Who owns your block
3500 block of N Sydenham St
A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 9 homes behind $76,528 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 140% since 2016, now about $83K. 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 $83K — about 0.4× 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 block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $83K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 30% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 165 reported crimes (61 violent) and 214 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
- $83K typical home, up +140% since 2016
- Tax bill $409 to $864 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.8M assessed, $26,829/yr to the city, about $725 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +140% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +111% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3519 N Sydenham St is assessed at $144K but pays $851 a year — about 42% of the $2,017 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 +8.3% 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 $240 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 35 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 23 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 37 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 15
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Omega Business Group Llc | 1 | 9 | $138K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Home Exchange Pa Llc | 1 | 5 | $334K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rsamsrealty Llc | 1 | 1 | $157K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tof Development Llc | 1 | 1 | $86K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Chen International Llc | 1 | 1 | $35K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3501 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/2 | 1,406 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3503 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/2 | 1,406 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3505 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/2 | 1,406 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3506 N SYDENHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $12K in 2006 → $149K in 2025 (+1157%). | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1931 | 3 | |
| 3507 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/2 | 1,406 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3508 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $87K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3509 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $96K | 3/1 | 1,190 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 3510 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $20K in 2005 → $55K in 2021 (+175%). | Investor / LLC | $157K | 3/2 | 1,060 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 3511 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $78K in 2021 → $60K in 2023 (-23%). | Investor / LLC | $86K | 3/1 | 1,193 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 3512 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3513 N SYDENHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $5K in 2008 → $40K in 2017 (+700%). | Absentee individual | $86K | 3/1 | 1,193 | 1940 | 5 | rented |
| 3514 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $36K in 2016 → $135K in 2022 (+279%). | Owner-occupied | $87K | 3/1 | 1,110 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 3515 N SYDENHAM ST Improved | Vacant | $17K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3516 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2008 → $120K in 2023 (+140%). | Owner-occupied | $83K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 3517 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $62K | 3/1 | 1,193 | 1940 | 1 | 1 violtax lien |
| 3518 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $78K | 3/1 | 880 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3519 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $144K | —/— | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3520 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $76K | 3/1 | 880 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3521 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $100K | 3/— | 1,480 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 3522 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $85K | 3/1 | 1,090 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3523 N SYDENHAM ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3524 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $87K | 3/1 | 1,158 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 3525 N SYDENHAM ST | Vacant | $18K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3526 N SYDENHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $35K in 2000 → $110K in 2024 (+214%). | Absentee individual | $87K | 3/2 | 1,158 | 1946 | 4 | |
| 3527 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $85K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 3528 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $20K in 2016 → $97K in 2017 (+395%). | Absentee individual | $107K | 3/1 | 1,016 | 1925 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 3529 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $82K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3530 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $82K | 3/1 | 1,016 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 3531 N SYDENHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $10K in 2008 → $117K in 2021 (+1119%). | Absentee individual | $101K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 3533 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $81K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1940 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 3535 N SYDENHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $14K in 2010 → $12K in 2016 (-14%). | Investor / LLC | $81K | 3/1 | 1,000 | 1940 | 3 | rented |
| 3537 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $86K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 3540 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $66K | 3/1 | 718 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3542 N SYDENHAM ST New constructionBought for $20K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $95K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $79K | 2/1 | 1,018 | 1940 | 3 | abated |
| 3544 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $66K | 3/1 | 704 | 1940 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3546 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $84K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1931 | 0 | |
| 3548 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $70K | 3/1 | 750 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)