Who owns your block
3500 block of Bowman St
A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held, with 1 home behind $15,279 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 56% since 2016, now about $472K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $472K — about 2.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19129 median of $326K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19129 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19129 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $472K | $326K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 50% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 28 reported crimes (9 violent) and 63 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
- $472K typical home, up +56% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,880 to $5,528 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.5M assessed, $69,104/yr to the city, about $5,759 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +56% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +42% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 3519 Bowman Stexemption1.07%$4,468/yr on $419K
- 3508 Bowman Stexemption1.07%$4,534/yr on $424K
- 3510 Bowman Stexemption1.10%$5,242/yr on $475K
- 3512 Bowman Stexemption1.11%$5,372/yr on $484K
- 3514 Bowman Stexemption1.11%$5,410/yr on $487K
- …and 1 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.2% 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 $156 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frogspring-Ef LLC | 1 | 1 | $539K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3505-07 BOWMAN ST History2 L&I violations (2007). | Absentee individual | $598K | —/— | 4,081 | 1940 | 0 | rented |
| 3506 BOWMAN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $278K | 4/1 | 2,144 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3508 BOWMAN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $215K in 2005 → $454K in 2025 (+111%). | Owner-occupied | $424K | 4/2 | 2,144 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 3510 BOWMAN ST Renovated & sold onBought for $130K in 2014, demolition permit in 2015, sold for $335K in 2018 (+158%). | Owner-occupied | $475K | 3/2 | 1,840 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 3512 BOWMAN ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $115K in 2004 → $336K in 2020 (+192%). | Owner-occupied | $484K | 4/1 | 1,922 | 1940 | 5 | |
| 3513 BOWMAN ST | Absentee individual | $469K | 5/3 | 2,184 | 1940 | 1 | rented |
| 3514 BOWMAN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $487K | 4/1 | 1,952 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3515 BOWMAN ST | Absentee individual | $456K | 4/1 | 2,184 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 3516 BOWMAN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $405K | 4/1 | 1,952 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3517 BOWMAN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $145K in 2008 → $357K in 2021 (+146%). | Owner-occupied | $503K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1940 | 4 | rented |
| 3519 BOWMAN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $419K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3521 BOWMAN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $539K | —/— | 4,148 | 1940 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)