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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

500 block of N 19th St

A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 26% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 73% since 2016, now about $661K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$661K
$383K–$1.0M
ZIP median $457K
Price / sq ft
$321
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$655K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $661K
Tax / yr
$9K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 34
$55K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
44%
15 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
29%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+36%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+73%
value · tax +$3K

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.

2027
  • 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 $661K — about 3.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19130Philadelphia
Median home value$661K$457K$223K
Owner-occupied32%37%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 77 reported crimes (12 violent) and 221 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
77
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
221
15 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft16
Thefts15
Theft from Vehicle8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Fraud6
Other Assaults6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection36
Sanitation Violation21
Illegal Dumping20
Other (Streets)20
Street Defect20
Traffic Signal Emergency18

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
Laura W Waring
1801 Green St · 170 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$500K$1.0M$661K2016: $383K2017: $383K2018: $383K2019: $472K2020: $488K2021: $488K2022: $488K2023: $594K2024: $594K2025: $588K2026: $588K2027: $661K2016202020232027

▲ +73% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$8,6492016: $5,1832017: $5,1832018: $5,1832019: $5,7152020: $5,9062021: $5,9062022: $5,9062023: $7,7692024: $7,7692025: $7,6242026: $7,6242027: $8,6492016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

8
8 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 $55,206 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%
$9,452pays now $9,633at the full rate

521 N 19th St is assessed at $688K but pays $9,452 a year — about 98% of the $9,633 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 173 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $173 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+73%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.4 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 33 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$10M$20M200020052010201520202025
33arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 10 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 10

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels5 parcels8 parcels9 parcels3 parcels6 parcels
$383K$841K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Spring Garden Portfolio I Holdings Llc116$11Mphila.gov ↗
Wp Commonwealth Lp112$8.4Mphila.gov ↗
Agas Mfg Inc25$3.6Mphila.gov ↗
520 N 19th Street Llc11$641Kphila.gov ↗
Mosher Realty Llc11$802Kphila.gov ↗
524 N 19th Street Llc11$694Kphila.gov ↗
Benjamin Franklin Investments Llc11$466Kphila.gov ↗
531 N 19th St Llc11$841Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 34 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
500 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $545K 3/2 1,694 2000 1 rented
502 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $233K in 2003 → $373K in 2006 (+60%). Owner-occupied $545K 4/1 1,694 2000 2
504 N 19TH ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $545K 4/2 1,694 2000 0 rentedabated
506 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $495K 4/2 1,694 2000 0
508 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $545K 4/1 1,694 2000 0
510 N 19TH ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $671K —/— 1,760 1900 0 abated
512 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $315K in 2003 → $595K in 2018 (+89%). Owner-occupied $805K 3/2 2,052 1900 2
514 N 19TH ST Traded 3×: $350K in 2003 → $500K in 2005 (+43%). Absentee individual $599K —/— 1,852 1900 3
516 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $692K —/— 2,328 1900 1
517 N 19TH ST Bought for $280K in 2000. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $751K 3/2 2,076 1920 2
518 N 19TH ST Bought for $375K in 2011. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. Absentee individual $687K 4/3 2,328 1900 1 rented
519 N 19TH ST Bought for $273K in 2011, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $805K in 2024 (+195%). Owner-occupied $767K 5/2 2,147 1920 3
520 N 19TH ST Bought for $800K in 2022. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $641K —/— 3,198 1860 1 rented
521 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $688K —/— 2,076 1920 0 abated
522 N 19TH ST Bought for $4.3M in 2012. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $611K —/— 2,535 1860 1 rented
523 N 19TH ST Bought for $435K in 2005, zoning permit in 2012, sold for $596K in 2016 (+37%). Investor / LLC $802K 4/3 2,310 1920 3
524 N 19TH ST Investor / LLC $694K —/— 2,535 1900 1
525 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $552K —/2 2,100 1920 0
526 N 19TH ST 8 L&I violations (2009). Absentee individual $636K —/— 3,000 1860 0 rented
527 N 19TH ST Absentee individual $910K 4/— 3,060 1860 0
528 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $383K —/— 1,461 1900 0
529 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $730K —/— 2,562 1920 0
530 N 19TH ST Bought for $269K in 2002, built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $383K in 2009. Investor / LLC $466K —/— 1,361 1900 2
531 N 19TH ST Bought for $98K in 2006, use permit in 2018, sold for $650K in 2025 (+563%). Investor / LLC $841K 4/2 3,250 1920 2 rented1 viol
532 N 19TH ST Bought for $275K in 2007. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $683K —/— 1,680 1900 1
533 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $794K —/— 2,775 1865 0
534 N 19TH ST Absentee individual $661K 2/2 1,540 2023 0 abated
534 N 19TH ST Absentee individual $661K 2/2 1,540 2023 0 abated
534 N 19TH ST Absentee individual $583K 3/— 1,818 2023 0 abated
534 N 19TH ST Absentee individual $584K 3/— 1,819 2023 0 abated
535 N 19TH ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $671K —/— 3,090 1920 0 abated
536 N 19TH ST Bought for $5.6M in 2014. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 3,670 1900 2 rented
538 N 19TH ST Bought for $130K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $625K —/— 2,160 1900 2 rented
540 N 19TH ST Traded 3×: $230K in 2001 → $913K in 2010 (+297%). Investor / LLC $635K —/— 2,160 1900 3 rented

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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