Who owns your block
900 block of S 3rd St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is up 70% since 2016, now about $473K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $473K — about 2.1× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $473K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 26% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 94 reported crimes (30 violent) and 159 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $473K typical home, up +70% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,388 to $5,400 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.2M assessed, $105,660/yr to the city, about $5,870 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +70% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +59% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
935 S 3rd St is assessed at $810K but pays $6,044 a year — about 53% of the $11,338 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 +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $170 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 35 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Fishtown Llc | 1 | 2 | $604K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Universal Building & Construction, Inc | 1 | 1 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 909 S 3RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $115K in 2003 → $273K in 2015 (+137%). | Owner-occupied | $385K | —/— | 1,020 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 910-12 S 3RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Vacant | — | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 911 S 3RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $335K | —/— | 836 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 913 S 3RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $85K in 2008 → $325K in 2022 (+282%). | Owner-occupied | $448K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 915 S 3RD ST | Owner-occupied | $326K | —/— | 900 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 917 S 3RD ST | Owner-occupied | $298K | —/— | 720 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 919 S 3RD ST New constructionBought for $78K in 2012, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $510K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $498K | 3/2 | 1,371 | 2014 | 4 | |
| 921 S 3RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $78K in 2012 → $390K in 2016 (+403%). | Owner-occupied | $440K | 3/2 | 1,134 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 923 S 3RD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $363K in 2014, addition and/or alteration permit in 2023, sold for $563K in 2026 (+626%). | Owner-occupied | $515K | 3/2 | 1,410 | 1915 | 5 | |
| 925 S 3RD ST New constructionBought for $414K in 2018, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Vacant | $1.0M | —/— | — | — | 5 | |
| 933 S 3RD ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2022), then sold for $300K in 2021. | Vacant | $236K | —/— | — | — | 2 | rented |
| 935 S 3RD ST New constructionBought for $218K in 2021, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $810K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $810K | 5/4 | 1,998 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 937 S 3RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $686K | —/— | 3,120 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 939-41 S 3RD ST | Vacant | $616K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 943 S 3RD ST | Owner-occupied | $358K | 2/2 | 1,181 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 943 S 3RD ST | Owner-occupied | $374K | 2/2 | 1,249 | 2014 | 0 | rented |
| 945 S 3RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $33K in 2002 → $630K in 2025 (+1809%). | Owner-occupied | $684K | 3/2 | 2,130 | 1920 | 5 | |
| 947 S 3RD ST LandVacant land, last sold for $25K in 2002. | Absentee individual | $643K | 2/1 | 1,424 | 2003 | 2 | |
| 949 S 3RD ST ImprovedBought for $465K in 2024. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $562K | 3/2 | 2,176 | 1915 | 1 | rented1 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)