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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 7, 2026

Who owns your block

500 block of Johnston St

A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

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
$254K
$242K–$426K
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
44%
4 of 9
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

Schools

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

Elementary & Middle · K-8
John H Taggart
400 W Porter St · 485 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$242K$273K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 9 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
500 JOHNSTON ST Vacant $426K 0
522 JOHNSTON ST Absentee individual $254K 1920 0
524 JOHNSTON ST Owner-occupied $245K 1920 0
526 JOHNSTON ST Absentee individual $264K 1920 0
528 JOHNSTON ST Owner-occupied $242K 1920 0
530 JOHNSTON ST Owner-occupied $273K 1920 0
532 JOHNSTON ST Absentee individual $272K 1920 0
534 JOHNSTON ST Owner-occupied $242K 1920 0
536 JOHNSTON ST Absentee individual $244K 1920 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.