Who owns your block
3700 block of Spring Garden St
A mixed-ownership block: 59% owner-occupied, 15% investor-held, with 2 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $596K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $596K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $596K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 41% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 108 reported crimes (29 violent) and 164 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
- $596K typical home, up +79% since 2016
- Tax bill $4,567 to $6,655 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $17M assessed, $176,856/yr to the city, about $6,550 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +79% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +46% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3705-07 Spring Garden St is assessed at $1.3M but pays $4,289 a year — about 23% of the $18,538 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 +5.5% 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 $179 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 27 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 8
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uc Apartments Llc | 2 | 2 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Baptist Family Serv Inc | 1 | 1 | $467K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Garnet Valley Investments | 1 | 1 | $722K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3700 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $467K | —/— | 2,700 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 3701-03 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $766K | —/— | 3,812 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 3702 SPRING GARDEN ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $78K in 2001 → $590K in 2019 (+656%). | Absentee individual | $689K | —/— | 2,484 | 1925 | 5 | |
| 3704 SPRING GARDEN ST TradedTraded 2×: $265K in 2012 → $535K in 2024 (+102%). | Owner-occupied | $514K | 4/2 | 2,484 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 3705-07 SPRING GARDEN ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.3M | 9/4 | 5,818 | 1925 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 3706 SPRING GARDEN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $270K in 2007 → $490K in 2025 (+81%). | Owner-occupied | $464K | 6/2 | 2,484 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 3708 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $463K | —/— | 2,484 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 3709 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $581K | —/— | 3,300 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3710 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $737K | —/— | 3,653 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 3711 SPRING GARDEN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $150K in 2002 → $840K in 2021 (+460%). | Owner-occupied | $741K | 5/2 | 3,300 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 3713 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $475K | —/— | 2,340 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 3715 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $427K | —/— | 2,448 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 3716 SPRING GARDEN ST | Investor / LLC | $809K | —/— | 3,345 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 3717 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $419K | —/— | 2,340 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 3718 SPRING GARDEN ST | Investor / LLC | $820K | —/— | 3,555 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 3719 SPRING GARDEN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $94K in 2001 → $653K in 2021 (+595%). | Owner-occupied | $683K | 6/3 | 3,345 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 3720 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $578K | —/— | 2,550 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3721 SPRING GARDEN ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $110K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $603K | —/— | 3,345 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 3722 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $525K | —/— | 2,550 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3723 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $612K | —/— | 3,255 | 1925 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 3724 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $414K | —/— | 1,908 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 3725 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $596K | —/— | 3,255 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 3726 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $446K | —/— | 2,328 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3727 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $656K | —/— | 3,255 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 3728 SPRING GARDEN ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $400K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $662K | 6/3 | 2,366 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 3729 SPRING GARDEN ST TradedTraded 2×: $335K in 2006 → $200K in 2013 (-40%). | Investor / LLC | $722K | —/— | 3,849 | 1925 | 2 | 1 viol |
| 3730 SPRING GARDEN ST New constructionBought for $260K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $540K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $587K | 4/2 | 2,000 | 1925 | 2 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)