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Who owns your block

500 block of S 19th St

An investor-heavy block: 40% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 126% since 2016, now about $761K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$761K
$257K–$2.0M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$333
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $28K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1970
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
60%
3 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 60% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+26%
value · tax +$2K
5 years
+9%
value · tax +$6K
10 years
+126%
value · tax +$6K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $761K — about 3.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$761K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied20%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 199 reported crimes (25 violent) and 492 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
199
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
492
30 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts125
Other Assaults19
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Theft from Vehicle11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
All Other Offenses6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection92
Graffiti Removal64
Information Request47
Salting46
Illegal Dumping28
Maintenance Complaint28

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$500K$1.0M$761K2016: $336K2017: $336K2018: $336K2019: $717K2020: $701K2021: $701K2022: $701K2023: $563K2024: $563K2025: $602K2026: $602K2027: $761K2016202020232027

▲ +126% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,1492016: $4,4302017: $4,4302018: $4,4302019: $4,5732020: $4,3552021: $4,3552022: $4,3552023: $3,8052024: $7,8462025: $7,0262026: $8,1932027: $10,1492016202020232027

▲ +129% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 226 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $226 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+126%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.2 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2007. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$10M$20M2007
3arm's-length sales since 2007
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$257K$825K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
520 S 19th Street Llc11$2.0Mphila.gov ↗
Dyli Llc11$324Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 5 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$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
520-26 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $2.0M —/— 12,960 1987 1
528 S 19TH ST Absentee individual $257K 2/1 770 1970 0
528 S 19TH ST Investor / LLC $324K 2/1 1,133 1970 0
530 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a suppression permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $825K 4/2 2,411 1900 0
532 S 19TH ST Bought for $16M in 2007. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $761K —/— 1,820 1900 2

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.