Who owns your block
3400 block of N 21st St
A mixed-ownership block: 20% owner-occupied, 32% investor-held, with 11 homes behind $78,249 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 246% since 2016, now about $29K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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 $29K — about 0.1× 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 block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $29K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 8% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (44 violent) and 162 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
- $29K typical home, up +246% since 2016
- Tax bill $118 to $407 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.0M assessed, $25,514/yr to the city, about $1,021 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +246% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +245% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12% 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 $346 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 15
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Geena Llc, carries 36 open violations across 178 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geena Llc | 1 | 178 | $8.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Equity Trust Company Custodian Fbo Poona | 1 | 11 | $199K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Asm Group Inc | 1 | 9 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jsb Property Group | 1 | 8 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ronald Butler (individual) | 3 | 8 | $728K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Good Lots Llc | 1 | 7 | $405K | phila.gov ↗ |
| O & G Properties Llc | 1 | 5 | $349K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Howard Greene (individual) | 2 | 3 | $341K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3420 Llc | 1 | 1 | $184K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gilt Edge Realty Llc | 1 | 1 | $96K | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3412 N 21ST ST Historysold $46K (2019); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Vacant | $22K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 3414 N 21ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $46K in 2019 → $780K in 2023 (+1614%). | Investor / LLC | $141K | 4/— | 2,391 | 1939 | 4 | rented |
| 3415 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3416 N 21ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $22K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3417 N 21ST ST Historysold $20K (2000); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 3418 N 21ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $22K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3419 N 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $159K | 4/2 | 2,805 | 1939 | 3 | rented |
| 3420 N 21ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $4K in 2002 → $6K in 2019 (+44%). | Investor / LLC | $184K | 4/— | 2,391 | 1939 | 2 | tax lien |
| 3421 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $209K | 4/— | 2,805 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 3422 N 21ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $24K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $140K in 2024 (+483%). | Investor / LLC | $96K | 5/3 | 2,391 | 1939 | 4 | rentedtax lien |
| 3423 N 21ST ST | Vacant | $29K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 3424 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $141K | 6/3 | 2,391 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 3425 N 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $8K in 2005. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $209K | 4/— | 2,805 | 1939 | 1 | rented |
| 3426 N 21ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2003 → $155K in 2017 (+933%). | Absentee individual | $258K | 4/— | 2,745 | 1939 | 2 | rented |
| 3427 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024); Appeal filed (2025). | Vacant | $29K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3428 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $156K | 4/— | 2,941 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 3429 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); sold $1K (2022); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 3430 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2018). | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3431 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3432 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2018). | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3433 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024). | Vacant | $27K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3434 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2018). | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3435 N 21ST ST | Absentee individual | $95K | 4/— | 2,478 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 3436 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2018). | Vacant | $22K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3438 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2010); 4 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2018). | Vacant | $26K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)