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Who owns your block

3900 block of Brandywine St

A mixed-ownership block: 48% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 10 open code violations and 1 home behind $7,135 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 50% since 2016, now about $188K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$188K
$66K–$667K
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$256
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 23
$23K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
48%
11 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
35%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$7K
1 of 23 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$31
5 years
+24%
value · tax +$338
10 years
+50%
value · tax +$651

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 $188K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below 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$188K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied17%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 203 reported crimes (69 violent) and 237 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
203
69 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
237
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults50
Thefts38
All Other Offenses35
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief20
Aggravated Assault No Firearm11
Theft from Vehicle11

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint60
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection51
Illegal Dumping16
Street Defect15
Abandoned Vehicle14
Information Request14

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
Belmont Elementary Charter School
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$250K$500K$188K2016: $126K2017: $126K2018: $126K2019: $147K2020: $153K2021: $151K2022: $151K2023: $170K2024: $170K2025: $179K2026: $179K2027: $188K2016202020232027

▲ +50% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3992016: $1,7482017: $1,7482018: $1,7482019: $1,9852020: $2,0632021: $2,0612022: $2,0612023: $2,3662024: $2,3682025: $2,3682026: $2,3682027: $2,3992016202020232027

▲ +37% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

4
4 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 $23,049 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

15 homes pay the full 1.40%8 pay less
$0pays now $9,330at the full rate

The starkest example: 3933-37 Brandywine St is assessed at $667K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $9,330 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 150 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $150 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+50%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.7 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 34 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
34arm's-length sales since 2001
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 2 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels2 parcels9 parcels4 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$66K$311K+

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

House by house

All 23 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3901 BRANDYWINE ST Traded 2×: $155K in 2017 → $234K in 2022 (+51%). Owner-occupied $307K 2/1 1,030 1930 2 rented
3903 BRANDYWINE ST Traded 2×: $10K in 2002 → $50K in 2012 (+400%). Absentee individual $214K 3/1 894 1930 2 rented
3905 BRANDYWINE ST Absentee individual $197K 3/1 884 1930 1
3907 BRANDYWINE ST Absentee individual $171K —/— 666 1930 0 rented
3909 BRANDYWINE ST Traded 2×: $32K in 2001 → $25K in 2011 (-22%). Absentee individual $171K 2/1 666 1930 2 rented
3911 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $37K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Absentee individual $183K 2/1 781 1930 2 tax lien
3912 BRANDYWINE ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Absentee individual $327K 3/1 1,044 1930 0 rented
3913 BRANDYWINE ST Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2023. Vacant $66K —/— 0
3914 BRANDYWINE ST Traded 3×: $10K in 2001 → $126K in 2021 (+1160%). Absentee individual $232K 3/1 1,026 1930 3 5 violtax lien
3915 BRANDYWINE ST Traded 3×: $23K in 2006 → $185K in 2020 (+722%). Owner-occupied $184K 2/1 666 1930 3
3916 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $63K in 2005. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $231K 3/1 972 1930 2
3917 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $61K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $169K 2/1 666 1930 3
3918 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $40K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $186K in 2017 (+364%). Owner-occupied $311K 3/1 1,125 1930 2
3919 BRANDYWINE ST 5 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 762 1930 0
3921 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $34K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $145K in 2023 (+326%). Owner-occupied $205K 2/1 826 1930 2
3923 BRANDYWINE ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $238K —/— 838 2013 0 rentedabatedtax lien
3925 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $5K in 2008. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $172K —/— 666 1930 1 tax lien
3927 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $9K in 2012. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Absentee individual $171K 2/1 666 1930 1 rented5 viol
3929 BRANDYWINE ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2006 → $172K in 2022 (+281%). Owner-occupied $188K 1/1 666 1930 3
3931 BRANDYWINE ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $119K 2/1 666 1930 0 abated
3933-37 BRANDYWINE ST demolished in 2012 and rebuilt (2012). Absentee individual $667K 4/1 2,532 2014 0 rentedabatedtax lien
3939 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $38K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $445K in 2022. Owner-occupied $297K 4/3 1,239 2017 3 abated
3941 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $43K in 2006. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2023. Vacant $68K —/— 2 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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