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Who owns your block

3900 block of Wallace St

A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 11 homes behind $124,115 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 51% since 2016, now about $121K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$121K
$25K–$306K
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$161
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$185K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $121K
Tax / yr
$920
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
15 of 47
$36K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
43%
17 of 47
city 41%
Rentals
17%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$124K
11 of 47 behind
▲ block 23% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$360
5 years
+21%
value · tax +$211
10 years
+56%
value · tax +$99

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 $121K — about 0.5× 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$121K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied13%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 223 reported crimes (75 violent) and 241 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
223
75 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
241
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults48
All Other Offenses38
Thefts36
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief22
Aggravated Assault No Firearm13
Theft from Vehicle13

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint71
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection37
Illegal Dumping20
Information Request19
Sanitation Violation13
Salting11

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$100K$200K$121K2016: $80K2017: $78K2018: $78K2019: $66K2020: $83K2021: $83K2022: $101K2023: $101K2024: $101K2025: $123K2026: $123K2027: $121K2016202020232027

▲ +51% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$7082016: $6092017: $6092018: $6092019: $4972020: $4972021: $4972022: $4972023: $5382024: $5382025: $1,0652026: $1,0682027: $7082016202020232027

▲ +16% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

15
15 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 $35,929 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%
$871pays now $4,281at the full rate

3928 Wallace St is assessed at $306K but pays $871 a year — about 20% of the $4,281 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 +3.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8210025020162019202220252027This block 151 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $151 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+51%
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 26 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 32 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
26arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
32homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 47 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 16 47parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 16

Value distribution today

10 parcels9 parcels2 parcels4 parcels3 parcels13 parcels6 parcels
$25K$214K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Lotus Llc143$7.8Mphila.gov ↗
Leanna Inc130$2.5Mphila.gov ↗
Wpre Vi Lp220$738Kphila.gov ↗
Phila Housing Dev Corp14$104Kphila.gov ↗
Romell & Janet Realty Llc13$551Kphila.gov ↗
36th Haverford Llc12$134Kphila.gov ↗
Trust Resale Llc11$51Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 47 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
3901 WALLACE ST Vacant $66K —/— 0 tax lien
3903 WALLACE ST Vacant $66K —/— 0
3904 WALLACE ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $5K in 2005. Owner-occupied $121K 2/1 750 1930 1 abatedtax lien
3905 WALLACE ST Vacant $66K —/— 0
3906 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $121K 2/1 750 1930 0 tax lien
3907 WALLACE ST Vacant $66K —/— 0
3908 WALLACE ST Vacant $60K —/— 1 tax lien
3909 WALLACE ST Vacant $66K —/— 0 tax lien
3910 WALLACE ST Vacant $49K —/— 0
3911 WALLACE ST Vacant $66K —/— 0 tax lien
3912 WALLACE ST Vacant $51K —/— 0 tax lien
3913 WALLACE ST Investor / LLC $252K 3/1 1,224 1930 0 rentedabated
3914 WALLACE ST Traded 2×: $2K in 2000 → $80K in 2023 (+3900%). Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,056 1930 2 8 violtax lien
3915 WALLACE ST Vacant $66K —/— 0 tax lien
3916 WALLACE ST Traded 2×: $5K in 2018 → $43K in 2023 (+694%). Absentee individual $103K 2/1 878 1930 2 rentedtax lien
3917 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,248 1930 0 abated
3918 WALLACE ST Traded 2×: $5K in 2016 → $30K in 2018 (+500%). Vacant $51K —/— 2
3919 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,422 1930 0 abated
3920 WALLACE ST Vacant $51K —/— 1 tax lien
3921 WALLACE ST Vacant $51K —/— 0
3922 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $145K 3/1 822 1930 0 rented
3924 WALLACE ST Traded 2×: $10K in 1999 → $81K in 2017 (+705%). Owner-occupied $139K 2/1 734 1930 2
3926 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $139K 2/1 734 1930 0
3928 WALLACE ST Bought for $5K in 2003, built new (tax-abated), sold for $246K in 2020. Owner-occupied $306K 3/1 1,232 1930 3 rentedabatedtax lien
3930 WALLACE ST Vacant $51K —/— 0
3932 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $66K 2/1 734 1930 0 abated
3934 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $177K 2/1 734 1930 1 rentedtax lien
3936 WALLACE ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $10K in 2018. Investor / LLC $25K —/— 1,090 1930 1 rentedabated1 viol
3938 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $218K —/— 1,020 1930 0 abatedtax lien
3940 WALLACE ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $7K in 2018. Investor / LLC $25K —/— 1,402 1930 1 rentedabated
3942 WALLACE ST Traded 2×: $65K in 2016 → $193K in 2019 (+197%). Owner-occupied $101K —/— 1,907 1950 2
3946 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $164K 3/1 1,020 1930 0 abated
3948 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $164K 3/1 1,020 1930 0 abated
3950 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,020 1930 0 abated
3951 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $189K 3/1 1,170 1930 0
3952 WALLACE ST Vacant $45K —/— 0 tax lien
3953 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,066 1930 0 tax lien
3954 WALLACE ST Traded 5×: $28K in 2006 → $185K in 2025 (+573%). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,020 1930 5
3955 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,066 1930 0 tax lien
3956 WALLACE ST Absentee individual $164K 3/1 1,020 1930 1 rented
3957 WALLACE ST Investor / LLC $178K 3/1 1,066 1930 1
3958 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,020 1930 0 abated
3959 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,066 1930 0
3960 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,020 1930 0 abated
3961 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,066 1930 0 tax lien
3962 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,020 1930 0 abatedtax lien
3964 WALLACE ST Vacant $45K —/— 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

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