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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

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.

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
$596K
$414K–$1.3M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$202
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$473K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $596K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 27
$58K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
59%
16 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
19%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-12%
value · tax −$1K
5 years
+42%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+76%
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 $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 blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$596K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied41%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.

Crimes · 12mo
108
29 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
164
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts27
Other Assaults18
Theft from Vehicle13
All Other Offenses12
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection43
Maintenance Complaint36
Illegal Dumping21
Street Defect10
Street Trees8
Abandoned Vehicle5

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-4
Samuel Powel
3610 Warren St · 342 students
Middle · 5-8
Science Leadership Academy Middle School
3610 Warren St · 351 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$500K$1.0M$596K2016: $332K2017: $338K2018: $338K2019: $401K2020: $411K2021: $419K2022: $419K2023: $512K2024: $512K2025: $681K2026: $681K2027: $596K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,6552016: $4,5672017: $4,5672018: $4,5672019: $5,1832020: $5,2282021: $5,3772022: $5,3772023: $6,4612024: $6,4612025: $7,7242026: $7,7242027: $6,6552016202020232027

▲ +46% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

8
8 properties 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 $58,022 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%
$4,289pays now $18,538at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 179 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+79%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-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 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

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
30arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 27 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 8 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

7 parcels3 parcels2 parcels4 parcels4 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$414K$809K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Uc Apartments Llc22$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Baptist Family Serv Inc11$467Kphila.gov ↗
Garnet Valley Investments11$722Kphila.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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
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 Traded 5×: $78K in 2001 → $590K in 2019 (+656%). Absentee individual $689K —/— 2,484 1925 5
3704 SPRING GARDEN ST Traded 2×: $265K in 2012 → $535K in 2024 (+102%). Owner-occupied $514K 4/2 2,484 1925 2
3705-07 SPRING GARDEN ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $1.3M 9/4 5,818 1925 0 rentedabated
3706 SPRING GARDEN ST Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 built 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 built new (tax-abated), sold for $400K in 2023. Owner-occupied $662K 6/3 2,366 1925 1 abated
3729 SPRING GARDEN ST Traded 2×: $335K in 2006 → $200K in 2013 (-40%). Investor / LLC $722K —/— 3,849 1925 2 1 viol
3730 SPRING GARDEN ST Bought for $260K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $540K in 2019. Absentee individual $587K 4/2 2,000 1925 2 abated

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

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