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Who owns your block

3700 block of Academy Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 76% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 86% since 2016, now about $302K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$302K
$293K–$356K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$240
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$318K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $302K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
76%
26 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
15%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$227
5 years
+56%
value · tax +$809
10 years
+86%
value · tax +$957

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 $302K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19154 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19154 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19154Philadelphia
Median home value$302K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied59%73%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 23 reported crimes (7 violent) and 87 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
23
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
87
20 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses6
Other Assaults6
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Fraud3
Burglary Residential2
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint20
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Salting9
Abandoned Vehicle8
Information Request5
Street Defect5

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
Stephen Decatur
3500 Academy Rd · 1041 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$302K2016: $163K2017: $163K2018: $163K2019: $182K2020: $193K2021: $193K2022: $193K2023: $221K2024: $221K2025: $275K2026: $275K2027: $302K2016202020232027

▲ +86% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9142016: $1,9572017: $1,9572018: $1,9572019: $2,0162020: $2,1052021: $2,1052022: $2,1052023: $2,0622024: $2,0622025: $2,5152026: $2,6872027: $2,9142016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

14 homes pay the full 1.40%20 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 186 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $186 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+86%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 41 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
41arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 7 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

13 parcels4 parcels12 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$293K$330K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
M B L 168 LLC12$481Kphila.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 34 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
3700 ACADEMY RD Traded 2×: $150K in 2019 → $85K in 2023 (-43%). Owner-occupied $330K 3/1 1,368 1965 2
3701 ACADEMY RD Bought for $120K in 2018. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2011. Investor / LLC $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 1 rented
3702 ACADEMY RD Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 0
3703 ACADEMY RD Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 1
3704 ACADEMY RD Owner-occupied $295K 3/1 1,260 1965 1
3705 ACADEMY RD Bought for $285K in 2024. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Absentee individual $303K 3/1 1,224 1965 1 rented
3706 ACADEMY RD Absentee individual $298K 3/1 1,260 1965 1 rented
3707 ACADEMY RD Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,224 1965 1
3708 ACADEMY RD Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2007. Absentee individual $298K 3/1 1,260 1965 0
3709 ACADEMY RD sold $92K (2019); 4 L&I violations (2019). Absentee individual $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 1
3710 ACADEMY RD Owner-occupied $298K 3/1 1,260 1965 0
3711 ACADEMY RD 2 L&I violations (2017); 4 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2021). Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 0
3712 ACADEMY RD Traded 2×: $160K in 2019 → $280K in 2021 (+75%). Owner-occupied $309K 3/1 1,260 1965 2
3713 ACADEMY RD Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 0
3714 ACADEMY RD L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $295K 3/1 1,260 1965 0
3715 ACADEMY RD Bought for $177K in 2008. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,368 1965 2
3716 ACADEMY RD Traded 3×: $77K in 2000 → $276K in 2020 (+258%). Owner-occupied $356K 3/2 1,368 1965 3
3717 ACADEMY RD Bought for $75K in 1999. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 1
3718 ACADEMY RD Traded 2×: $184K in 2005 → $193K in 2009 (+5%). Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 2
3719 ACADEMY RD Traded 2×: $195K in 2010 → $320K in 2025 (+64%). Absentee individual $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 2 rented1 viol
3720 ACADEMY RD Traded 2×: $76K in 2000 → $350K in 2024 (+361%). Absentee individual $317K 3/1 1,324 1965 2 rented
3721 ACADEMY RD 3 L&I violations (2015); 3 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2024); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,368 1965 0 tax lien
3722 ACADEMY RD Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,224 1965 1
3723 ACADEMY RD Bought for $157K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $305K in 2023 (+94%). Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,212 1965 2 1 viol
3724 ACADEMY RD L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,224 1965 0
3725 ACADEMY RD Traded 2×: $155K in 2005 → $230K in 2024 (+48%). Absentee individual $293K 3/1 1,224 1965 2 2 viol
3726 ACADEMY RD Traded 2×: $150K in 2005 → $170K in 2007 (+13%). Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,224 1965 2
3727 ACADEMY RD Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,224 1965 0
3728 ACADEMY RD L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,224 1965 0
3730 ACADEMY RD Bought for $233K in 2019. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $307K 3/2 1,224 1965 2
3732 ACADEMY RD Traded 2×: $103K in 2003 → $145K in 2016 (+41%). Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,224 1965 2
3734 ACADEMY RD Bought for $182K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,224 1965 3
3736 ACADEMY RD Traded 4×: $180K in 2005 → $294K in 2020 (+63%). Owner-occupied $351K 3/2 1,224 1965 4
3738 ACADEMY RD Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,224 1965 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.