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Who owns your block

3100 block of S Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 38% since 2016, now about $385K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$372K–$610K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$334
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$620K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $385K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
20 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 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
+8%
value · tax +$442
5 years
+24%
value · tax +$457
10 years
+38%
value · tax +$652

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 above 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$385K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied65%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 27 reported crimes (5 violent) and 131 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
27
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
131
6 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft12
Other Assaults3
Thefts3
Burglary Residential2
Fraud2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection52
Salting31
Information Request9
Abandoned Vehicle7
Inlet Cleaning5
Smoke Detector4

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$385K2016: $278K2017: $278K2018: $278K2019: $288K2020: $309K2021: $309K2022: $309K2023: $318K2024: $318K2025: $358K2026: $358K2027: $385K2016202020232027

▲ +38% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,1572016: $3,5052017: $3,5052018: $3,5732019: $3,5702020: $3,7002021: $3,7002022: $3,7002023: $3,5582024: $3,7862025: $3,7152026: $3,7152027: $4,1572016202020232027

▲ +19% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 138 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $138 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+38%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
0%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.5 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
21arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20

Value distribution today

14 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$372K$495K+

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

House by house

All 20 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
3146 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $425K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
3148 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $343K in 2018 → $500K in 2022 (+46%). Owner-occupied $385K 3/2 1,152 1960 2
3150 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
3152 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,152 1960 1
3154 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,152 1960 1
3156 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,152 1960 1
3157 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $409K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
3158 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $260K in 2006 → $335K in 2010 (+29%). Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,152 1960 2
3159 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,152 1960 1
3160 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
3161 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
3162 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $255K in 2011 → $460K in 2024 (+80%). Owner-occupied $482K 3/1 1,152 1960 3
3163 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $279K in 2004 → $310K in 2014 (+11%). Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,152 1960 3
3164 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $290K in 2016 → $285K in 2018 (-2%). Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,152 1960 2
3165 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
3166 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
3167 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,152 1960 1
3168 S SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $245K in 2009 → $620K in 2025 (+153%). Owner-occupied $610K 3/1 1,792 1960 3
3169 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $411K 3/1 1,152 1960 1
3170 S SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $495K 4/1 1,856 1960 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.