Philadelphia property report

3800 block of Powelton Ave

A commercial block: 2 storefronts and businesses, with 2 open code violations and 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($126 recorded then).

The typical home here is down 27% since 2016, now about $1.5M. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median value
$1.5M
$926K–$67M
ZIP median $242K
Commercial
$34M
2 buildings · $183/sqft
Price / sq ft
$73
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
6.4×
the city median
city $230K
Major assessment exemptions
2 of 4
$972K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
50%
2 of 4
city 48%
Rentals
25%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 25% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
$126
1 of 4 listed
▲ block 25% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
9
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-48%
value · tax +$2K
5 years
-39%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
-27%
value · tax +$2K

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 parcel here is $1.5M — about 6.4× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$1.5M$242K$230K
Owner-occupied0%26%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 103 reported crimes (about 9 a month, 28% of them violent) and 59 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
103
about 9/month · 28% violent
311 requests · 12mo
59
about 5/month · 6 open

Most reported crimes

Thefts36
Other Assaults19
Theft from Vehicle8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
All Other Offenses7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Abandoned Vehicle9
Street Defect6
Illegal Dumping5
Maintenance Complaint5
Information Request3

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$1.5M2016: $2.0M2017: $2.0M2018: $2.2M2019: $2.4M2020: $2.4M2021: $2.4M2022: $2.4M2023: $2.8M2024: $2.8M2025: $2.8M2026: $2.8M2027: $1.5M2016202020232027

▼ -27% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,7152016: $2,6252017: $2,6252018: $2,8512019: $2,6232020: $2,6422021: $2,6422022: $2,6422023: $2,8872024: $2,8872025: $3,0192026: $3,0192027: $4,7152016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 properties on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $971,830. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -2.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7310025020162019202220252027This block 73 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $73 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
-2.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
-27%
since 2016
Real return
-5.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-9.3 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years). Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 2 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005
2arm's-length sales since 2005
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$926K$1.8M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Jc & Jd LLC11$1.1M3821 Powelton Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19104phila.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).

Parcel by parcel

All 4 parcels on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

$0$50M$100M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3800 POWELTON AVE Commercial demolished in 2025 and rebuilt (2026). Absentee individual $67M 1,188,574 1970 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified2 viol$126 tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger
3801-17 POWELTON AVE Vacant lot demolished in 2014 and rebuilt (2015). Vacant $926K 0
3821 POWELTON AVE Commercial Bought for $500K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $1.1M 3,672 1950 2
3827-33 POWELTON AVE Apartment building built new under a 2017 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). Owner-occupied $1.8M 24,984 1880 0 licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified

Neighborhood

Median income
$49K
household
Own vs. rent
4%
owner-occupied
Median age
28.3
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 12:03 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.