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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

500 block of E Tabor Rd

A mixed-ownership block: 24% owner-occupied, 18% investor-held, with 14 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $215K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$215K
$215K–$226K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$163
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$219K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $215K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1935
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
24%
8 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
59%
20 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
14
L&I code
▲ block 18% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax +$367
5 years
+92%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+104%
value · tax +$2K

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 $215K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$215K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied0%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 86 reported crimes (22 violent) and 185 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
86
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
185
57 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft21
Other Assaults17
Thefts16
Theft from Vehicle10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle36
Maintenance Complaint31
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Salting19
Street Light Outage13
Other (Streets)12

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
Olney Elementary
5301 N Water St · 666 students
High · 9-12
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave · 1036 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$125K$250K$215K2016: $105K2017: $105K2018: $105K2019: $104K2020: $112K2021: $112K2022: $112K2023: $196K2024: $196K2025: $189K2026: $189K2027: $215K2016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,0082016: $1,4752017: $1,4752018: $1,4752019: $1,4592020: $1,5692021: $1,5692022: $1,5692023: $2,7422024: $2,7422025: $2,6412026: $2,6412027: $3,0082016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 204 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $204 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+104%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.2 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 37 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2004201020162022
37arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 21 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 21

Value distribution today

27 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$215K$223K+

The block's largest owner, Mall Properties Llc, carries 1 open violation across 7 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Mall Properties Llc17$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Jacob Properties Llc25$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Joshua Properties Llc23$971Kphila.gov ↗
Joshua Properties, Llc11$215Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 34 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
517 E TABOR RD Owner-occupied $224K —/2 1,350 1935 0 rented
519 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $217K —/— 1,320 1935 0 rented
521 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $217K —/— 1,320 1935 0 rented
523 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 0 rented
525 E TABOR RD Investor / LLC $215K —/— 1,320 1935 1 rented
527 E TABOR RD Investor / LLC $215K —/— 1,320 1935 1 rented
529 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 0
531 E TABOR RD Traded 2×: $66K in 2001 → $105K in 2005 (+60%). Owner-occupied $215K —/— 1,320 1935 2 rented
533 E TABOR RD Owner-occupied $215K —/— 1,320 1935 1
535 E TABOR RD Traded 2×: $56K in 2002 → $110K in 2018 (+96%). Investor / LLC $215K —/— 1,320 1935 2 rented
537 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 0 rented
539 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 0
541 E TABOR RD Traded 3×: $59K in 2002 → $125K in 2006 (+113%). Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 3 rented3 viol
543 E TABOR RD Investor / LLC $215K —/— 1,320 1935 1 rented1 viol
545 E TABOR RD Owner-occupied $215K —/— 1,320 1935 1
547 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $223K —/— 1,350 1935 1
551 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $223K —/— 1,350 1935 1
553 E TABOR RD Traded 3×: $35K in 2001 → $90K in 2011 (+161%). Owner-occupied $215K —/— 1,320 1935 3 rented
555 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 0 rented
557 E TABOR RD Traded 2×: $121K in 2006 → $77K in 2011 (-36%). Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 2 rented
559 E TABOR RD Traded 4×: $92K in 2007 → $217K in 2022 (+136%). Absentee individual $215K 2/2 1,320 1935 4
561 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $217K 2/2 1,320 1935 1
563 E TABOR RD Traded 2×: $49K in 2000 → $115K in 2007 (+135%). Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 2
565 E TABOR RD Traded 2×: $40K in 2001 → $223K in 2026 (+458%). Investor / LLC $215K 2/2 1,320 1935 2 2 viol
567 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 0 1 viol
569 E TABOR RD Owner-occupied $215K —/— 1,320 1935 0 2 viol
571 E TABOR RD Traded 2×: $155K in 2006 → $112K in 2017 (-28%). Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 2 rented
573 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 0 rented
575 E TABOR RD Traded 2×: $58K in 2001 → $79K in 2016 (+36%). Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 2 rented
577 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 1 rented
579 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $215K —/— 1,320 1935 0 rented
581 E TABOR RD Traded 3×: $55K in 2002 → $148K in 2021 (+169%). Owner-occupied $215K 2/2 1,320 1935 3
583 E TABOR RD Owner-occupied $215K —/— 1,320 1935 1 rented
585 E TABOR RD Absentee individual $226K 2/— 1,350 1935 0 5 viol

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

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