Who owns your block
3500 block of Aspen St
A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held, with 1 home behind $1,079 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 137% since 2016, now about $150K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $150K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $150K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 13% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (29 violent) and 118 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
- $150K typical home, up +137% since 2016
- Tax bill $550 to $2,006 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.3M assessed, $24,661/yr to the city, about $1,644 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +137% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +265% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3525 Aspen St is assessed at $150K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,093 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 +8.2% 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 $237 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2007. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oursource Real Estate Llc | 1 | 5 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Dow Pa Llc | 1 | 2 | $265K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 15 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3511 ASPEN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a mechanical permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $207K | 3/1 | 1,625 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3513 ASPEN ST Renovated & sold onBought for $17K in 2007, demolition permit in 2016, sold for $195K in 2025 (+1082%). | Absentee individual | $173K | —/— | 1,046 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 3515 ASPEN ST Renovated & sold onBought for $5K in 2009, demolition permit in 2016, sold for $125K in 2024 (+2180%). | Investor / LLC | $143K | 2/1 | 1,252 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 3517 ASPEN ST Renovated & sold onBought for $65K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $270K in 2024 (+315%). | Owner-occupied | $231K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 3519 ASPEN ST HistoryL&I violation (2024). | Owner-occupied | $143K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3521 ASPEN ST | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3523 ASPEN ST ImprovedBought for $203K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $210K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 3525 ASPEN ST | Absentee individual | $150K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 3527 ASPEN ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.9M in 2019. | Absentee individual | $150K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 1 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 3529 ASPEN ST | Absentee individual | $154K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 3531 ASPEN ST | Owner-occupied | $156K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3533 ASPEN ST | Owner-occupied | $140K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 3535 ASPEN ST ImprovedBought for $45K in 2015. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $140K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 3537 ASPEN ST HistoryL&I violation (2014); L&I violation (2026). | Absentee individual | $145K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3539 ASPEN ST History2 L&I violations (2016). | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)