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Who owns your block

3200 block of Germantown Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 23% owner-occupied, 35% investor-held, with 23 open code violations and 5 homes behind $24,544 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 623% since 2016, now about $83K. Property taxes are climbing about 24% 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
$83K
$38K–$1.0M
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$69
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1935
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
23%
2 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
23
L&I code
▲ block 15% · city 5%
Back taxes
$25K
5 of 26 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 12% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+87%
value · tax +$540
5 years
+116%
value · tax +$621
10 years
+623%
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 $83K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$83K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied0%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 142 reported crimes (62 violent) and 180 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
142
62 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
180
42 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults42
Thefts21
All Other Offenses16
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint37
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection21
License Complaint20
Illegal Dumping16
Information Request10
Abandoned Vehicle9

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
Mary Mc Leod Bethune
3301 Old York Rd · 353 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$83K2016: $11K2017: $11K2018: $37K2019: $39K2020: $38K2021: $38K2022: $38K2023: $40K2024: $42K2025: $44K2026: $44K2027: $83K2016202020232027

▲ +623% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1592016: $1102017: $1102018: $5222019: $5502020: $5382021: $5382022: $5382023: $5582024: $5842025: $6132026: $6192027: $1,1592016202020232027

▲ +954% since 2016 · ~+24%/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:

24 homes pay the full 1.40%2 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +19.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 723 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $723 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+19.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+623%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+19.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+16.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+13.2 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 24 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
24arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 16 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 16

Value distribution today

14 parcels2 parcels1 parcels2 parcels2 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$38K$398K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Phila (individual)23871$6561Mphila.gov ↗
S3 Enterprises LLC377$6.7Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Finite Developers LLC128$4.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Joseph Rios (individual)320$3.6Mphila.gov ↗
S3 Enterprise LLC13$153Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Germantown Liberty Acquis (individual)33$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Reginald Cole (individual)33$598Kphila.gov ↗
Business Advance LLC11$88Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
3222 Germantown LLC11$206Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Affordable Home Solutions LLC11$275Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
3237 Realty LLC11$49Kphila.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 26 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3200-02 GERMANTOWN AVE Vacant $60K 0
3201 GERMANTOWN AVE sold $40K (2008); L&I violation (2019). Investor / LLC $55K 800 1940 1
3203R-07 GERMANTOWN AVE Vacant $228K 1
3203-07 GERMANTOWN AVE Bought for $50K in 2014. Owner pulled a use permit in 2019. Absentee individual $60K 400 1920 2
3204 GERMANTOWN AVE 6 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2012); L&I violation (2014). Vacant $77K 0
3206 GERMANTOWN AVE 5 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2012). Vacant $73K 0
3208 GERMANTOWN AVE 5 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2012); L&I violation (2014). Vacant $74K 0
3209 GERMANTOWN AVE Bought for $176K in 2016. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $294K 4,904 1955 1
3210 GERMANTOWN AVE Vacant $74K 0
3212 GERMANTOWN AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Vacant $74K 0
3214 GERMANTOWN AVE Bought for $44K in 1999. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Absentee individual $93K 2,560 1920 2 2 violtax lien
3216 GERMANTOWN AVE 5 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2026). Vacant $74K 0
3218 GERMANTOWN AVE Bought for $8K in 2002, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $8K in 2017. Vacant $74K 2
3220 GERMANTOWN AVE demolished and rebuilt (2024), then sold for $49K in 2024. Vacant $88K 3 tax lien
3221-29 GERMANTOWN AVE Bought for $35K in 2006, use permit in 2016, sold for $176K in 2016 (+401%). Vacant $441K 2
3222 GERMANTOWN AVE built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $80K in 2022. Investor / LLC $206K 2,104 1915 1 rentedtax lien
3224 GERMANTOWN AVE 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $99K 0 2 viol
3226 GERMANTOWN AVE built new under a 2021 permit. Owner-occupied $398K 11,383 1925 1
3233-35 GERMANTOWN AVE Bought for $44K in 1999. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $275K 3,924 1950 4 12 viol
3237-39 GERMANTOWN AVE Bought for $250 in 2006, use permit in 2019, sold for $70K in 2023 (+27900%). Vacant $49K 3
3241 GERMANTOWN AVE built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $45K in 2021. Vacant $38K 1
3243-45 GERMANTOWN AVE Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Vacant $46K 0
3247-51 GERMANTOWN AVE Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $382K 6,370 1930 0 7 violtax lien
3250 GERMANTOWN AVE L&I violation (2025). Absentee individual $1.0M 53,320 2022 0
3250 GERMANTOWN AVE Absentee individual $376K 2,102 2024 0
3253 GERMANTOWN AVE Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2021. Vacant $169K 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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