Philadelphia property report
3500 block of Wharton St
An investor-heavy block: 60% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 3 open code violations and 2 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($12,723 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 224% since 2016, now about $212K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $212K — about 0.9× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19146 median of $386K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $212K | $386K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 40% | 33% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 90 reported crimes (about 8 a month, 22% of them violent) and 128 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
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
- $212K typical home, up +224% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $608 to $1,948 a year through 2027, +11%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $27,580/yr from taxable assessments, or $2,758 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +224% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +220% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.
- 3536 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$1,829/yr on $653K
- 3526 Wharton Stlower taxable assessment0.47%$711/yr on $151K
- 3509 Wharton Stlower taxable assessment0.51%$813/yr on $158K
- 3511 Wharton Stlower taxable assessment0.51%$813/yr on $158K
- 3510 Wharton Stlower taxable assessment0.52%$837/yr on $160K
- …and 2 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
One large gap: 3536 Wharton St has a $1,829/year assessment-based estimate on $653K assessed value — about 20% of the $9,143 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.3% 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 $324 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 9
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Constellar Corp, carries 34 open violations across 33 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constellar Corp | 1 | 33 | $5.3M | — | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Jpc Group Real Estate LLC | 2 | 10 | $12M | 228 Blackwood Barnsboro Rd, Blackwood NJ, 08012 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Els Properties LLC | 2 | 8 | $2.0M | 718 Rodman St, Philadelphia PA, 19147 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Rmrb Limited Liability Co | 3 | 3 | $1.8M | 2503 S Garnet St, Philadelphia PA, 19145 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 1300 S Harmony St LLC | 1 | 2 | $313K | 3524 Wharton St, Philadelphia PA, 19146 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| S Knuckles LLC | 2 | 2 | $824K | 136 Rhoads Ave, Haddonfield NJ, 08033 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Gigi Associates LLC | 1 | 1 | $270K | 1723 Porter St, Philadelphia PA, 19145 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Moore Living Trust (trust / estate) | 1 | 1 | $88K | 3509 Wharton St, Philadelphia PA, 19146 | phila.gov ↗ |
| Oko Enterprises LLC | 1 | 1 | $255K | 9 Burr Rd, Maplewood NJ, 07040 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
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 19 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — 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 WHARTON ST Vacant lot Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2023). | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 9,870 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 3501-05 WHARTON ST Vacant lot ImprovedOwner pulled a zoning permit in 2016. | Vacant | $270K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3507 WHARTON ST Vacant lot History2 L&I violations (2018). | Vacant | $88K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3509 WHARTON ST | Owner-occupied | $162K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3510 WHARTON ST | Investor / LLC | $160K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 3511 WHARTON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $159K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 3512 WHARTON ST Vacant lot History2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $140K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3513 WHARTON ST Apartment building TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2004 → $112K in 2010 (+40%). | Investor / LLC | $234K | —/— | 1,260 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 3515 WHARTON ST Apartment building TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2004 → $112K in 2010 (+40%). | Investor / LLC | $280K | 3/3 | 1,620 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 3517 WHARTON ST History2 L&I violations (2024); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2024). | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,416 | 1925 | 0 | $10K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 3519 WHARTON ST Vacant lot | Vacant | $79K | —/— | — | — | 1 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 3524 WHARTON ST Vacant lot ImprovedOwner pulled a zoning permit in 2019. | Vacant | $163K | —/— | — | — | 0 | $3K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 3526 WHARTON ST | Owner-occupied | $157K | 3/1 | 896 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 3528 WHARTON ST Mixed-use Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2000 → $280K in 2021 (+461%). | Owner-occupied | $255K | —/— | 2,214 | 1915 | 3 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 3530-32 WHARTON ST Commercial ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $503K | —/— | 5,254 | 1915 | 0 | licensed rentallien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 3534 WHARTON ST Apartment building | Investor / LLC | $321K | —/— | 2,112 | 1915 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 3536 WHARTON ST Vacant lot Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2017), then sold for $1.0M in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $590K | 4/— | 2,175 | 2019 | 2 | licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 3538 WHARTON ST Vacant lot Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2017). | Investor / LLC | $590K | 5/3 | 2,175 | 2021 | 1 | licensed rental3 viol |
| 3540 WHARTON ST Vacant lot New constructionBought for $150K in 2015, built new under a 2017 permit. | Investor / LLC | $632K | 6/2 | 2,526 | 2021 | 1 |
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Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)