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Who owns your block

3200 block of Tara Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 83% since 2016, now about $283K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$283K
$281K–$321K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$353
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$292K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $283K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1973
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
86%
25 of 29
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$305
5 years
+65%
value · tax +$767
10 years
+83%
value · tax +$813

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 $283K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19154 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19154 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19154Philadelphia
Median home value$283K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied76%73%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 13 reported crimes (5 violent) and 55 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
13
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
55
13 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults5
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Fraud1
Theft from Vehicle1
Thefts1
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Salting23
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance9
Abandoned Vehicle5
Maintenance Complaint3
Other (Streets)3
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection3

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
Aloysius L Fitzpatrick
11061 Knights Rd · 868 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$283K2016: $155K2017: $155K2018: $155K2019: $162K2020: $172K2021: $172K2022: $172K2023: $213K2024: $213K2025: $261K2026: $261K2027: $283K2016202020232027

▲ +83% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5572016: $1,7442017: $1,7442018: $1,7572019: $1,7192020: $1,8952021: $1,8952022: $1,7902023: $1,8552024: $1,8552025: $2,2522026: $2,2522027: $2,5572016202020232027

▲ +47% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 183 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $183 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+83%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 36 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
36arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 29 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Absentee individual: 4 29parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

8 parcels15 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$281K$289K+

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

House by house

All 29 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
3229 TARA RD Owner-occupied $301K —/— 800 1973 0
3231 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 1
3233 TARA RD Absentee individual $289K —/— 800 1973 1
3235 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 1
3237 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 0
3239 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 0
3241 TARA RD Traded 2×: $160K in 2005 → $280K in 2024 (+75%). Owner-occupied $286K 2/1 800 1973 2
3243 TARA RD Traded 2×: $129K in 2004 → $152K in 2016 (+18%). Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 2
3245 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 1 2 viol
3250 TARA RD Traded 4×: $113K in 2003 → $266K in 2021 (+135%). Owner-occupied $321K 2/1 800 1973 4
3252 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 1
3254 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 0
3256 TARA RD Owner-occupied $281K —/— 800 1973 1
3258 TARA RD Traded 2×: $195K in 2018 → $270K in 2023 (+38%). Owner-occupied $281K 2/1 800 1973 2
3260 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 0
3262 TARA RD Absentee individual $283K —/— 800 1973 1
3264 TARA RD Traded 3×: $110K in 2003 → $158K in 2015 (+44%). Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 3
3266 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 0
3268 TARA RD Traded 4×: $125K in 2004 → $295K in 2025 (+136%). Owner-occupied $281K 2/1 800 1973 4
3270 TARA RD Owner-occupied $281K —/— 800 1973 0
3272 TARA RD Traded 3×: $90K in 2006 → $288K in 2024 (+220%). Owner-occupied $281K 2/1 800 1973 3
3274 TARA RD Traded 2×: $144K in 2004 → $265K in 2022 (+84%). Owner-occupied $281K 2/1 800 1973 2
3276 TARA RD Absentee individual $281K —/— 800 1973 1 rented
3278 TARA RD Absentee individual $283K —/— 800 1973 1
3280 TARA RD Traded 2×: $142K in 2018 → $198K in 2019 (+39%). Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 2
3282 TARA RD Traded 2×: $170K in 2013 → $195K in 2018 (+15%). Owner-occupied $287K —/— 800 1973 2
3284 TARA RD Owner-occupied $283K —/— 800 1973 0
3286 TARA RD Owner-occupied $281K —/— 800 1973 1
3288 TARA RD Owner-occupied $284K —/— 800 1973 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.