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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

3900 block of Terrace St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 homes behind $19,383 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $346K. 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
$346K
$42K–$894K
ZIP median $368K
Price / sq ft
$222
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$380K
8 sold in 2yr
assessed $346K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 65
$55K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
71%
46 of 65
city 41%
Rentals
18%
12 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
4 of 65 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+11%
value · tax +$334
5 years
+46%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+69%
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 $346K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19128 median of $368K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$346K$368K$223K
Owner-occupied43%58%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 37 reported crimes (10 violent) and 183 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
37
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
183
16 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Other Assaults6
Theft from Vehicle5
Thefts4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection51
Salting39
Street Defect12
Abandoned Vehicle11
Illegal Dumping9
Information Request9

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 · K-8
Cook-Wissahickon
201 E Salaignac St · 426 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$346K2016: $204K2017: $204K2018: $202K2019: $232K2020: $236K2021: $236K2022: $236K2023: $271K2024: $271K2025: $311K2026: $311K2027: $346K2016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,9612016: $2,5432017: $2,5432018: $2,5432019: $2,8792020: $2,8702021: $2,8702022: $2,8702023: $3,0592024: $3,0662025: $3,6562026: $3,6272027: $3,9612016202020232027

▲ +56% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

3
3 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 $54,760 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%
$2,104pays now $10,518at the full rate

3956 Terrace St is assessed at $751K but pays $2,104 a year — about 20% of the $10,518 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 169 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $169 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+69%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.6 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 113 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
113arm's-length sales since 1999
2times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 65 parcels

Owner-occupied: 46Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 13Vacant: 2 65parcels
  • Owner-occupied 46
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 13
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels4 parcels30 parcels14 parcels8 parcels7 parcels
$42K$599K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Rector Holdings Llc13$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Benjamini Terrace Llc12$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
East Lancaster Assoc Llc11$894Kphila.gov ↗
3929 Terrace Street Llc11$336Kphila.gov ↗
Matta Stephenng Inc11$751Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 65 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3900 TERRACE ST Traded 3×: $165K in 2000 → $805K in 2020 (+388%). Investor / LLC $708K —/— 3,812 1900 3 rented
3901 TERRACE ST Vacant $42K —/— 0
3902 TERRACE ST Absentee individual $477K 5/2 2,799 1900 1 tax lien
3904 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $412K 4/1 1,836 1900 1 rented
3906 TERRACE ST Absentee individual $305K 3/1 1,316 1900 0
3908 TERRACE ST Absentee individual $285K 3/1 1,104 1900 1
3910 TERRACE ST Absentee individual $286K 3/1 1,104 1900 1 rented
3912 TERRACE ST Traded 4×: $95K in 2009 → $450K in 2024 (+374%). Owner-occupied $366K 3/3 1,456 1900 4
3913 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $460K in 2019 → $610K in 2026 (+33%). Absentee individual $495K 3/2 2,188 2006 2
3914 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $311K 4/1 1,525 1900 0
3915 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $594K 3/2 2,188 2006 1
3916 TERRACE ST Absentee individual $336K 3/2 1,629 1900 0 rented
3918 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $355K in 2006 → $275K in 2013 (-22%). Investor / LLC $606K 5/5 3,639 1900 2 rented
3919 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $201K in 2002 → $214K in 2012 (+6%). Owner-occupied $420K 4/1 1,944 1900 2
3920-22 TERRACE ST Appeal granted with conditions (2007). Investor / LLC $894K 5/5 6,823 1900 0 rented
3921 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $117K in 2000 → $435K in 2024 (+271%). Owner-occupied $401K 4/2 2,012 1900 2
3923 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $375K 4/1 2,012 1900 0
3924 TERRACE ST Traded 3×: $170K in 2004 → $343K in 2023 (+102%). Owner-occupied $370K 3/1 1,530 1900 3
3925 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $115K in 2013 → $290K in 2014 (+152%). Absentee individual $453K 4/1 2,292 1900 2 rentedtax lien
3926 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $358K in 2010 → $360K in 2019 (+1%). Owner-occupied $556K 4/4 2,686 2005 3
3927 TERRACE ST Traded 4×: $255K in 2004 → $268K in 2020 (+5%). Owner-occupied $375K 5/1 2,012 1900 4
3929 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $191K in 2014 → $325K in 2025 (+70%). Investor / LLC $336K 4/1 1,599 1900 2
3931 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $218K in 2021 → $502K in 2022 (+131%). Owner-occupied $343K 4/1 1,620 1900 2
3937 TERRACE ST Appeal withdrawn (2011); Appeal granted with conditions (2012); sold $750K (2023). Owner-occupied $599K —/— 3,920 1940 1
3939 TERRACE ST Bought for $166K in 2018, built new (tax-abated), sold for $450K in 2021. Owner-occupied $495K 3/2 2,064 1900 2 abated
3940 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $280K in 2011 → $293K in 2014 (+4%). Absentee individual $472K 3/2 2,772 1940 2 rented
3941 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $361K 5/1 1,965 1900 0
3942 TERRACE ST Traded 3×: $180K in 2009 → $313K in 2022 (+74%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,274 1940 3
3943 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $195K in 2009 → $263K in 2019 (+35%). Owner-occupied $431K 5/1 1,953 1900 2
3944 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,140 1940 0
3945 TERRACE ST Absentee individual $362K 5/1 1,974 1900 0
3946 TERRACE ST Traded 6×: $85K in 2001 → $228K in 2016 (+167%). Owner-occupied $330K 3/1 1,229 1940 6 rented
3947 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $238K in 2015 → $261K in 2018 (+10%). Owner-occupied $360K 5/1 1,950 1900 2
3948 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2002 → $220K in 2019 (+100%). Absentee individual $249K 2/1 816 1940 2 rented
3949 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $150K in 2008 → $160K in 2009 (+7%). Owner-occupied $310K 3/1 1,400 1900 2
3950 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $150K in 2004 → $209K in 2020 (+40%). Owner-occupied $251K 2/1 830 1940 2
3951 TERRACE ST Traded 3×: $150K in 2018 → $360K in 2025 (+140%). Owner-occupied $344K 3/1 1,365 1900 3
3952 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $233K in 2008 → $283K in 2021 (+22%). Owner-occupied $354K 3/1 1,700 1940 2
3953 TERRACE ST Traded 4×: $181K in 2005 → $230K in 2018 (+27%). Owner-occupied $346K 3/1 1,390 1900 4
3954 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $354K 3/1 1,700 1940 0 abated
3955 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $310K 3/1 1,400 1900 1
3956 TERRACE ST Old house bought for $88K in 2016, demolished in 2013, then sold for $499K in 2018. Owner-occupied $751K 3/3 2,828 2018 2 abatedtax lien
3957 TERRACE ST Traded 3×: $250K in 2007 → $253K in 2022 (+1%). Owner-occupied $315K 3/2 1,456 1900 3
3958 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $54K in 2002 → $278K in 2004 (+412%). Owner-occupied $381K 4/1 1,984 1900 2
3959 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $180K in 2004 → $259K in 2010 (+44%). Owner-occupied $381K 4/2 2,175 1900 2 rented
3960 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $486K 4/2 2,760 1900 1
3961 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $205K in 2003 → $280K in 2008 (+37%). Owner-occupied $381K 5/1 2,175 1900 2
3963 TERRACE ST Traded 3×: $350K in 2005 → $343K in 2015 (-2%). Owner-occupied $486K 4/2 2,175 1900 3
3964 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $230K in 2004 → $340K in 2005 (+48%). Owner-occupied $479K 5/3 2,726 1900 2
3966 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $219K in 2005 → $228K in 2020 (+4%). Owner-occupied $341K 3/1 1,475 1900 2
3967 TERRACE ST Vacant $69K —/— 0
3968 TERRACE ST Traded 3×: $95K in 2001 → $240K in 2024 (+153%). Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,376 1920 3 tax lien
3969 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,276 1940 0
3970 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $239K 3/1 1,376 1920 1 tax lien
3971 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,242 1940 1
3972 TERRACE ST Traded 4×: $105K in 2009 → $330K in 2024 (+214%). Owner-occupied $367K 3/2 1,376 1920 4
3973 TERRACE ST Traded 3×: $118K in 2005 → $322K in 2022 (+174%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,242 1940 3
3975 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $56K in 1999 → $220K in 2020 (+296%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,242 1940 2
3977 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $304K 3/1 1,276 1940 0
3979 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,242 1940 1
3981 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $66K in 2000 → $170K in 2013 (+158%). Absentee individual $301K 3/1 1,242 1940 2
3983 TERRACE ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,242 1940 0
3985 TERRACE ST Traded 2×: $169K in 2004 → $227K in 2021 (+34%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,242 1940 2
3987 TERRACE ST Traded 3×: $163K in 2005 → $400K in 2026 (+145%). Absentee individual $283K 3/1 1,276 1940 3 rented
3989 TERRACE ST Bought for $225K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $248K —/— 1,678 1900 2

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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