K in 2004 (+173%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,200 1920 2
3004 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,200 1920 0
3005 S SYDENHAM ST Traded 3×: $224K in 2005 → $230K in 2014 (+3%). Owner-occupied $325K 3/1 1,200 1920 3
3006 S SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $217K in 2015 → $258K in 2022 (+19%). Absentee individual $260K 3/1 1,200 1920 2 rented
3007 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $229K 3/1 1,200 1920 1
3008 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,200 1920 0 abated
3009 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $245K 3/1 1,260 1920 1
3010 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $229K 3/1 1,200 1920 0 abated
3011 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,200 1920 1
3012 S SYDENHAM ST Traded 4×: $65K in 2001 → $300K in 2020 (+362%). Owner-occupied $338K 3/2 1,400 1920 4
3013 S SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $193K in 2023 → $319K in 2023 (+65%). Owner-occupied $319K 3/1 1,280 1920 2
3014 S SYDENHAM ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $47K in 2001. Absentee individual $249K 3/1 1,400 1920 1 abated
3015 S SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $100K in 2016 → $355K in 2019 (+255%). Owner-occupied $325K 3/1 1,200 1920 2
3016 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $229K 3/1 1,200 1920 0
3017 S SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $131K in 2005 → $243K in 2005 (+85%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,200 1920 2
3018 S SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $229K 3/1 1,200 1920 1 tax lien
3019 S SYDENHAM ST Traded 4×: $115K in 2002 → $188K in 2017 (+63%). Owner-occupied $276K 3/1 1,200 1920 4
3020 S SYDENHAM ST Vacant $20K —/— 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

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