Who owns your block
500 block of E Durham St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 100% since 2016, now about $596K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Ownership
Every home on the block is owner-occupied yet appreciation matches the city average at 6.5% per year.
- 02Turnover
Eleven of 21 homes have never sold since 2000, but renovated homes show gains of 192%, 81%, 27%, and 26%.
- 03Taxes
Taxes rise 6% per year while values appreciate 6.5% per year, leaving only a 0.5 percentage point annual gap.
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 $596K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19119 median of $374K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19119 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19119 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $596K | $374K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 95% | 63% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 10 reported crimes (1 violent) and 52 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
- $596K typical home, up +100% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,779 to $6,942 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $13M assessed, $155,120/yr to the city, about $7,387 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +100% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +84% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 523 E Durham Stexemption1.14%$6,270/yr on $548K
- 518 E Durham Stexemption1.15%$6,338/yr on $553K
- 535 E Durham Stexemption1.15%$6,396/yr on $557K
- 504 E Durham Stexemption1.15%$6,464/yr on $562K
- 508 E Durham Stexemption1.15%$6,496/yr on $564K
- …and 15 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.5% 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 $200 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 21
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 E DURHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $719K | 5/1 | 3,120 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 501 E DURHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $662K | 5/3 | 3,170 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 502 E DURHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $634K | 5/1 | 2,912 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 504 E DURHAM ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $562K | 5/1 | 2,503 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 506 E DURHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $661K | 6/3 | 2,503 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 508 E DURHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $564K | —/1 | 2,503 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 509 E DURHAM ST Renovated & sold onBought for $226K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $660K in 2022 (+192%). | Owner-occupied | $712K | 4/3 | 2,660 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 510 E DURHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $566K | 3/2 | 2,503 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 512 E DURHAM ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $568K | 5/3 | 2,550 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 514 E DURHAM ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $569K | —/1 | 2,550 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 516 E DURHAM ST ImprovedBought for $350K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $650K | 5/1 | 2,550 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 517 E DURHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $645K | 5/3 | 2,920 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 518 E DURHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $553K | 6/3 | 2,550 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 520 E DURHAM ST ImprovedBought for $405K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $735K | 5/3 | 2,888 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 522 E DURHAM ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $645K | —/1 | 2,940 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 523 E DURHAM ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit, sold for $469K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $548K | 4/1 | 2,420 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 527 E DURHAM ST ImprovedBought for $527K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $568K | 5/3 | 2,618 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 531 E DURHAM ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $584K | 4/1 | 2,778 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 535 E DURHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $557K | 4/1 | 2,520 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 539 E DURHAM ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $596K | 4/1 | 2,920 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 543 E DURHAM ST ImprovedBought for $400K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $784K | 6/3 | 2,913 | 1925 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)