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Who owns your block

500 block of N Vogdes St

A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 24% investor-held, with 23 open code violations and 11 homes behind $52,916 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 77% since 2016, now about $103K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$103K
$14K–$175K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$95
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
18 of 49
$28K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
43%
21 of 49
city 41%
Rentals
22%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
23
L&I code
▲ block 12% · city 5%
Back taxes
$53K
11 of 49 behind
▲ block 22% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$80
5 years
+131%
value · tax +$776
10 years
+77%
value · tax +$585

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 $103K — 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 blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$103K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied31%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 158 reported crimes (82 violent) and 198 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
158
82 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
198
52 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults50
Thefts19
Aggravated Assault No Firearm15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
All Other Offenses9
Weapon Violations9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint46
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
Abandoned Vehicle21
Illegal Dumping20
Information Request11
Street Defect10

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$103K2016: $58K2017: $58K2018: $58K2019: $43K2020: $45K2021: $45K2022: $45K2023: $45K2024: $45K2025: $95K2026: $95K2027: $103K2016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4002016: $8152017: $8152018: $8152019: $6022020: $6242021: $6242022: $6242023: $6242024: $6242025: $1,3202026: $1,3202027: $1,4002016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

18
18 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 $28,262 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$994pays now $2,452at the full rate

542 N Vogdes St is assessed at $175K but pays $994 a year — about 41% of the $2,452 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7410025020162019202220252027This block 177 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $177 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+77%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 38 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 27 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M2005201020152020
38arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
27homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 49 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 16Vacant: 3 49parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 16
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels38 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$14K$153K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Do 2 Win Re Group Llc176$16Mphila.gov ↗
Poolside Ventures Inc149$6.2Mphila.gov ↗
Km2021 Owner Llc143$5.1Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Lotus 07 Llc126$4.0Mphila.gov ↗
Moore Management Group Ll15$911Kphila.gov ↗
Hauberk Investments Llc14$366Kphila.gov ↗
T & Jay Holdings Llc14$481Kphila.gov ↗
Kenola Ventures Llc11$105Kphila.gov ↗
1260 Housing Development Corporaiton11$22Kphila.gov ↗
S & T Investments Llc11$109Kphila.gov ↗
Nish Property Holdings Llc11$157Kphila.gov ↗
Bbm Group Lot 2 Llc11$14Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 49 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 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $121K 3/2 1,536 1920 1
501 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $116K 3/1 1,392 1925 0 1 violtax lien
502 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 abated
503 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $100K 3/1 1,056 1925 0
504 N VOGDES ST Vacant $14K —/— 0 4 violtax lien
505 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $105K 3/1 1,120 1925 0
506 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 abatedtax lien
507 N VOGDES ST Investor / LLC $105K 3/1 1,117 1925 1 rented
508 N VOGDES ST Traded 4×: $11K in 2002 → $118K in 2019 (+973%). Investor / LLC $105K 3/1 1,137 1925 4 rented
509 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $105K 3/1 1,120 1925 0 rented
510 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 abated
511 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $104K 3/1 1,096 1925 1 tax lien
512 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 2 violtax lien
513 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,076 1925 0 abatedtax lien
514 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 1 tax lien
515 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $103K 4/1 1,076 1925 0 abated
516 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 12 violtax lien
517 N VOGDES ST Investor / LLC $103K 3/1 1,076 1925 1 rented
518 N VOGDES ST Vacant $14K —/— 0 2 violtax lien
519 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,076 1925 1
520 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 1
521 N VOGDES ST Traded 3×: $38K in 2002 → $80K in 2019 (+113%). Absentee individual $103K 3/1 1,076 1925 3
522 N VOGDES ST Investor / LLC $22K 3/1 1,080 1925 1
523 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $168K 3/1 1,076 1925 1 tax lien
524 N VOGDES ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2018 → $127K in 2019 (+182%). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,080 1925 2
525 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $103K 3/1 1,076 1925 1 rented
526 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 abated
527 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,076 1925 0 abatedtax lien
528 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 abated
529 N VOGDES ST Investor / LLC $103K 3/1 1,076 1925 1 rented
530 N VOGDES ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2017 → $6.5M in 2022 (+21550%). Investor / LLC $103K 3/1 1,080 1925 2 rentedtax lien
531 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,076 1925 0 abated
532 N VOGDES ST Bought for $28K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $195K in 2023. Owner-occupied $109K 3/1 1,251 1925 5 abated
533 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,076 1925 0 abatedtax lien
534 N VOGDES ST Investor / LLC $109K 3/1 1,251 1925 1 rentedtax lien
535 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,084 1925 0 abatedtax lien
536 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $108K 3/1 1,204 1925 0 abated
537 N VOGDES ST Traded 4×: $28K in 2014 → $96K in 2020 (+242%). Investor / LLC $157K 3/2 1,202 1920 4 2 viol
538 N VOGDES ST Vacant $14K —/— 1 tax lien
539 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $105K 3/1 1,202 1925 0 abated
540 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $123K 4/1 1,710 1925 0 tax lien
541 N VOGDES ST Absentee individual $105K 3/1 1,202 1925 0 rented
542 N VOGDES ST Investor / LLC $175K 3/1 1,204 1925 0 rentedabatedtax lien
543 N VOGDES ST Traded 2×: $23K in 2004 → $65K in 2009 (+189%). Absentee individual $105K 3/1 1,202 1925 2
544 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $107K 3/1 1,178 1925 0 rented
545 N VOGDES ST demolished in 2023. Absentee individual $105K 3/1 1,202 1925 0 abated
546 N VOGDES ST Traded 2×: $60K in 2008 → $35K in 2017 (-42%). Owner-occupied $110K 3/1 1,275 1925 2
547 N VOGDES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $64K in 2006. Owner-occupied $105K 3/1 1,202 1925 1 abated
548 N VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $107K 3/1 1,184 1925 0 abated

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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