Who owns your block
500 block of N 39th St
A mixed-ownership block: 47% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $72,657 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 73% since 2016, now about $419K. Property taxes are climbing about 24% 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 $419K — about 1.9× 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 | $419K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 27% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 192 reported crimes (67 violent) and 206 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
- $419K typical home, up +73% since 2016
- Tax bill $560 to $5,858 a year, +24%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.1M assessed, $93,707/yr to the city, about $6,247 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +73% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +946% since 2016 · ~+24%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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 28 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear & Co | 1 | 15 | $4.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Great Wall Realty Investm | 1 | 4 | $2.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| C&L Brothers Investment Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jefferson 215 Holdings Ll | 2 | 2 | $766K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jamila Payne (individual) | 2 | 2 | $441K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 N 39TH ST ImprovedBought for $18K in 2007. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. | Investor / LLC | $578K | —/— | 2,451 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 502 N 39TH ST | Owner-occupied | $552K | —/— | 2,826 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 504 N 39TH ST New constructionBought for $25K in 2012, built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $500K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $658K | —/— | 2,562 | 2013 | 3 | rented |
| 506 N 39TH ST ImprovedBought for $289K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $517K | —/— | 1,944 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 508 N 39TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $10K in 2010, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $285K in 2011 (+2782%). | Absentee individual | $419K | —/— | 1,944 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 510 N 39TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $33K in 2004, use permit in 2010, sold for $400K in 2020 (+1112%). | Owner-occupied | $541K | 6/3 | 1,944 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 511 N 39TH ST ImprovedBought for $125K in 2007. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $352K | 4/2 | 1,215 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 512 N 39TH ST ImprovedBought for $235K in 2017. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $744K | —/— | 2,223 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 513 N 39TH ST ImprovedBought for $165K in 2007. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $352K | —/— | 1,215 | 1920 | 1 | rented1 viol |
| 514 N 39TH ST New constructionBought for $785K in 2019, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $835K in 2021. | Absentee individual | $790K | 9/7 | 3,544 | 2016 | 4 | rented |
| 515 N 39TH ST ImprovedBought for $190K in 2007. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $387K | 3/2 | 1,215 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 516 N 39TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $10K in 1999, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $160K in 2015 (+1500%). | Investor / LLC | $366K | —/— | 2,010 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 517 N 39TH ST ImprovedBought for $125K in 2007. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $340K | —/— | 1,215 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 518 N 39TH ST History7 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2014); sold $101K (2014); 3 L&I violations (2015). | Investor / LLC | $401K | —/— | 2,451 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 519 N 39TH ST New constructionBought for $90K in 2018, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $150K in 2021. | Vacant | $101K | —/— | — | — | 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)