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Who owns your block

3500 block of N American St

An investor-heavy block: 40% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 6 open code violations and 2 homes behind $831 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 271% since 2016, now about $9K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% 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
$9K
$9K–$290K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$93
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$125
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
60%
1 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 20% · city 5%
Back taxes
$831
2 of 5 behind
▲ block 40% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-27%
value · tax −$46
5 years
+39%
value · tax +$35
10 years
+39%
value · tax +$35

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $9K — about 0.0× the citywide median, and below 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$9K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied0%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 145 reported crimes (40 violent) and 164 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
145
40 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
164
35 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses55
Other Assaults21
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Thefts11
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8
Motor Vehicle Theft8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection34
Maintenance Complaint28
Illegal Dumping22
Salting12
Abandoned Vehicle10
License Complaint9

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 · K-8
Luis Munoz-Marin
3300 N 3rd St · 482 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 students

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$10K$20K$9K2016: $2K2017: $6K2018: $6K2019: $6K2020: $6K2021: $6K2022: $6K2023: $20K2024: $20K2025: $12K2026: $12K2027: $9K2016202020232027

▲ +271% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$1252016: $342017: $902018: $902019: $902020: $902021: $902022: $902023: $2802024: $2802025: $1712026: $1712027: $1252016202020232027

▲ +268% since 2016 · ~+13%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 371 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $371 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+271%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6.2 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 3 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2007
3arm's-length sales since 1998
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Vacant: 4 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels
$9K$9K+

The block's largest owner, Kenan LLC, carries 11 open violations across 44 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Kenan LLC144$1.7Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Lots Of Patience LLC123$569Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Stan Sheppard (individual)23$500Kphila.gov ↗

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 5 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3501 N AMERICAN ST Traded 3×: $1K in 1998 → $240K in 2007 (+23900%). Vacant $9K —/— 3
3503 N AMERICAN ST Vacant $9K —/— 0 tax lien
3505 N AMERICAN ST Vacant $9K —/— 0 tax lien
3507 N AMERICAN ST Vacant $9K —/— 0 tax lien
3509-11 N AMERICAN ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $290K 6/— 3,108 1920 0 6 viol

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.