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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

3700 block of Vader Dr

A mostly owner-occupied block: 84% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $11,555 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 81% since 2016, now about $313K. 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
$313K
$309K–$394K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$249
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$333K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $313K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1974
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
84%
42 of 50
city 41%
Rentals
16%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
3 of 50 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$295
5 years
+60%
value · tax +$933
10 years
+81%
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 $313K — 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$313K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied64%73%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 34 reported crimes (6 violent) and 136 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
34
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
136
47 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Other Assaults5
Burglary Residential3
Fraud2
Theft from Vehicle2

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle30
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Maintenance Complaint19
Salting12
Shoveling8
Information Request7

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$313K2016: $173K2017: $173K2018: $173K2019: $185K2020: $196K2021: $196K2022: $196K2023: $236K2024: $236K2025: $294K2026: $294K2027: $313K2016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,0532016: $2,0032017: $2,0032018: $2,0032019: $2,0302020: $2,1212021: $2,1192022: $2,1202023: $2,1932024: $2,1932025: $2,7582026: $2,7582027: $3,0532016202020232027

▲ +52% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 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 181 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $181 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+81%
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 59 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
59arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 50 parcels

Owner-occupied: 42Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 7 50parcels
  • Owner-occupied 42
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

33 parcels8 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$309K$370K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Hpa Ii Borrower 2020-1 Ml Llc12$625Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 50 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
3701 VADER DR Traded 4×: $99K in 2000 → $490K in 2025 (+395%). Owner-occupied $361K 3/1 1,260 1974 4
3703 VADER DR sold $159K (2009); Appeal denied (2013). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 1
3704 VADER DR Absentee individual $374K —/— 1,260 1974 1
3705 VADER DR Traded 3×: $76K in 2010 → $253K in 2019 (+235%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 3
3706 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0 tax lien
3707 VADER DR Traded 2×: $166K in 2008 → $275K in 2021 (+66%). Owner-occupied $309K 3/2 1,260 1974 2
3708 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3709 VADER DR Traded 3×: $130K in 2003 → $239K in 2018 (+84%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 3
3710 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 1
3711 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3712 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 1
3713 VADER DR Traded 2×: $114K in 2002 → $320K in 2023 (+182%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 2
3714 VADER DR Absentee individual $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 1 rented
3715 VADER DR Owner-occupied $320K 3/2 1,260 1974 1
3716 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3717 VADER DR Investor / LLC $322K 3/1 1,260 1974 1
3718 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3719 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3720 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3721 VADER DR Owner-occupied $316K 3/1 1,260 1974 1
3722 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 1 rented
3723 VADER DR Traded 3×: $106K in 2001 → $340K in 2024 (+221%). Absentee individual $309K 3/2 1,260 1974 3 rented
3724 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3725 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3726 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3727 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3728 VADER DR Traded 3×: $90K in 2003 → $168K in 2005 (+87%). Owner-occupied $317K 3/1 1,260 1974 3
3729 VADER DR Traded 2×: $235K in 2019 → $235K in 2019 (+0%). Owner-occupied $320K 3/1 1,260 1974 2
3730 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3731 VADER DR Owner-occupied $370K —/— 1,260 1974 0 rented
3732 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 1
3733 VADER DR Traded 3×: $208K in 2006 → $195K in 2013 (-6%). Absentee individual $394K —/— 1,404 1974 3 rented
3734 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3735 VADER DR Owner-occupied $318K 3/1 1,260 1974 1
3736 VADER DR Traded 4×: $82K in 2015 → $333K in 2025 (+306%). Owner-occupied $363K 3/1 1,260 1974 4
3737 VADER DR Owner-occupied $318K 3/1 1,260 1974 1
3738 VADER DR Absentee individual $344K —/— 1,260 1974 1
3739 VADER DR Owner-occupied $321K 3/1 1,260 1974 1
3740 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3741 VADER DR Owner-occupied $316K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3742 VADER DR Absentee individual $316K 3/1 1,260 1974 1 rented
3743 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/2 1,260 1974 1
3744 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 0
3745 VADER DR Owner-occupied $374K —/— 1,260 1974 1
3746 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 3/1 1,260 1974 1 rented
3748 VADER DR Traded 6×: $79K in 2000 → $435K in 2024 (+449%). Absentee individual $369K 4/2 1,260 1974 6 rented
3750 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K 2/1 1,260 1974 1
3752 VADER DR Traded 3×: $90K in 2016 → $255K in 2021 (+183%). Owner-occupied $346K 2/— 1,260 1974 3
3754 VADER DR Owner-occupied $313K —/— 1,260 1974 1
3756 VADER DR Owner-occupied $317K —/— 1,260 1974 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

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