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Who owns your block

3200 block of W Berks St

A mixed-ownership block: 31% owner-occupied, 38% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 4 homes behind $20,812 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 590% since 2016, now about $102K. Property taxes are climbing about 23% 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
$102K
$25K–$442K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$102
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$16K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $102K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 16
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
31%
4 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
19%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$21K
4 of 16 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 19% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+33%
value · tax +$48
5 years
+331%
value · tax +$485
10 years
+467%
value · tax +$485

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 $102K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$102K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied13%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 111 reported crimes (46 violent) and 225 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
111
46 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
225
66 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults32
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Thefts14
All Other Offenses11
Burglary Residential10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint42
Abandoned Vehicle27
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection24
Construction Complaints16
Illegal Dumping16
Street Defect16

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
James G Blaine
3001 W Berks St · 299 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$125K$250K$102K2016: $15K2017: $18K2018: $32K2019: $24K2020: $24K2021: $24K2022: $24K2023: $70K2024: $70K2025: $77K2026: $77K2027: $102K2016202020232027

▲ +590% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6382016: $632017: $1532018: $1532019: $1532020: $1532021: $1532022: $1532023: $9852024: $9852025: $5902026: $5902027: $6382016202020232027

▲ +913% since 2016 · ~+23%/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 $4,694 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $689at the full rate

3225-27 W Berks St is assessed at $49K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $689 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 +19.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 690 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $690 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+19.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+590%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+19.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+16.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+12.7 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
14arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 5 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

8 parcels0 parcels2 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$25K$433K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)24773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
C3 Llc128$9.4Mphila.gov ↗
Peroli Llc115$5.3Mphila.gov ↗
Philly Auctions Llc14$174Kphila.gov ↗
Hasa Construction Inc13$597Kphila.gov ↗
Engineered Cash Flow Llc12$300Kphila.gov ↗
Mansionplan Holdings Llc12$440Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 16 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3211 W BERKS ST 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019). Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
3213 W BERKS ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $177K —/— 1,752 1915 0 tax lien
3215 W BERKS ST Bought for $130K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $219K —/— 1,752 1915 1 rented
3217 W BERKS ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015). Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
3219 W BERKS ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015). Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
3221 W BERKS ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 4 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015). Vacant $37K —/— 0
3223 W BERKS ST 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2015); Appeal granted with conditions (2025). Vacant $37K —/— 0 tax lien
3225-27 W BERKS ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $49K —/— 2,613 2017 0 abated
3229 W BERKS ST Owner-occupied $154K —/— 1,512 1915 0
3230 W BERKS ST Bought for $10K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $290K —/— 2,640 1915 2 rented
3231 W BERKS ST Old house bought for $17K in 2018, demolished in 2018 and rebuilt (2018). Investor / LLC $379K —/— 1,766 2022 5
3232 W BERKS ST Bought for $44K in 2017, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $145K in 2019 (+230%). Investor / LLC $433K 6/3 2,340 1915 2 rentedtax lien
3233 W BERKS ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,249 2017 0 abated
3234 W BERKS ST Bought for $28K in 2003. Owner pulled a solar panels and structure permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $209K —/— 2,350 1915 1
3235-37 W BERKS ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $25K —/— 964 2017 0 abated4 viol
3236 W BERKS ST Bought for $11K in 2012, use permit in 2013, sold for $420K in 2020 (+3718%). Owner-occupied $442K 7/5 2,340 1915 3

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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