Who owns your block
3500 block of N 18th St
A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 19 open code violations and 2 homes behind $9,063 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 101% since 2016, now about $205K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $205K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above 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 | $205K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 25% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 194 reported crimes (78 violent) and 192 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
- $205K typical home, up +101% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,312 to $2,772 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.8M assessed, $57,780/yr to the city, about $2,408 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +101% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +111% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3530 N 18th St is assessed at $358K but pays $2,907 a year — about 58% of the $5,013 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.5% 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 $201 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 38 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overbrook 1 Operating Llc | 1 | 15 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Nicetown Acquisition Llc | 1 | 10 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Millennium Development Ll | 1 | 2 | $660K | phila.gov ↗ |
| A3 Delivery Llc | 1 | 1 | $221K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mytop7 Llc | 1 | 1 | $220K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Olivell Homes Llc | 1 | 1 | $198K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3507 N 18TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $231K | —/— | 2,621 | 1936 | 0 | abated |
| 3509 N 18TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $30K in 2002 → $99K in 2004 (+230%). | Absentee individual | $220K | 5/4 | 2,396 | 1940 | 3 | rented |
| 3511 N 18TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $220K | —/— | 2,396 | 1936 | 0 | |
| 3513 N 18TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $220K | 5/1 | 2,396 | 1936 | 0 | |
| 3515 N 18TH ST ImprovedBought for $28K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $162K | 4/3 | 2,319 | 1936 | 3 | rented |
| 3517 N 18TH ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2005. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $221K | 4/3 | 2,410 | 1936 | 6 | tax lien |
| 3519 N 18TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2013). | Absentee individual | $221K | 4/3 | 2,410 | 1936 | 0 | |
| 3521 N 18TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a demolition permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $221K | 4/3 | 2,410 | 1936 | 0 | 11 viol |
| 3523 N 18TH ST New constructionBought for $6K in 1997, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $20K in 2006. | Absentee individual | $221K | 5/3 | 2,410 | 1936 | 2 | 5 violtax lien |
| 3525 N 18TH ST ImprovedBought for $100K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $161K | —/— | 2,410 | 1936 | 3 | |
| 3527 N 18TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $16K in 2002 → $119K in 2016 (+641%). | Owner-occupied | $277K | —/1 | 3,226 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 3528 N 18TH ST | Vacant | $73K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 3530 N 18TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $349K in 2024. | Absentee individual | $358K | 8/3 | 2,206 | 1936 | 1 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 3532 N 18TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2022). | Absentee individual | $198K | 6/— | 2,010 | 1936 | 0 | |
| 3534 N 18TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2004 → $85K in 2010 (+183%). | Owner-occupied | $198K | —/— | 2,010 | 1936 | 2 | |
| 3536 N 18TH ST | Owner-occupied | $141K | 5/1 | 2,010 | 1936 | 0 | |
| 3538 N 18TH ST ImprovedBought for $19K in 2007. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. | Investor / LLC | $220K | —/— | 2,540 | 1936 | 3 | tax lien |
| 3540 N 18TH ST | Owner-occupied | $141K | —/— | 2,010 | 1936 | 0 | |
| 3542 N 18TH ST | Owner-occupied | $141K | —/— | 2,010 | 1936 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3544 N 18TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $25K in 2002 → $117K in 2018 (+368%). | Owner-occupied | $190K | 5/— | 2,010 | 1926 | 4 | |
| 3546 N 18TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $8K in 2021 → $90K in 2024 (+1027%). | Investor / LLC | $198K | 3/3 | 2,010 | 1936 | 2 | 3 violtax lien |
| 3548 N 18TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $26K in 2015 → $265K in 2022 (+919%). | Investor / LLC | $198K | —/— | 2,010 | 1936 | 2 | rented |
| 3550 N 18TH ST | Absentee individual | $198K | —/— | 2,010 | 1936 | 1 | tax lien |
| 3552 N 18TH ST ImprovedBought for $60K in 2012. Owner pulled a use permit in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $213K | 5/5 | 2,206 | 1936 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)