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Who owns your block

3700 block of Vale Ln

A mostly owner-occupied block: 96% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $4,021 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 81% since 2016, now about $334K. 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
$334K
$318K–$387K
ZIP median $326K
Price / sq ft
$268
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1988
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
96%
25 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
1 of 26 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$256
5 years
+67%
value · tax +$1K
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 $334K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19114 median of $326K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19114 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19114Philadelphia
Median home value$334K$326K$223K
Owner-occupied81%66%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 16 reported crimes (6 violent) and 54 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
16
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
54
15 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Fraud2
Motor Vehicle Theft2
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
Burglary Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Salting10
Maintenance Complaint9
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8
Abandoned Vehicle7
Street Trees5
Information Request2

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
Hancock-Labrum
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$334K2016: $184K2017: $184K2018: $184K2019: $188K2020: $200K2021: $200K2022: $200K2023: $247K2024: $247K2025: $315K2026: $315K2027: $334K2016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,2942016: $2,1682017: $2,1682018: $2,1682019: $2,0952020: $2,1902021: $2,1902022: $2,2032023: $2,3462024: $2,3462025: $3,0562026: $3,0382027: $3,2942016202020232027

▲ +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 36 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
36arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Absentee individual: 1 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

8 parcels7 parcels7 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$318K$375K+

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

House by house

All 26 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 VALE LN Traded 2×: $113K in 2002 → $225K in 2021 (+99%). Absentee individual $354K 3/2 1,242 1988 2 rented
3701 VALE LN Owner-occupied $331K 3/2 1,242 1988 1
3702 VALE LN Traded 3×: $130K in 2003 → $195K in 2016 (+50%). Owner-occupied $336K 3/2 1,242 1988 3
3703 VALE LN Traded 2×: $187K in 2018 → $250K in 2019 (+34%). Owner-occupied $318K 3/2 1,242 1988 2
3704 VALE LN Traded 5×: $83K in 2000 → $285K in 2024 (+243%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/2 1,242 1988 5
3705 VALE LN Owner-occupied $321K 3/2 1,242 1988 1
3706 VALE LN Traded 3×: $155K in 2004 → $179K in 2017 (+15%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/2 1,242 1988 3
3707 VALE LN Owner-occupied $319K 3/2 1,242 1988 1
3708 VALE LN Traded 2×: $80K in 2019 → $260K in 2020 (+225%). Owner-occupied $379K 3/2 1,242 1988 2
3709 VALE LN Owner-occupied $320K 3/2 1,242 1988 1
3710 VALE LN Owner-occupied $333K 3/2 1,242 1988 1
3711 VALE LN Traded 2×: $102K in 2001 → $247K in 2020 (+143%). Owner-occupied $339K 3/2 1,242 1988 2
3712 VALE LN Owner-occupied $387K 3/2 1,962 1988 1 1 viol
3714 VALE LN Owner-occupied $342K 3/2 1,242 1988 1
3716 VALE LN Owner-occupied $332K 3/2 1,242 1988 0
3718 VALE LN Traded 2×: $207K in 2009 → $243K in 2020 (+17%). Owner-occupied $333K 3/2 1,242 1988 2
3720 VALE LN Owner-occupied $335K 3/2 1,242 1988 0
3722 VALE LN Traded 2×: $100K in 2001 → $230K in 2019 (+130%). Owner-occupied $332K 3/2 1,242 1988 2
3724 VALE LN Traded 3×: $115K in 2016 → $280K in 2022 (+144%). Owner-occupied $336K 3/2 1,242 1988 3 2 viol
3726 VALE LN Owner-occupied $375K 4/2 1,562 1988 0
3728 VALE LN Traded 2×: $170K in 2005 → $150K in 2008 (-12%). Owner-occupied $340K 3/2 1,242 1988 2
3730 VALE LN Owner-occupied $323K 3/2 1,242 1988 0
3732 VALE LN Owner-occupied $321K 3/2 1,242 1988 0
3734 VALE LN Owner-occupied $320K 3/2 1,242 1988 1
3736 VALE LN Owner-occupied $319K 3/2 1,242 1988 0
3738 VALE LN Owner-occupied $336K 3/2 1,242 1988 0

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.