Who owns your block
3500 block of Tulip St
A mixed-ownership block: 37% owner-occupied, 37% investor-held, with 1 home behind $180 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 153% since 2016, now about $158K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year.
- 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 $158K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19134 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $158K | $113K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 26% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 91 reported crimes (30 violent) and 102 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
- $158K typical home, up +153% since 2016
- Tax bill $757 to $1,970 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.5M assessed, $41,623/yr to the city, about $2,191 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +153% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +160% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.8% 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 $253 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tioga Fuel Company Inc | 2 | 4 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| A + Z Auto Service Inc | 4 | 4 | $962K | phila.gov ↗ |
| A + Z Service Inc | 1 | 1 | $55K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3501 TULIP ST | Investor / LLC | $308K | —/— | 4,400 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 3521 TULIP ST TradedTraded 2×: $460K in 2014 → $460K in 2014 (+0%). | Investor / LLC | $150K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 3543 TULIP ST | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1910 | 1 | |
| 3545 TULIP ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $39K in 2010 → $199K in 2022 (+410%). | Owner-occupied | $225K | 2/1 | 1,200 | 1910 | 4 | |
| 3547 TULIP ST | Absentee individual | $194K | 3/1 | 1,472 | 1910 | 1 | rented |
| 3549 TULIP ST | Absentee individual | $141K | 2/1 | 754 | 1910 | 1 | |
| 3551 TULIP ST | Owner-occupied | $158K | 2/1 | 975 | 1910 | 0 | |
| 3553 TULIP ST | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 754 | 1910 | 1 | tax lien |
| 3555 TULIP ST | Owner-occupied | $143K | 2/1 | 754 | 1910 | 1 | |
| 3557 TULIP ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $13K in 2000 → $155K in 2025 (+1140%). | Owner-occupied | $191K | 3/2 | 1,388 | 1910 | 3 | |
| 3559 TULIP ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $13K in 2000 → $225K in 2019 (+1700%). | Owner-occupied | $219K | 4/2 | 1,170 | 1910 | 3 | |
| 3561 TULIP ST | Investor / LLC | $126K | —/— | 1,800 | 1910 | 0 | |
| 3563-65 TULIP ST | Investor / LLC | $387K | —/— | 3,000 | 1924 | 0 | |
| 3567 TULIP ST | Vacant | $55K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3569-75 TULIP ST | Investor / LLC | $132K | —/— | 1,344 | 1924 | 0 | |
| 3577-79 TULIP ST HistoryAppeal withdrawn (2018). | Investor / LLC | $316K | —/— | 4,320 | 1924 | 0 | |
| 3581 TULIP ST | Absentee individual | $199K | 3/— | 1,360 | 1910 | 0 | |
| 3583 TULIP ST | Vacant | $47K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3585 TULIP ST | Absentee individual | $143K | 3/— | 928 | 1910 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)