500 block of E Washington Ln

How the block compares

The typical home here is $282K — about 1.2× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19144 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (about 7 a month, 35% of them violent) and 228 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $282K typical home, up +94% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,925 to $3,292 a year through 2027, +5%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $109,134/yr from taxable assessments, or $3,307 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 515 E Washington Lnmajor assessment exemption0.44%$1,272/yr on $287K
• 552 E Washington Lnlower taxable assessment0.76%$1,683/yr on $220K
• 524 E Washington Lnlower taxable assessment0.81%$1,908/yr on $236K
• 528 E Washington Lnlower taxable assessment0.81%$1,908/yr on $236K
• 532 E Washington Lnlower taxable assessment0.81%$1,908/yr on $236K
• …and 10 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 515 E Washington Ln has a $1,272/year assessment-based estimate on $287K assessed value — about 32% of the $4,019 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.2% 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 $194 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 47 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 38 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

Torn down & rebuilt

554 E Washington Ln

$73K · demolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2016), then sold for $110K in 2020.

New construction

529 E Washington Ln

$430K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

515 E Washington Ln

$282K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

552 E Washington Ln

$211K · built new under a 2008 permit.

Renovated & sold on

534 E Washington Ln

$289K · Bought for $93K in 2005, electrical permit in 2017, sold for $240K in 2017 (+158%).

Renovated & sold on

542 E Washington Ln

$240K · Bought for $65K in 2000, use permit in 2007, sold for $182K in 2019 (+182%).

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