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Who owns your block

500 block of S 25th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $530K. 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
$530K
$494K–$606K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$688
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$475K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $530K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
67%
4 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
17%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$360
5 years
+36%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+71%
value · tax +$3K

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 $530K — about 2.4× 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$530K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied17%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (2 violent) and 376 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
59
2 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
376
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle13
Thefts13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Motor Vehicle Theft7
All Other Offenses5
Burglary Residential5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection100
Salting66
Graffiti Removal48
Street Light Outage26
Street Defect25
Illegal Dumping18

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$530K2016: $310K2017: $310K2018: $310K2019: $363K2020: $390K2021: $390K2022: $390K2023: $405K2024: $405K2025: $486K2026: $486K2027: $530K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,1212016: $4,0202017: $4,0202018: $4,0202019: $4,9042020: $5,2552021: $5,2552022: $5,2552023: $5,5542024: $5,5542025: $6,6942026: $6,7612027: $7,1212016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2011. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20132016201920222025
6arm's-length sales since 2011
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Absentee individual: 2 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$494K$575K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 6 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
500 S 25TH ST Bought for $475K in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $512K 3/1 788 1965 1
502 S 25TH ST Bought for $324K in 2011, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $410K in 2020 (+27%). Absentee individual $549K 2/1 788 1965 2 rented
503 S 25TH ST Owner-occupied $575K 2/1 716 1965 1
504 S 25TH ST Absentee individual $494K 2/1 776 1965 0
506 S 25TH ST Bought for $319K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $525K in 2021 (+65%). Owner-occupied $606K 2/1 880 1965 2
508 S 25TH ST Owner-occupied $498K 3/1 784 1965 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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