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Who owns your block

400 block of N 3rd St

An investor-heavy block: 83% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 16 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 147% since 2016, now about $4.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 16% 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
$4.0M
$2.8M–$17M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$115
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
18.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$58K
typical · up to $242K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 6
$46K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
16
L&I code
▲ block 50% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$2K
5 years
+27%
value · tax +$13K
10 years
+147%
value · tax +$40K

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 home here is $4.0M — about 18.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$4.0M$455K$223K
Owner-occupied0%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 53 reported crimes (13 violent) and 51 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
53
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
51
4 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle13
Other Assaults9
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Thefts6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal14
Salting8
Illegal Dumping6
Information Request5
Stop Sign Repair3
Traffic (Other)3

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
General Philip Kearny
601 Fairmount Ave · 193 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$2.5M$5.0M$4.0M2016: $1.6M2017: $1.6M2018: $2.1M2019: $2.6M2020: $2.6M2021: $2.6M2022: $3.2M2023: $3.7M2024: $3.7M2025: $3.8M2026: $3.9M2027: $4.0M2016202020232027

▲ +147% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$50,000$100,000$50,1512016: $9,7432017: $9,7432018: $14,0082019: $28,1802020: $28,4682021: $28,4682022: $36,9252023: $46,1932024: $46,1932025: $42,9602026: $47,9362027: $50,1512016202020232027

▲ +415% since 2016 · ~+16%/yr

1
1 property 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 $46,368 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 247 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $247 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+147%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M200120042007201020132016
8arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$2.8M$4.8M+

The block's largest owner, Bell Telephone Co Of Pa, carries 14 open violations across 29 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bell Telephone Co Of Pa229$68Mphila.gov ↗
Spruce Park Properties Llc11$2.8Mphila.gov ↗
Ne 444 North 3rd Llc11$17Mphila.gov ↗
461 Potato Llc11$4.8Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
400-16 N 3RD ST built new under a 2014 permit. Investor / LLC $2.8M 12,562 1920 0 1 viol
401-35 N 3RD ST Bought for $5.1M in 2003, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $5.1M in 2003. Absentee individual $3.9M 94,330 2001 7 abated
444 N 3RD ST Bought for $9.5M in 2016. Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $17M 121,869 1939 1 14 viol
461 N 3RD ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $4.8M 208,000 2002 0
463-69 N 3RD ST Owner pulled a operations permit in 2013. Vacant $3.0M 0
471-99 N 3RD ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $4.1M 36,000 1960 0 1 viol

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.