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Who owns your block

500 block of E Walnut Ln

A mixed-ownership block: 45% owner-occupied, 35% investor-held, with 23 open code violations and 14 homes behind $85,313 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $153K. 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
$153K
$15K–$294K
ZIP median $201K
Price / sq ft
$133
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$175K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $153K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 49
$18K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
45%
19 of 49
city 41%
Rentals
20%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
23
L&I code
▲ block 22% · city 5%
Back taxes
$85K
14 of 49 behind
▲ block 29% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$12
5 years
+96%
value · tax +$875
10 years
+90%
value · tax +$918

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 $153K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19144 median of $201K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19144Philadelphia
Median home value$153K$201K$223K
Owner-occupied25%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 70 reported crimes (38 violent) and 158 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
70
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
158
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults32
Fraud8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint35
Illegal Dumping32
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Street Defect15
Abandoned Vehicle13
Salting6

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
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$153K2016: $80K2017: $80K2018: $80K2019: $82K2020: $78K2021: $78K2022: $78K2023: $105K2024: $105K2025: $140K2026: $140K2027: $153K2016202020232027

▲ +90% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,9682016: $1,1252017: $1,0502018: $9802019: $1,1422020: $1,0932021: $1,0932022: $1,0932023: $1,4662024: $1,4662025: $1,6382026: $1,9562027: $1,9682016202020232027

▲ +75% 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 $18,375 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$857pays now $1,968at the full rate

529 E Walnut Ln is assessed at $141K but pays $857 a year — about 44% of the $1,968 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 190 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $190 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+90%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.5 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 71 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M2004201020162022
71arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 49 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Investor / LLC: 15Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 7 49parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Investor / LLC 15
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

7 parcels0 parcels3 parcels1 parcels14 parcels19 parcels5 parcels
$15K$213K+

The block's largest owner, Rad Diversified Reit Inc, carries 101 open violations across 181 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Rad Diversified Reit Inc2181$28Mphila.gov ↗
Penn Fam Vision Llc130$4.2Mphila.gov ↗
Apex Properties Unlimited122$3.5Mphila.gov ↗
Hadar Llc121$3.2Mphila.gov ↗
Helpful Home Buyers Inc111$2.3Mphila.gov ↗
Shiror Properties Llc17$1000Kphila.gov ↗
Asdt Investments Llc16$971Kphila.gov ↗
Durst Holdings Llc16$873Kphila.gov ↗
Akm Realty Llc16$812Kphila.gov ↗
Nazm Llc14$801Kphila.gov ↗
Jds Home Investments Llc13$443Kphila.gov ↗
Valdez Metropolis Llc11$294Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 49 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
500 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $60K in 2018 → $98K in 2020 (+63%). Owner-occupied $294K —/— 2,538 1920 2
501 E WALNUT LN Traded 5×: $41K in 2006 → $30K in 2012 (-27%). Investor / LLC $274K 4/— 1,703 1920 5 1 viol
502 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $40K in 2008 → $50K in 2020 (+25%). Investor / LLC $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 2
503 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $10K in 2000 → $50K in 2023 (+400%). Investor / LLC $124K 5/4 1,703 1920 2 tax lien
504 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 0 tax lien
505 E WALNUT LN Vacant $21K —/— 0 tax lien
506 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $40K in 2006 → $90K in 2007 (+125%). Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 2
507 E WALNUT LN Traded 4×: $86K in 2005 → $189K in 2022 (+120%). Investor / LLC $281K 4/3 1,703 1920 4 rented
508 E WALNUT LN Absentee individual $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 1
509 E WALNUT LN Vacant $21K —/— 1
510 E WALNUT LN Vacant $20K —/— 0
512 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 0
514 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,200 1920 1 1 violtax lien
516 E WALNUT LN Investor / LLC $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 1 rentedtax lien
518 E WALNUT LN Vacant $20K —/— 0
519 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 1,050 1920 0
520 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 0
521 E WALNUT LN Investor / LLC $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 1 rented
522 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 0
523 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $26K in 2004 → $58K in 2006 (+129%). Investor / LLC $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 2 rented
524 E WALNUT LN Absentee individual $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 1 rented
525 E WALNUT LN Investor / LLC $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 1 rented1 viol
526 E WALNUT LN Traded 5×: $45K in 2002 → $122K in 2022 (+171%). Investor / LLC $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 5 6 viol
527 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $82K in 2018 → $118K in 2026 (+43%). Absentee individual $92K 3/1 1,050 1920 3 1 violtax lien
528 E WALNUT LN Traded 4×: $17K in 2000 → $80K in 2007 (+384%). Absentee individual $170K 3/1 1,200 1920 4 8 viol
529 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 0 abated
530 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $23K in 2017 → $3.3M in 2024 (+14380%). Investor / LLC $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 2 rented1 viol
531 E WALNUT LN Bought for $4K in 2011, built new (tax-abated), sold for $4K in 2022. Owner-occupied $78K 3/1 1,050 1920 3 abatedtax lien
532 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 0
533 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $72K in 2006 → $21K in 2011 (-72%). Absentee individual $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 3 rentedtax lien
534 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $75K in 2025 → $225K in 2026 (+200%). Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 2
535 E WALNUT LN Traded 4×: $13K in 2003 → $24K in 2023 (+82%). Absentee individual $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 4 1 violtax lien
536 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 0
537 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $2.0M in 2007 → $196K in 2024 (-90%). Absentee individual $191K 3/1 1,050 1920 3
538 E WALNUT LN Appeal city affirmed (2008); sold $24K (2017). Investor / LLC $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 1 rented
539 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $23K in 2011 → $263K in 2022 (+1043%). Investor / LLC $153K 3/1 1,050 1920 2 1 viol
540 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,200 1920 1
541 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 0 tax lien
542 E WALNUT LN Vacant $20K —/— 0
543 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 1
544 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $30K in 2003 → $125K in 2025 (+318%). Investor / LLC $156K 3/1 1,200 1920 2
545 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $38K in 2014 → $145K in 2022 (+287%). Investor / LLC $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 3
546 E WALNUT LN Investor / LLC $160K 3/1 1,200 1920 1
547 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 0
549 E WALNUT LN Vacant $15K —/— 0
551 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $31K in 2004 → $325K in 2017 (+948%). Absentee individual $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 3 rented
553 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $24K in 2003 → $34K in 2014 (+43%). Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 2 1 viol
555 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,050 1920 0 tax lien
557 E WALNUT LN Vacant $15K —/— 0 1 violtax lien

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

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