Who owns your block
500 block of N 55th St
A mixed-ownership block: 49% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 5 homes behind $46,527 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $116K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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 $116K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19131 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $116K | $156K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 36% | 42% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 176 reported crimes (90 violent) and 207 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
- $116K typical home, up +90% since 2016
- Tax bill $574 to $1,571 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.5M assessed, $58,437/yr to the city, about $1,498 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +90% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +174% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
519-21 N 55th St is assessed at $268K but pays $3,002 a year — about 80% of the $3,753 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% 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 $190 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 39 parcels
- Owner-occupied 19
- Investor / LLC 8
- Absentee individual 12
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overbrook 2 Operating Llc | 1 | 31 | $3.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gigi Dadi Inc | 1 | 19 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jsb Property Group Llc | 1 | 17 | $2.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bsdway 3 Llc | 1 | 9 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hometrition Inc | 1 | 5 | $721K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mac Development Group Llc | 1 | 4 | $412K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Randolph Smith (individual) | 2 | 3 | $299K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lewis Yancy (individual) | 2 | 2 | $451K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Zsa Realty Llc | 1 | 2 | $465K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5601 Corp | 1 | 1 | $123K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 N 55TH ST | Investor / LLC | $123K | 4/1 | 1,532 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 501 N 55TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $125K | 4/1 | 1,620 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 502 N 55TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $112K | —/— | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 503 N 55TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $92K | —/— | 900 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 504 N 55TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $22K in 2000, electrical permit in 2008, sold for $75K in 2025 (+241%). | Absentee individual | $112K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 505 N 55TH ST | Owner-occupied | $94K | —/— | 950 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 506 N 55TH ST New constructionBought for $19K in 2012, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $64K in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $148K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 507 N 55TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $2K in 2016 → $5K in 2017 (+127%). | Absentee individual | $94K | —/— | 950 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 508 N 55TH ST ImprovedBought for $97K in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $116K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 509 N 55TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $92K | —/— | 914 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 510 N 55TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $116K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 511 N 55TH ST | Owner-occupied | $92K | —/— | 914 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 512 N 55TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $35K in 2004 → $75K in 2021 (+114%). | Owner-occupied | $116K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 513 N 55TH ST | Absentee individual | $90K | —/— | 914 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 514 N 55TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $116K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 515 N 55TH ST | Owner-occupied | $91K | —/— | 1,056 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 516 N 55TH ST | Owner-occupied | $116K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 518 N 55TH ST Historysold $44K (2006); 6 L&I violations incl EGRESS DEEMED UNSAFE (2008); 4 L&I violations (2019). | Owner-occupied | $116K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 519-21 N 55TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $181K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $268K | —/— | 2,884 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 520 N 55TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $116K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 522 N 55TH ST History2 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2012); 3 L&I violations (2013); 3 L&I violations (2014); sold $12K (2016). | Investor / LLC | $70K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 523-25 N 55TH ST History3 L&I violations (2009). | Absentee individual | $264K | —/— | 2,884 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 524 N 55TH ST | Investor / LLC | $116K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 526 N 55TH ST ImprovedBought for $70K in 2023. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $115K | —/— | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 527-29 N 55TH ST Historysold $75K (2001); 4 L&I violations (2007). | Investor / LLC | $248K | —/— | 2,772 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 528 N 55TH ST ImprovedBought for $89K in 2010. Owner pulled a use permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $161K | —/— | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 530 N 55TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 531-33 N 55TH ST | Absentee individual | $262K | —/— | 2,884 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 532 N 55TH ST | Owner-occupied | $115K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 534 N 55TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2012); sold $25K (2012). | Absentee individual | $115K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 535-37 N 55TH ST | Absentee individual | $186K | —/— | 1,442 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 536 N 55TH ST ImprovedBought for $28K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $115K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 538 N 55TH ST ImprovedBought for $37K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $180K | —/— | 1,504 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 539-41 N 55TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $262K | —/— | 2,884 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 540 N 55TH ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 4/1 | 1,504 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 542 N 55TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Investor / LLC | $222K | —/— | 1,504 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 544 N 55TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $47K in 2004 → $145K in 2025 (+209%). | Absentee individual | $180K | 3/2 | 1,504 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 546 N 55TH ST History2 L&I violations (2012); sold $84K (2014). | Owner-occupied | $171K | 4/1 | 1,504 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 548 N 55TH ST Historysold $19K (2011); L&I violation (2014); 5 L&I violations (2015); 7 L&I violations (2025). | Investor / LLC | $131K | 3/1 | 1,418 | 1925 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)