Who owns your block
500 block of N 36th St
A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 19% investor-held, with 2 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 205% since 2016, now about $354K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $354K — about 1.6× 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 | $354K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 10% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 110 reported crimes (26 violent) and 171 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
- $354K typical home, up +205% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,021 to $4,390 a year, +14%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.9M assessed, $97,118/yr to the city, about $4,625 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +205% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +330% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
537 N 36th St is assessed at $715K but pays $2,002 a year — about 20% of the $10,009 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 +10.7% 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 $305 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 29 arm's-length sales since 2001. 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 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Strong Properties Llc, carries 5 open violations across 25 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Properties Llc | 1 | 25 | $7.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Casablanca Investors Llc | 1 | 7 | $5.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kimberly And David Zierman Family Trust | 1 | 1 | $297K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rc Capitol Partners Llc | 1 | 1 | $132K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 21 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 36TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $140K in 2009 → $300K in 2016 (+114%). | Absentee individual | $448K | —/— | 1,565 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 514 N 36TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2012). | Absentee individual | $428K | —/— | 1,565 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 516 N 36TH ST New constructionBought for $70K in 2001, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $300K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $338K | 5/1 | 1,565 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 518 N 36TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $338K | —/— | 1,565 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 520-22 N 36TH ST New constructionBought for $100K in 2011, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $700K in 2015. | Absentee individual | $1.1M | —/— | 2,328 | 2015 | 3 | |
| 521 N 36TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $354K | —/— | 1,760 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 523 N 36TH ST | Owner-occupied | $330K | —/— | 1,520 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 524 N 36TH ST New constructionBought for $16K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $429K in 2015. | Absentee individual | $623K | 6/— | 2,160 | 2015 | 2 | rented |
| 525 N 36TH ST | Absentee individual | $314K | —/— | 1,260 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 526 N 36TH ST New constructionBought for $16K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $400K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $634K | 6/— | 2,250 | 2013 | 3 | rented |
| 527 N 36TH ST | Owner-occupied | $314K | —/— | 1,260 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 528 N 36TH ST New constructionBought for $40K in 2011, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $420K in 2015. | Absentee individual | $620K | 6/— | 2,166 | 2015 | 2 | rented |
| 529 N 36TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $180K in 2019, demolition permit in 2019, sold for $360K in 2021 (+100%). | Owner-occupied | $385K | 4/1 | 1,260 | 1930 | 2 | rented |
| 530 N 36TH ST New constructionBought for $12K in 2014, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $385K in 2015. | Absentee individual | $463K | —/— | 1,857 | 2015 | 2 | rented |
| 531 N 36TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2004 → $240K in 2017 (+243%). | Owner-occupied | $314K | —/— | 1,260 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 532 N 36TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $292K | 3/1 | 1,172 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 533-35 N 36TH ST | Owner-occupied | $107K | —/— | 2,016 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 534 N 36TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $3K in 2004, alteration permit in 2007, sold for $273K in 2024 (+9000%). | Investor / LLC | $297K | 3/1 | 1,365 | 1930 | 5 | rented |
| 536 N 36TH ST ImprovedBought for $60K in 2005. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2009. | Investor / LLC | $357K | —/— | 1,756 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 537 N 36TH ST New constructionBought for $800 in 2016, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $715K | 6/— | 1,890 | 2022 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 539 N 36TH ST ImprovedBought for $100K in 2014. Owner pulled a full demolition permit in 2021. | Vacant | $132K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 2 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)