Who owns your block
3500 block of Vaux St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $4,102 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 45% since 2016, now about $299K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $299K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19129 median of $326K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19129 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19129 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $299K | $326K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 60% | 50% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 24 reported crimes (2 violent) and 122 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
- $299K typical home, up +45% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,493 to $2,970 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.5M assessed, $82,333/yr to the city, about $3,293 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +45% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +19% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3504 Vaux St is assessed at $312K but pays $2,284 a year — about 52% of the $4,370 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.4% 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 $145 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 42 arm's-length sales since 1994. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chabada Llc | 1 | 1 | $292K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Osmond On Tilden Co | 1 | 1 | $230K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 25 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 VAUX ST TradedTraded 2×: $57K in 1994 → $120K in 2003 (+110%). | Absentee individual | $305K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 2 | rented |
| 3502 VAUX ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $125K in 2002 → $270K in 2021 (+116%). | Owner-occupied | $299K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 3 | rented |
| 3504 VAUX ST | Owner-occupied | $312K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 0 | abated |
| 3506 VAUX ST TradedTraded 2×: $78K in 2001 → $221K in 2006 (+183%). | Owner-occupied | $312K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 2 | |
| 3508 VAUX ST | Owner-occupied | $312K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 1 | tax lien |
| 3510 VAUX ST | Absentee individual | $312K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 3512 VAUX ST | Absentee individual | $312K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 3514 VAUX ST | Absentee individual | $312K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 0 | rented |
| 3515 VAUX ST TradedTraded 2×: $250K in 2023 → $415K in 2024 (+66%). | Owner-occupied | $406K | 3/1 | 1,122 | 1939 | 2 | |
| 3516 VAUX ST | Owner-occupied | $299K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 3517 VAUX ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $125K in 2003 → $182K in 2015 (+46%). | Owner-occupied | $292K | 3/1 | 996 | 1939 | 3 | |
| 3518 VAUX ST | Owner-occupied | $299K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 3519 VAUX ST TradedTraded 2×: $76K in 2000 → $175K in 2017 (+132%). | Owner-occupied | $292K | 3/1 | 996 | 1939 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 3520 VAUX ST TradedTraded 2×: $197K in 2015 → $330K in 2023 (+68%). | Owner-occupied | $371K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1939 | 2 | |
| 3521 VAUX ST | Owner-occupied | $292K | 3/1 | 996 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 3522 VAUX ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $67K in 2000 → $440K in 2023 (+557%). | Absentee individual | $365K | 3/2 | 1,440 | 1939 | 3 | |
| 3523 VAUX ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $92K in 2002 → $260K in 2022 (+183%). | Investor / LLC | $292K | 3/1 | 996 | 1939 | 3 | rented |
| 3525 VAUX ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $69K in 2001 → $295K in 2025 (+328%). | Owner-occupied | $292K | 3/1 | 996 | 1939 | 3 | |
| 3527 VAUX ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $265K in 2007 → $330K in 2021 (+25%). | Owner-occupied | $307K | 3/1 | 996 | 1939 | 3 | |
| 3529 VAUX ST TradedTraded 2×: $122K in 2003 → $234K in 2008 (+92%). | Owner-occupied | $292K | 3/1 | 996 | 1939 | 2 | |
| 3531 VAUX ST | Owner-occupied | $292K | 3/1 | 996 | 1939 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3533 VAUX ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $106K in 2002 → $228K in 2019 (+115%). | Owner-occupied | $292K | 3/1 | 996 | 1939 | 5 | |
| 3535 VAUX ST | Owner-occupied | $337K | 3/1 | 1,156 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 3537 VAUX ST Historysold $90K (2002); Appeal moot (2019). | Absentee individual | $107K | —/— | 1,254 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 3539 VAUX ST | Investor / LLC | $230K | —/— | 1,596 | 1939 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)