Who owns your block
500 block of N 33rd St
An investor-heavy block: 50% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 1 home behind $829 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 97% since 2016, now about $398K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $398K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $398K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 17% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 104 reported crimes (25 violent) and 153 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
- $398K typical home, up +97% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,819 to $4,652 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.4M assessed, $90,136/yr to the city, about $5,008 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +97% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
516 N 33rd St is assessed at $380K but pays $1,852 a year — about 35% of the $5,325 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 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 9
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restorations Neighborhood (individual) | 2 | 556 | $20M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Strong Properties | 1 | 4 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Flatirons Ventures Llc | 2 | 3 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Brokenborough Management | 1 | 2 | $540K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Palladium Llc | 1 | 1 | $558K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 524 Realty Lp | 1 | 1 | $428K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 526 North 33 Llc | 1 | 1 | $673K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Harrington Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $450K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Property Lines Llc | 1 | 1 | $440K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512 N 33RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $368K | —/— | 1,682 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 513-19 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $99K | —/— | 6,720 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 514 N 33RD ST | Owner-occupied | $364K | —/— | 1,626 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 516 N 33RD ST | Owner-occupied | $380K | —/— | 1,787 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 518 N 33RD ST | Owner-occupied | $416K | —/— | 2,250 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 520 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $200K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. | Investor / LLC | $722K | —/— | 2,808 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 521-23 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 3,540 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 522 N 33RD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $270K in 2013, use permit in 2018, sold for $310K in 2025 (+465%). | Investor / LLC | $558K | 6/2 | 2,592 | 1930 | 4 | |
| 524 N 33RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $428K | —/— | 1,824 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 525 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $200K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. | Investor / LLC | $476K | —/— | 1,428 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 526 N 33RD ST TradedTraded 2×: $74K in 2002 → $245K in 2018 (+232%). | Investor / LLC | $673K | 5/2 | 1,824 | 1930 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 527 N 33RD ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2000 → $105K in 2003 (+31%). | Owner-occupied | $332K | —/— | 1,428 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 529 N 33RD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $1K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $290K in 2024 (+28900%). | Investor / LLC | $332K | 5/2 | 1,428 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 531 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $450K | 5/4 | 1,428 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 533 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $332K | —/— | 1,428 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 535 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $332K | —/— | 1,428 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 537 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $118K in 2014. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $440K | —/— | 1,428 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 539 N 33RD ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2014 → $458K in 2018 (+358%). | Absentee individual | $603K | 5/3 | 2,142 | 1930 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)