Who owns your block

500 block of Elkins Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 70% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 2 homes behind $15,668 on taxes.

Owner-occupied
Investor / LLC
Absentee
Vacant
Has violations

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

$187K

$183K–$223K

Recent sale

$95K

1 sold in 2yr

assessed $187K

Median built

1950

year built

city 1925

Owner-occupied

70%

14 of 20

Open violations

L&I code

▲ block 5% · city 5%

Back taxes

$16K

2 of 20 behind

▲ block 10% · city 9%

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary · K-4

James R Lowell

450 W Nedro Ave · 430 students

Middle

Grover Washington Jr

High · 9-12

Samuel Fels

5500 Langdon St · 1228 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied 14
Investor / LLC 3
Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

$183K$220K+

The block's largest owner, Tex Properties Llc, carries 1 open violation across 14 properties it owns around the city.

Owner	On block	Owns citywide	Portfolio value	Source
Tex Properties Llc	2	14	$2.7M	phila.gov ↗
Mall Properties 2 Llc	1	1	$205K	phila.gov ↗

House by house

All 20 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).

Address	Ownership	Value & trend	Sq ft	Built	Flags
529 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$220K	—	1950
530 ELKINS AVE	Absentee individual	$210K	—	1950
531 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$183K	—	1950
532 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$183K	—	1950
533 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$223K	—	1950
534 ELKINS AVE	Absentee individual	$205K	—	1950
535 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$183K	—	1950
536 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$183K	—	1950
537 ELKINS AVE	Investor / LLC	$183K	—	1950
538 ELKINS AVE	Investor / LLC	$205K	—	1950	1 viol
539 ELKINS AVE	Investor / LLC	$183K	—	1950
540 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$196K	—	1950
541 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$183K	—	1950
542 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$183K	—	1950
543 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$187K	—	1950
544 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$205K	—	1950
545 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$187K	—	1950
546 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$187K	—	1950
547 ELKINS AVE	Absentee individual	$196K	—	1950
548 ELKINS AVE	Owner-occupied	$196K	—	1950

Neighborhood

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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, Dept. of Revenue tax balances, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

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