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Who owns your block

3800 block of N Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 12 homes behind $55,753 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 122% since 2016, now about $115K. 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
$115K
$83K–$250K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$74
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$248K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $115K
Tax / yr
$309
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
28 of 52
$44K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
77%
40 of 52
city 41%
Rentals
13%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$56K
12 of 52 behind
▲ block 23% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax −$258
5 years
+113%
value · tax +$38
10 years
+122%
value · tax −$175

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 $115K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$115K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied58%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 133 reported crimes (56 violent) and 327 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
133
56 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
327
76 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults37
Fraud18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Thefts13
Motor Vehicle Theft9
All Other Offenses8

Top 311 complaints

Information Request65
Maintenance Complaint53
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection45
Abandoned Vehicle44
Street Defect33
Illegal Dumping15

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
Mastery Charter School At Cleveland
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$100K$200K$115K2016: $52K2017: $52K2018: $52K2019: $52K2020: $54K2021: $54K2022: $54K2023: $85K2024: $85K2025: $110K2026: $110K2027: $115K2016202020232027

▲ +122% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$2792016: $4542017: $4542018: $4082019: $3762020: $2412021: $2412022: $2412023: $1112024: $4912025: $5372026: $5372027: $2792016202020232027

▼ -39% since 2016 · ~-4%/yr

28
28 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 $44,039 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%
$1,455pays now $3,500at the full rate

3823 N Smedley St is assessed at $250K but pays $1,455 a year — about 42% of the $3,500 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 222 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $222 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+122%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.5%/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 45 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 25 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
45arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
25homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 52 parcels

Owner-occupied: 40Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 10 52parcels
  • Owner-occupied 40
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 10

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels45 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$83K$195K+

The block's largest owner, Property Golden Inc, carries 21 open violations across 6 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Property Golden Inc16$589Kphila.gov ↗
Us Bank Trust National As11$115Kphila.gov ↗
3851 N Smedley Llc11$115Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 52 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
3810 N SMEDLEY ST Appeal withdrawn (2017). Absentee individual $118K 4/1 1,608 1940 0
3811 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $35K in 2012. Owner-occupied $118K 4/1 1,605 1940 1 abatedtax lien
3812 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $60K in 2006 → $248K in 2025 (+313%). Owner-occupied $207K 4/2 1,556 1940 3 tax lien
3813 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 0 abated
3814 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 tax lien
3815 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $83K 4/1 1,553 1940 0 rentedtax lien
3816 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $123K 4/1 1,772 1940 1
3817 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $62K in 2006. Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 1 abated
3818 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $3K in 2002. Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 1 abatedtax lien
3819 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $44K in 2001. Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 1 abated
3820 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3821 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3822 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 1 rented
3823 N SMEDLEY ST Bought for $45K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $254K in 2023. Absentee individual $250K 4/3 1,553 1940 3 rentedabated
3824 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0
3825 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2003 → $80K in 2023 (+60%). Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 2
3826 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 abated
3827 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 0 abated
3828 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $190K in 2024. Owner-occupied $115K 3/1 1,556 1940 1 abated
3829 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $60K in 2007. Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 1 abated
3830 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0
3831 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2015 → $170K in 2021 (+467%). Owner-occupied $151K 4/1 1,553 1940 2
3832 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $59K in 2006 → $15K in 2018 (-74%). Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 3
3833 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 0 abated
3834 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3835 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2007 → $23K in 2012 (-54%). Absentee individual $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 2 rented
3836 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $25K in 2003. Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 1 abated
3837 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $33K in 2014 → $105K in 2021 (+218%). Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 2
3838 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2005. Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 1 abated
3839 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 0 abated
3840 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 abated
3841 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3842 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3843 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 0 abated
3844 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 abated
3845 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3846 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $85K in 2007. Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 1 abated
3847 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 1 rented
3848 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 tax lien
3849 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $55K in 2021 → $275K in 2025 (+400%). Owner-occupied $195K 3/2 1,553 1940 3
3850 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0
3851 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $29K in 2003 → $48K in 2023 (+66%). Investor / LLC $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 2 3 viol
3852 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 1
3853 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $118K 4/1 1,625 1940 0 rented
3854 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 abated
3855 N SMEDLEY ST Bought for $36K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $4K in 2011. Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,553 1940 2 abated
3856 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 0 abated
3857 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $53K in 2010 → $95K in 2014 (+79%). Owner-occupied $151K 4/1 1,553 1940 2
3858 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $115K 4/1 1,556 1940 1 7 violtax lien
3859 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 4×: $29K in 2005 → $75K in 2019 (+163%). Absentee individual $195K 3/2 1,553 1940 4
3860 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $122K 4/1 1,728 1940 0 rented
3861 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $46K in 2001. Owner-occupied $122K 4/1 1,728 1940 1 abated

Neighborhood

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

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