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Who owns your block

3400 block of Tyson Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 1 home behind $8,470 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $282K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$282K
$264K–$322K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$202
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$218K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $282K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
57%
16 of 28
city 41%
Rentals
39%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
1 of 28 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax −$234
5 years
+54%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+79%
value · tax +$2K

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 $282K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19149 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19149 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19149Philadelphia
Median home value$282K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied32%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 105 reported crimes (28 violent) and 94 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
105
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
94
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts34
Other Assaults16
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint17
Abandoned Vehicle13
Illegal Dumping8
Street Defect8
Salting6
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5

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
Mayfair
3001 Princeton Ave · 1746 students
High · 9-12
Abraham Lincoln
3201 Ryan Ave · 2332 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$282K2016: $157K2017: $157K2018: $157K2019: $175K2020: $183K2021: $183K2022: $183K2023: $258K2024: $258K2025: $303K2026: $303K2027: $282K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,7812016: $1,8672017: $1,8672018: $1,9002019: $2,0032020: $2,0672021: $2,0672022: $2,2942023: $3,2782024: $3,2782025: $4,0152026: $4,0152027: $3,7812016202020232027

▲ +103% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 179 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $179 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+79%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
36arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 8 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

2 parcels8 parcels0 parcels9 parcels3 parcels3 parcels3 parcels
$264K$306K+

The block's largest owner, Knights Properties Llc, carries 4 open violations across 7 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Knights Properties Llc17$10Mphila.gov ↗
Connell 2023 Llc15$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
J & J Properties Llc15$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Fangs Property Inc11$270Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 28 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
3400 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $282K 4/1 1,536 1940 0
3401 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $295K 4/1 1,540 1940 1 rented
3402 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $322K 3/1 1,440 1940 1 rented
3403 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $173K in 2005 → $110K in 2012 (-36%). Absentee individual $290K —/— 1,395 1940 2 rented
3404 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $274K 3/1 1,440 1940 1 rented
3405 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $298K 3/1 1,396 1940 1
3406 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $274K 3/1 1,440 1940 1
3407 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $175K in 2006 → $240K in 2023 (+37%). Absentee individual $282K 3/2 1,395 1940 2
3408 TYSON AVE Investor / LLC $270K 3/1 1,440 1940 1 rented1 viol
3409 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $286K 3/1 1,394 1940 1 rented
3410 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $68K in 2001 → $65K in 2007 (-4%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,440 1940 2 1 viol
3411 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $282K 3/1 1,396 1940 1 rented
3412 TYSON AVE Appeal complete (2024). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,440 1940 0
3413 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $120K in 2015 → $230K in 2023 (+92%). Investor / LLC $297K 4/3 1,395 1940 2
3414 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $125K in 2017 → $164K in 2019 (+31%). Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,344 1940 2 rented
3415 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $282K —/— 1,395 1940 1
3416 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,440 1940 1 rented
3417 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $286K —/— 1,395 1940 0
3418 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $270K 3/1 1,440 1940 1 rented
3419 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $282K 3/1 1,395 1940 1
3420 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $76K in 1999 → $220K in 2019 (+190%). Absentee individual $270K 3/1 1,440 1940 2 rented
3421 TYSON AVE Traded 3×: $171K in 2007 → $270K in 2024 (+58%). Owner-occupied $306K 3/1 1,461 1940 3
3422 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $290K —/— 1,440 1940 0
3423 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $170K in 2005 → $195K in 2017 (+15%). Owner-occupied $282K 3/— 1,395 1940 2
3424 TYSON AVE Traded 3×: $48K in 2002 → $68K in 2013 (+42%). Investor / LLC $270K 3/1 1,440 1940 3 2 viol
3425 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $60K in 2002 → $147K in 2012 (+145%). Owner-occupied $286K —/— 1,395 1940 2
3426 TYSON AVE Investor / LLC $290K 3/1 1,440 1940 1
3427 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $308K —/— 1,395 1940 1

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.