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Who owns your block

3600 block of Tulip St

A mixed-ownership block: 36% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $2,840 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 148% since 2016, now about $150K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$150K
$90K–$707K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$162
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$165K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $150K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1910
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
36%
3 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
18%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
2 of 11 behind
▲ block 18% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$360
5 years
+127%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+148%
value · tax +$1K

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 $150K — 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 blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$150K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied27%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 98 reported crimes (25 violent) and 135 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
98
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
135
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts43
All Other Offenses7
Other Assaults7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Aggravated Assault Firearm6
Robbery No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection32
Maintenance Complaint27
Illegal Dumping18
Sanitation Violation7
Abandoned Vehicle6
Construction Complaints5

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 · K-5
John H Webster
3400 Frankford Ave · 413 students
Middle
Memphis St Charter At Jp Jones
High
Kensington Campus

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$100K$200K$150K2016: $61K2017: $61K2018: $61K2019: $62K2020: $66K2021: $66K2022: $66K2023: $121K2024: $121K2025: $149K2026: $149K2027: $150K2016202020232027

▲ +148% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,0402016: $8482017: $8482018: $8482019: $8472020: $9132021: $9132022: $9132023: $1,6782024: $1,6732025: $1,6802026: $1,6802027: $2,0402016202020232027

▲ +141% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 248 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $248 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+148%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.1 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20042008201220162020
18arm's-length sales since 2002
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 1 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$90K$230K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 11 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3604 TULIP ST Absentee individual $146K 3/1 894 1910 0
3606 TULIP ST Absentee individual $146K 3/1 900 1910 0 rented
3608 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2017 → $90K in 2021 (+200%). Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,034 1910 2 rented
3610 TULIP ST Traded 3×: $8K in 2002 → $95K in 2010 (+1050%). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,034 1910 3
3612 TULIP ST Traded 4×: $42K in 2006 → $220K in 2022 (+430%). Owner-occupied $230K 3/1 1,052 1910 4
3614 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $48K in 2004 → $30K in 2020 (-38%). Absentee individual $154K 3/1 872 1910 2
3616 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2015 → $30K in 2022 (+50%). Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 972 1910 2 tax lien
3618 TULIP ST Traded 3×: $1K in 2017 → $40K in 2021 (+3900%). Absentee individual $150K 2/1 972 1910 3 tax lien
3620 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $1K in 2017 → $40K in 2021 (+3900%). Absentee individual $90K —/— 140 1910 2 tax lien
3622 TULIP ST Vacant $94K —/— 0
3625-39 TULIP ST Absentee individual $707K —/— 6,045 1980 0 2 viol

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.