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Who owns your block

500 block of N Felton St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 2 parcels behind $13,721 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $120K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
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By the Numbers

Median value
$120K
$53K–$169K
ZIP median $189K
Price / sq ft
$111
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$48K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $120K
Tax / yr
$456
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
9 of 28
$22K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
71%
20 of 28
city 41%
Rentals
11%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$14K
2 of 28 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$54
5 years
+48%
value · tax −$154
10 years
+84%
value · tax −$277

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 $120K — about 0.5× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19151 median of $189K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19151 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19151Philadelphia
Median home value$120K$189K$223K
Owner-occupied54%54%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 129 reported crimes (65 violent) and 226 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
129
65 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
226
43 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults43
Thefts16
All Other Offenses11
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection73
Maintenance Complaint27
Abandoned Vehicle20
Illegal Dumping15
Salting13
Street Defect13

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
Guion Bluford
5720 Media St · 490 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$100K$200K$120K2016: $65K2017: $65K2018: $65K2019: $79K2020: $82K2021: $82K2022: $82K2023: $101K2024: $101K2025: $118K2026: $118K2027: $120K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$4492016: $7262017: $7262018: $7262019: $6272020: $6032021: $6032022: $6032023: $3742024: $4132025: $3952026: $3952027: $4492016202020232027

▼ -38% since 2016 · ~-4%/yr

9
9 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 $21,802 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

12 homes pay the full 1.40%16 pay less
$330pays now $1,730at the full rate

The starkest example: 532 N Felton St is assessed at $124K but pays $330 a year — about 19% of the $1,730 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M20002005201020152020
21arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 6 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels13 parcels13 parcels
$53K$133K+

The block's largest owner, Jh Ventures 57 LLC, carries 16 open violations across 57 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jh Ventures 57 LLC157$6.9Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Richard Coyle (individual)23$577Kphila.gov ↗
Lorenzo Cruger (individual)22$275Kphila.gov ↗
Shenell & Sherese Rentals12$214Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 28 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
500-18 N FELTON ST Absentee individual $169K —/— 3,761 1925 1
509-17 N FELTON ST Absentee individual $53K —/— 1,813 1925 1
520 N FELTON ST Owner-occupied $145K 3/1 1,140 1925 0
521 N FELTON ST Absentee individual $106K 3/1 900 1925 1 rented
522 N FELTON ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,092 1925 0
523 N FELTON ST Owner-occupied $118K 3/1 1,140 1925 0 abated
524 N FELTON ST Bought for $37K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,062 1925 1
525 N FELTON ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $46K in 2002. Owner-occupied $118K 3/1 1,140 1925 1 abated
526 N FELTON ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,062 1925 0
527 N FELTON ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2018 → $53K in 2019 (+17%). Absentee individual $118K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
528 N FELTON ST L&I violation (2013). Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,062 1925 0
529 N FELTON ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $118K 3/1 1,140 1925 0 abated
530 N FELTON ST Traded 2×: $51K in 2019 → $200K in 2022 (+292%). Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,062 1925 2 tax lien
531 N FELTON ST Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,200 1925 0
532 N FELTON ST Owner-occupied $124K 3/1 1,002 1925 0 abated
533 N FELTON ST Traded 2×: $33K in 2004 → $80K in 2018 (+146%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,200 1925 2 5 viol
534 N FELTON ST Owner-occupied $124K 3/1 1,002 1925 0 abated
535 N FELTON ST Bought for $27K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Absentee individual $118K 3/1 1,140 1925 1 tax lien
536 N FELTON ST Bought for $25K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $90K in 2008. Owner-occupied $124K 3/1 1,002 1925 2 abated
537 N FELTON ST sold $25K (2010); 2 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $118K 3/1 1,140 1925 1 2 viol
538 N FELTON ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $124K 3/1 1,002 1925 0 abated
539 N FELTON ST Bought for $15K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $118K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
540 N FELTON ST Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,002 1925 0 abatedtax lien
541 N FELTON ST Owner-occupied $118K 3/1 1,140 1925 0 tax lien
542 N FELTON ST Traded 3×: $1.1M in 2013 → $5.1M in 2023 (+373%). Investor / LLC $112K 3/1 1,002 1925 3 rented
543 N FELTON ST Owner-occupied $121K 3/1 1,200 1925 0
544 N FELTON ST Bought for $12K in 2016. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $112K 3/1 1,002 1925 1 rented
546 N FELTON ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,114 1925 0 abatedtax lien

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly; the masthead date is when this page's records were last pulled. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.