Who owns your block
500 block of Master St
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 1 home behind $18,400 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 97% since 2016, now about $340K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Taxes
Four homes receive $22K in annual tax abatements while one home carries $18K in back taxes owed.
- 02Turnover
Four of eight homes are new construction or improved, yet seven of eight have never sold since 2009.
- 03Appreciation
The block trades at 1.5x city median value but appreciation trails city by 0.1 percentage points annually.
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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $340K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19122 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $340K | $278K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 25% | 21% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 122 reported crimes (24 violent) and 227 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
- $340K typical home, up +97% since 2016
- Tax bill $705 to $806 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.7M assessed, $15,249/yr to the city, about $1,906 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +97% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +14% since 2016 · ~+1%/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:
- 504 Master Sttax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $340K
- 510 Master Sttax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $340K
- 518 Master Stexemption0.00%$0/yr on $152K
- 514 Master Sttax-abated new construction0.21%$705/yr on $340K
- 516 Master Sttax-abated new construction0.27%$907/yr on $335K
- …and 2 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The starkest example: 504 Master St is assessed at $340K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,754 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.4% 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 $197 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2009. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 8 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 2 | 4773 | $1418M | 2013 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19121 | phila.gov ↗ |
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 8 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 504 MASTER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $340K | 4/1 | 1,875 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 506 MASTER ST New constructionBought for $5K in 2009, built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $495K in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $495K | 4/— | 2,560 | 2014 | 4 | |
| 508 MASTER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $340K | 3/1 | 1,875 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 510 MASTER ST | Absentee individual | $340K | 3/1 | 1,875 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 512 MASTER ST | Owner-occupied | $340K | 3/1 | 1,875 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 514 MASTER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $340K | 3/1 | 1,875 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 516 MASTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $335K | 3/1 | 1,881 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 518 MASTER ST HistoryL&I violation (2007); Inspection failed ×2 (2007); Inspection passed (2008). | Vacant | $152K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)