Who owns your block
3100 block of W Berks St
A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 12% investor-held, with 10 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 420% since 2016, now about $266K. Property taxes are climbing about 40% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $266K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $266K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 36% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 136 reported crimes (56 violent) and 235 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $266K typical home, up +420% since 2016
- Tax bill $111 to $1,183 a year, +40%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.8M assessed, $31,060/yr to the city, about $1,242 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +420% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +966% since 2020 · ~+40%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3102 W Berks St is assessed at $300K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,192 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +16.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $520 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 13 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 8 | 4773 | $1418M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kdm Pha Llc | 1 | 23 | $3.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Michel Maman Holding Inc | 1 | 3 | $703K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Dos Hermanos Llc | 1 | 3 | $1.3M | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3100 W BERKS ST HistoryL&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024). | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3102 W BERKS ST | Absentee individual | $300K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 3104 W BERKS ST | Investor / LLC | $293K | 4/2 | 2,166 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 3106 W BERKS ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 3108 W BERKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2004 → $210K in 2021 (+250%). | Investor / LLC | $282K | 4/2 | 2,016 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 3110 W BERKS ST ImprovedOwner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2021. | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3112 W BERKS ST ImprovedBought for $72K in 2012. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $185K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 3114 W BERKS ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $185K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 3116 W BERKS ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $101K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | abated7 viol |
| 3118 W BERKS ST | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 3120 W BERKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2004 → $139K in 2016 (+132%). | Owner-occupied | $216K | 4/2 | 2,016 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 3122 W BERKS ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $185K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 3124 W BERKS ST | Owner-occupied | $185K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3126 W BERKS ST | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 3128 W BERKS ST | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 3130 W BERKS ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $60K in 2004. | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 3132 W BERKS ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | abated3 viol |
| 3134 W BERKS ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 3136 W BERKS ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $300K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 3138 W BERKS ST | Absentee individual | $300K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 3140 W BERKS ST ImprovedBought for $60K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 3142 W BERKS ST | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 3144 W BERKS ST | Absentee individual | $300K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 3146 W BERKS ST | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 3148 W BERKS ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $293K | —/— | 2,976 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)