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Who owns your block

3800 block of Chestnut St

An investor-heavy block: 40% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 23 open code violations and 1 home behind $224,573 on taxes.

The typical home here is down 22% since 2016, now about $4.6M. 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
$4.6M
$1.8M–$36M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$275
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
20.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$42K
typical · up to $509K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 5
$131K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
23
L&I code
▲ block 60% · city 5%
Back taxes
$225K
1 of 5 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 40% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
-27%
value · tax +$14K
10 years
-22%
value · tax +$15K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $4.6M — about 20.6× 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$4.6M$211K$223K
Owner-occupied0%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 72 reported crimes (13 violent) and 52 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
72
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
52
7 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts27
Other Assaults9
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Fraud6
Theft from Vehicle6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint10
Information Request8
Traffic Signal Emergency7
Graffiti Removal6
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Other (Streets)3

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$10M$20M$4.6M2016: $5.9M2017: $5.9M2018: $6.2M2019: $6.2M2020: $6.2M2021: $6.2M2022: $6.2M2023: $6.6M2024: $6.6M2025: $6.6M2026: $4.6M2027: $4.6M2016202020232027

▼ -22% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$41,5952016: $26,7812017: $26,7812018: $28,6982019: $28,0622020: $28,0622021: $28,0622022: $28,0622023: $30,2462024: $30,2462025: $30,7082026: $41,5952027: $41,5952016202020232027

▲ +55% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

1
1 property 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 $131,071 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -2.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7810025020162019202220252027This block 78 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $78 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
-2.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
-22%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
-2.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-5.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-8.7 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2015. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2015
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 5parcels
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$1.8M$10M+

The block's largest owner, Bell Telephone Co Of Pa, carries 14 open violations across 29 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bell Telephone Co Of Pa129$68Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Pagano Theodore F Jr Tr (individual)22$6.3Mphila.gov ↗
Crsh Philadelphia LLC11$36Mphila.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 5 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$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3800-02 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a signs (accessory / non-accessory) permit in 2023. Absentee individual $1.8M 3,000 1980 0
3801-17 CHESTNUT ST Vacant $4.6M 0
3808-14 CHESTNUT ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $3.0M 138,262 1950 0 3 viol
3816-36 CHESTNUT ST demolished and rebuilt (2022). Investor / LLC $36M 132,048 1925 1 19 viol
3819-31 CHESTNUT ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $10M 51,876 1985 0 abated1 viol

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.