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Who owns your block

3500 block of N 19th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 27 open code violations and 4 homes behind $23,604 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 117% since 2016, now about $181K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$181K
$33K–$369K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$73
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$10K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $181K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1949
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
68%
13 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
16%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
27
L&I code
▲ block 26% · city 5%
Back taxes
$24K
4 of 19 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 16% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$794
5 years
+76%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+117%
value · tax +$1K

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 $181K — about 0.8× 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 blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$181K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied47%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 130 reported crimes (53 violent) and 167 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
130
53 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
167
53 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults39
Thefts17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
All Other Offenses14
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9
Motor Vehicle Theft8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint49
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Abandoned Vehicle20
Illegal Dumping20
License Complaint10
Other (Streets)7

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
Mastery Charter School At Cleveland
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$181K2016: $83K2017: $83K2018: $83K2019: $99K2020: $103K2021: $103K2022: $103K2023: $137K2024: $137K2025: $181K2026: $181K2027: $181K2016202020232027

▲ +117% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,0862016: $9322017: $9322018: $9322019: $1,0782020: $1,0682021: $1,0642022: $1,0642023: $1,8282024: $1,8282025: $2,2422026: $1,2922027: $2,0862016202020232027

▲ +124% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 217 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $217 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+117%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.8 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K2004200820122016
15arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 2 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels8 parcels3 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$33K$360K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Lx2 Properties Llc11$275Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 19 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3519 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $160K 6/1 2,406 1949 0 rented
3521 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $369K 6/3 2,406 1927 1 tax lien
3523 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $176K 4/— 2,406 1949 0
3525 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $167K 4/— 2,292 1949 0
3527 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $174K 6/2 2,487 1946 0
3529 N 19TH ST Bought for $51K in 2004. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. Investor / LLC $275K 7/3 3,027 1949 1 5 viol
3530 N 19TH ST 2 L&I violations (2020); 3 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2024). Vacant $38K —/— 0 2 violtax lien
3531 N 19TH ST Bought for $39K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $360K —/— 3,120 1949 3 rented
3532 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $189K 4/— 2,925 1949 0
3533 N 19TH ST Bought for $39K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $177K —/— 2,702 1949 2
3534 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $189K 4/— 2,925 1949 0
3535 N 19TH ST Bought for $39K in 2013, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $50K in 2015 (+27%). Owner-occupied $177K —/— 2,702 1949 2
3536 N 19TH ST Bought for $25K in 2002. Owner pulled a use permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $249K 4/— 2,925 1949 1 14 viol
3537 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $257K 4/— 2,702 1949 0 2 viol
3538 N 19TH ST 4 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2026). Vacant $33K —/— 0
3539 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $177K 4/— 2,702 1949 0
3540 N 19TH ST Bought for $28K in 2008, mechanical permit in 2008, sold for $36K in 2018 (+50%). Owner-occupied $253K 6/2 2,925 1949 4
3541 N 19TH ST Bought for $55K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $181K 6/— 2,830 1949 1 rented
3542 N 19TH ST 8 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021); 5 L&I violations (2022). Owner-occupied $269K 4/— 2,925 1949 0 4 viol

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.