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Who owns your block

500 block of E Clearfield St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 25 open code violations and 1 home behind $6,478 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 102% since 2016, now about $102K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$102K
$85K–$4.6M
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$84
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 6
$66K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
33%
2 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
25
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+19%
value · tax +$176
5 years
+400%
value · tax +$901
10 years
+102%
value · tax +$478

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 $102K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$102K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied17%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 367 reported crimes (86 violent) and 210 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
367
86 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
210
70 still open

Most reported crimes

Narcotic / Drug Law Violations144
All Other Offenses57
Other Assaults51
Thefts18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm13

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint61
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection26
Illegal Dumping25
Abandoned Vehicle23
Street Defect16
Sanitation Violation11

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 · K-4
Lewis Elkin
3199 D St · 431 students
Middle · 5-8
Stetson
3200 B St · 511 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$102K2016: $51K2017: $51K2018: $51K2019: $27K2020: $21K2021: $21K2022: $21K2023: $60K2024: $60K2025: $72K2026: $86K2027: $102K2016202020232027

▲ +102% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1882016: $7102017: $7102018: $7102019: $3772020: $2872021: $2872022: $2872023: $8452024: $8452025: $1,0122026: $1,0122027: $1,1882016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 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 $65,533 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

4010025020162019202220252027This block 202 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $202 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+102%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.1 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K2005201020152020
6arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$85K$136K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Grounkew LLC11$136Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
501-27 E CLEARFIELD ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $4.6M —/— 38,025 1971 0 abated25 viol
514 E CLEARFIELD ST Investor / LLC $136K —/— 1,088 1920 1
518 E CLEARFIELD ST Traded 3×: $10K in 2017 → $81K in 2023 (+710%). Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,088 1920 3 tax lien
520 E CLEARFIELD ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,088 1920 0 abated
522 E CLEARFIELD ST L&I violation (2022); sold $13K (2022). Absentee individual $85K 3/1 1,088 1920 1 tax lien
524 E CLEARFIELD ST Bought for $45K in 2002. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Absentee individual $120K —/— 1,428 1920 1

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.