Who owns your block
3500 block of N 23rd St
A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 34% investor-held, with 6 homes behind $27,107 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 150% since 2016, now about $150K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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 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 | $150K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 24% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 106 reported crimes (44 violent) and 184 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 +150% since 2016
- Tax bill $596 to $694 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.5M assessed, $37,669/yr to the city, about $1,299 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +150% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +16% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3523 N 23rd St is assessed at $139K but pays $634 a year — about 33% of the $1,944 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 +8.7% 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 $250 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 33 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 8
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Home Rentals Llc, carries 18 open violations across 199 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Home Rentals Llc | 1 | 199 | $24M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hhs Realty Llc | 1 | 22 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Leon Williams (individual) | 2 | 16 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Wise Holding Group Llc | 1 | 7 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Judson St Properties Llc | 1 | 3 | $289K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Arpy I Llc | 1 | 3 | $52K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Barzilai 2017 Llc | 1 | 2 | $242K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3508 N 23rd Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $154K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hopewell Group Llc | 1 | 1 | $175K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3532 N 23rd Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $150K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3556 N 23rd Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $176K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3500 N 23RD ST HistoryL&I violation (2012); L&I violation (2013). | Absentee individual | $147K | 5/1 | 2,448 | 1940 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 3502 N 23RD ST History2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2018). | Vacant | $27K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3504-06 N 23RD ST ImprovedBought for $150K in 2017. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $189K | —/— | 4,896 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 3508 N 23RD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $30K in 2004, electrical permit in 2011, sold for $106K in 2022 (+252%). | Investor / LLC | $154K | 5/1 | 2,448 | 1940 | 2 | tax lien |
| 3510 N 23RD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $76K in 2005, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $310K in 2025 (+306%). | Absentee individual | $215K | 5/4 | 2,448 | 1940 | 5 | rentedtax lien |
| 3512 N 23RD ST ImprovedBought for $114K in 2007. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. | Investor / LLC | $167K | 5/3 | 2,448 | 1940 | 5 | |
| 3513 N 23RD ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017), then sold for $2K in 2017. | Vacant | $48K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 3514 N 23RD ST | Owner-occupied | $145K | 5/1 | 2,448 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3515 N 23RD ST History2 L&I violations (2009). | Owner-occupied | $213K | 5/1 | 3,480 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3516 N 23RD ST History3 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $25K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3517 N 23RD ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2014), then sold for $26K in 2021. | Vacant | $26K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 3518 N 23RD ST History3 L&I violations (2007). | Vacant | $18K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3519 N 23RD ST TradedTraded 2×: $78K in 2007 → $80K in 2013 (+3%). | Investor / LLC | $162K | 5/1 | 2,325 | 1940 | 2 | rented |
| 3521 N 23RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $139K | 5/1 | 2,325 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3523 N 23RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $139K | 5/2 | 2,325 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 3530 N 23RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $8K in 2001 → $641K in 2023 (+7913%). | Investor / LLC | $175K | 8/4 | 2,600 | 1940 | 6 | |
| 3532 N 23RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $53K in 2005 → $135K in 2020 (+155%). | Investor / LLC | $150K | 6/2 | 2,600 | 1940 | 3 | rented |
| 3534 N 23RD ST | Owner-occupied | $150K | 5/2 | 2,600 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3536 N 23RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $150K | 5/1 | 2,600 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3538 N 23RD ST Historysold $14K (2014); L&I violation (2016); 2 L&I violations (2019). | Absentee individual | $150K | 5/1 | 2,600 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 3540 N 23RD ST | Owner-occupied | $150K | 5/1 | 2,600 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3542 N 23RD ST ImprovedBought for $21K in 2022. | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 3544 N 23RD ST History7 L&I violations (2008). | Owner-occupied | $150K | 5/1 | 2,600 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3546 N 23RD ST ImprovedBought for $1K in 2006. | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 3548 N 23RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Absentee individual | $108K | 5/5 | 2,600 | 1940 | 0 | rented |
| 3550 N 23RD ST Improved | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3552 N 23RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated), sold for $15K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $108K | 5/1 | 2,600 | 1940 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 3554 N 23RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $150K | 5/1 | 2,600 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3556 N 23RD ST ImprovedBought for $40K in 2005. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $176K | —/— | 3,208 | 1940 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)