Who owns your block
500 block of Emerson St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 67% since 2016, now about $339K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 $339K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19111 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $339K | $293K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 73% | 57% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 13 reported crimes (2 violent) and 62 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
- $339K typical home, up +67% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,448 to $3,660 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.6M assessed, $83,453/yr to the city, about $3,793 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +67% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +50% since 2016 · ~+4%/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:
- 534 Emerson Stexemption0.93%$2,765/yr on $298K
- 508 Emerson Stexemption0.94%$2,902/yr on $307K
- 510 Emerson Stexemption0.94%$2,902/yr on $307K
- 512 Emerson Stexemption0.95%$2,975/yr on $313K
- 514 Emerson Stexemption0.95%$2,975/yr on $313K
- …and 11 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.8% 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 $167 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 19
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John R Drescher (individual) | 2 | 3 | $392K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Adele Oechslin Revocable Trust | 1 | 1 | $313K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
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 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500-06 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $433K | —/— | 2,660 | 1964 | 0 | |
| 501 EMERSON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $465K | —/— | 2,870 | 1964 | 0 | |
| 507 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $335K | —/— | 1,500 | 1964 | 0 | |
| 508 EMERSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2003 → $160K in 2003 (+52%). | Owner-occupied | $307K | —/— | 1,376 | 1964 | 2 | |
| 510 EMERSON ST Historysold $155K (2009); L&I violation (2017). | Owner-occupied | $307K | —/— | 1,376 | 1964 | 1 | |
| 512 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $313K | —/— | 1,440 | 1964 | 1 | |
| 514 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $313K | —/— | 1,440 | 1964 | 1 | |
| 515 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $317K | —/— | 916 | 1964 | 1 | |
| 516 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $332K | —/— | 1,000 | 1989 | 1 | |
| 517 EMERSON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $316K | —/— | 817 | 1964 | 0 | |
| 519 EMERSON ST ImprovedBought for $341K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $423K | 4/2 | 1,933 | 1964 | 1 | |
| 521 EMERSON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $157K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $320K in 2021 (+104%). | Owner-occupied | $344K | 3/2 | 1,332 | 1964 | 5 | |
| 522 EMERSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $7K in 2004 → $25K in 2025 (+257%). | Vacant | $46K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 523-25 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $402K | 4/3 | 1,728 | 1964 | 0 | |
| 526 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $426K | —/— | 2,131 | 1964 | 1 | |
| 527 EMERSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $189K in 2004 → $230K in 2016 (+22%). | Owner-occupied | $380K | —/— | 1,730 | 1964 | 2 | tax lien |
| 529 EMERSON ST | Absentee individual | $380K | —/— | 1,730 | 1964 | 0 | |
| 531 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $380K | —/— | 1,730 | 1964 | 1 | |
| 532 EMERSON ST ImprovedBought for $110K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $289K | —/— | 1,260 | 1964 | 2 | |
| 533 EMERSON ST History2 L&I violations (2019). | Absentee individual | $380K | —/— | 1,730 | 1964 | 0 | rented |
| 534 EMERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $298K | —/— | 1,260 | 1964 | 0 | |
| 536-38 EMERSON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $380K | —/— | 1,800 | 1964 | 0 |
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)