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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

3500 block of Vista St

A mixed-ownership block: 54% owner-occupied, 7% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 1 home behind $683 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $267K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year.

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
$267K
$253K–$331K
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$170
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$265K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $267K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 59
$26K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
54%
32 of 59
city 41%
Rentals
39%
23 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$683
1 of 59 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$147
5 years
+54%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+82%
value · tax +$2K

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.

2027
  • 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 $267K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19136 median of $251K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19136 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19136Philadelphia
Median home value$267K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied32%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (29 violent) and 163 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
95
29 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
163
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults20
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Thefts12
All Other Offenses8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint27
Abandoned Vehicle25
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection25
Illegal Dumping14
Shoveling10
Street Trees9

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
Northeast Community Propel Academy
7500 Rowland Ave · 1715 students
High · 9-12
Abraham Lincoln
3201 Ryan Ave · 2332 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$250K$500K$267K2016: $147K2017: $147K2018: $147K2019: $168K2020: $173K2021: $173K2022: $173K2023: $207K2024: $207K2025: $259K2026: $259K2027: $267K2016202020232027

▲ +82% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,7302016: $1,6422017: $1,6422018: $1,8872019: $2,2122020: $2,3462021: $2,2412022: $2,2972023: $2,8732024: $2,8782025: $3,5832026: $3,5832027: $3,7302016202020232027

▲ +127% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

1
1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $25,705 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$3,789pays now $4,297at the full rate

3535 Vista St is assessed at $307K but pays $3,789 a year — about 88% of the $4,297 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 +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 182 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $182 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+82%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 87 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
87arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 59 parcels

Owner-occupied: 32Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 23 59parcels
  • Owner-occupied 32
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 23

Value distribution today

9 parcels23 parcels8 parcels1 parcels0 parcels8 parcels10 parcels
$253K$307K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Zhangs Management Llc19$2.1Mphila.gov ↗
Hh Property Llc14$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Ly Summer Property Llc11$253Kphila.gov ↗
3541 Vista Llc11$294Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 59 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3500 VISTA ST Appeal complete (2025). Owner-occupied $293K —/— 1,781 1970 0 5 viol
3501 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $84K in 1999 → $285K in 2021 (+239%). Absentee individual $301K 4/2 1,600 1960 3 rented
3502 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $99K in 2003 → $207K in 2019 (+109%). Owner-occupied $293K 3/1 1,568 1925 3
3503 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $170K in 2008 → $189K in 2018 (+11%). Absentee individual $330K —/— 1,568 1970 2
3504 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $129K in 2010 → $265K in 2025 (+106%). Absentee individual $272K 4/1 1,568 1970 2 rented
3505 VISTA ST Absentee individual $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 1 rented
3506 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $84K in 2002 → $235K in 2023 (+180%). Absentee individual $267K 3/1 1,568 1970 3
3507 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $50K in 2003 → $128K in 2008 (+155%). Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 3
3508 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2001 → $87K in 2002 (+117%). Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 2
3509 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $253K —/— 1,568 1920 0
3510 VISTA ST Absentee individual $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 1 rented
3511 VISTA ST Traded 4×: $90K in 2002 → $185K in 2018 (+106%). Absentee individual $255K 3/1 1,568 1925 4 rented
3512 VISTA ST Absentee individual $256K 3/1 1,568 1970 1 rented
3513 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $61K in 2000 → $95K in 2014 (+56%). Owner-occupied $298K —/— 1,568 1920 3 rented
3514 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $330K —/— 1,568 1970 0
3515 VISTA ST Traded 4×: $86K in 2003 → $243K in 2025 (+183%). Absentee individual $261K 4/1 1,568 1925 4 rented1 viol
3516 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3517 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $272K 4/1 1,568 1970 0
3518 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $120K in 2014 → $275K in 2023 (+129%). Absentee individual $294K 3/2 1,568 1970 3
3519 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $82K in 2013 → $245K in 2023 (+197%). Absentee individual $253K 3/1 1,568 1970 2 rented
3520 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3521 VISTA ST Absentee individual $272K 4/1 1,568 1970 1 rented
3522 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $81K in 2001 → $84K in 2002 (+4%). Owner-occupied $256K 4/1 1,568 1970 3
3523 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $272K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3524 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $74K in 2001 → $170K in 2005 (+130%). Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 3
3525 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $272K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3526 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 0
3527 VISTA ST Investor / LLC $307K —/— 1,568 1970 1 rented
3528 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3529 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3530 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 0
3531 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2002 → $150K in 2017 (+77%). Absentee individual $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 2 rented
3532 VISTA ST Investor / LLC $253K 3/2 1,568 1970 1 rented
3533 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $125K in 2008 → $133K in 2017 (+6%). Owner-occupied $307K —/— 1,568 1970 2
3534 VISTA ST Absentee individual $272K 4/1 1,568 1970 1 rented
3535 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $307K —/— 1,568 1970 0 abatedtax lien
3536 VISTA ST Absentee individual $254K 4/1 1,350 1970 1 rented
3537 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $307K —/— 1,568 1970 1
3538 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2011 → $140K in 2016 (+75%). Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 2 3 viol
3539 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $307K —/— 1,568 1970 1
3540 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3541 VISTA ST Traded 3×: $144K in 2005 → $285K in 2025 (+98%). Investor / LLC $294K 3/2 1,568 1970 3 rented
3542 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $298K —/— 1,568 1920 0
3543 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3544 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 0
3545 VISTA ST Absentee individual $267K 3/1 1,568 1970 1 rented
3546 VISTA ST Traded 4×: $104K in 2011 → $170K in 2020 (+63%). Absentee individual $283K 2/1 1,568 1920 4 rented
3547 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3548 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $140K in 2020 → $178K in 2020 (+27%). Absentee individual $272K 3/1 1,568 1970 2 rented
3549 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2002 → $213K in 2022 (+137%). Investor / LLC $267K 3/1 1,568 1970 2 rented
3550 VISTA ST Absentee individual $307K —/— 1,568 1970 1
3551 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $272K 4/1 1,568 1970 1
3552 VISTA ST Traded 2×: $150K in 2010 → $202K in 2020 (+35%). Owner-occupied $295K 3/1 1,568 1970 2
3553 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 0
3554 VISTA ST Traded 4×: $88K in 2002 → $190K in 2024 (+115%). Absentee individual $256K 3/1 1,568 1970 4
3555 VISTA ST Owner-occupied $267K 4/1 1,568 1970 0
3556 VISTA ST Absentee individual $331K —/— 1,568 1970 1 rented
3557 VISTA ST Absentee individual $256K 3/1 1,568 1970 1 rented
3559 VISTA ST Absentee individual $298K —/— 1,568 1920 0 rented

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