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Who owns your block

500 block of N 13th St

An investor-heavy block: 50% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 5 open code violations and 1 home behind $31,419 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 147% since 2016, now about $757K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$757K
$137K–$13M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$180
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 8
$243K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
13%
1 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
38%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$31K
1 of 8 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax −$18
5 years
+49%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+147%
value · tax +$5K

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 $757K — about 3.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$757K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied0%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 139 reported crimes (37 violent) and 124 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
139
37 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
124
14 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults32
Thefts22
All Other Offenses15
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Theft from Vehicle12
Disorderly Conduct10

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping18
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Shoveling10
Dangerous Sidewalk9
Information Request9
Traffic Signal Emergency9

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.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
Spring Garden
1146 Melon St · 247 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 students

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

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$1.3M$2.5M$757K2016: $306K2017: $306K2018: $306K2019: $383K2020: $384K2021: $510K2022: $510K2023: $750K2024: $750K2025: $717K2026: $717K2027: $757K2016202020232027

▲ +147% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,5622016: $2,3602017: $2,3602018: $2,5882019: $4,0782020: $4,2132021: $4,7922022: $4,7922023: $7,8022024: $7,8022025: $7,5802026: $7,5802027: $7,5622016202020232027

▲ +220% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $243,107 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $177,322at the full rate

528-44 N 13th St is assessed at $13M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $177,322 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 247 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $247 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+147%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.1 pts
market 6.5%/yr

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 10 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M19952000200520102015
10arm's-length sales since 1995
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$137K$5.4M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Usre Freedom Lofts Llc11$5.4Mphila.gov ↗
501 N 13th Partners Llc11$893Kphila.gov ↗
Gold Dream Llc11$814Kphila.gov ↗
Spring Garden&13th St Llc11$701Kphila.gov ↗

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

$0$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
500 N 13TH ST built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $5.4M 30,450 1940 0 rentedabated
501 N 13TH ST Bought for $354K in 2003, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $850K in 2017 (+140%). Investor / LLC $893K 4,466 1925 3
503-07 N 13TH ST Bought for $12K in 1995. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. Vacant $240K 1
509-11 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Absentee individual $137K 1,248 1925 0
528-44 N 13TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $13M 126,280 1925 0 abated5 viol
531 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $380K 1,942 1915 0
533-35 N 13TH ST Bought for $159K in 2000. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $814K 4,523 1915 3 rented
537 N 13TH ST Bought for $50K in 2002, use permit in 2011, sold for $565K in 2016 (+1030%). Investor / LLC $701K 3,720 1915 3 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.