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Who owns your block

500 block of S 41st St

An investor-heavy block: 48% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 1 home behind $767 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 75% since 2016, now about $694K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$694K
$20K–$6.1M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$200
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$9K
typical · up to $86K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1930
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
38%
6 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
57%
12 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$767
1 of 21 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+44%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+75%
value · tax +$4K

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 $694K — about 3.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$694K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied19%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 52 reported crimes (14 violent) and 202 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
52
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
202
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts14
Other Assaults11
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
All Other Offenses4
Burglary Residential3

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal51
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection26
Maintenance Complaint25
Shoveling22
Salting14
Illegal Dumping9

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
Penn Alexander
4209 Spruce St · 601 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$694K2016: $397K2017: $397K2018: $424K2019: $479K2020: $483K2021: $483K2022: $483K2023: $636K2024: $636K2025: $688K2026: $688K2027: $694K2016202020232027

▲ +75% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$9,2932016: $5,5542017: $5,5542018: $5,9292019: $6,7092020: $6,7592021: $6,7592022: $6,7592023: $8,9002024: $8,9002025: $8,2292026: $8,2292027: $9,2932016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 175 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $175 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+75%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 33 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M20002005201020152020
33arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 3 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels8 parcels5 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$20K$1.2M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Plk Holdings Llc14$2.9Mphila.gov ↗
Greenzang Properties Iii13$9.5Mphila.gov ↗
502 S 41st Street Llc22$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Concord Real Estate Llc22$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Sarah Mckinstry-Wu (individual)22$994Kphila.gov ↗
Florence Gardens Llc11$6.1Mphila.gov ↗
507s 41st Llc11$690Kphila.gov ↗
509-11 S 41 St Llc11$721Kphila.gov ↗
Live Garden Studio Llc11$174Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 21 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
502 S 41ST ST Traded 2×: $800K in 2010 → $1.5M in 2019 (+92%). Investor / LLC $959K —/— 4,500 1930 2
503 S 41ST ST Bought for $250K in 2000. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $1.2M —/— 6,100 1910 3 rented
504 S 41ST ST Traded 2×: $800K in 2010 → $1.5M in 2019 (+92%). Investor / LLC $813K —/— 10,440 1890 2
505 S 41ST ST sold $227K (2003); 4 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2012). Absentee individual $694K 7/2 2,475 1930 1 rented
506 S 41ST ST Bought for $1.6M in 2010, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $6.7M in 2017 (+324%). Investor / LLC $6.1M —/— 33,120 1930 2 rented
507 S 41ST ST Traded 2×: $387K in 2004 → $485K in 2021 (+25%). Investor / LLC $690K —/— 2,475 1930 2 rented
508 S 41ST ST Bought for $550K in 2016. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $831K —/— 11,934 1890 1 rented
509 S 41ST ST Bought for $425K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $569K —/— 8,100 1890 1 rented
510 S 41ST ST Bought for $550K in 2016. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $767K —/— 4,048 1890 1 rented
511 S 41ST ST Bought for $425K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $721K —/— 8,100 1890 1 rented
512 S 41ST ST Bought for $1.0M in 2016. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2020. Vacant $150K —/— 1
513 S 41ST ST Traded 3×: $220K in 2007 → $680K in 2021 (+209%). Owner-occupied $632K 6/2 2,475 1930 3 rented
515 S 41ST ST Owner-occupied $694K —/— 2,475 1930 0
517 S 41ST ST Bought for $205K in 2001. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $475K 6/3 2,475 1930 3 rented
519 S 41ST ST Bought for $205K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Absentee individual $566K —/— 7,425 1890 3 rented
521 S 41ST ST sold $145K (2001); 2 L&I violations (2007); 8 L&I violations (2015). Absentee individual $566K —/— 7,425 1890 1 rented
523 S 41ST ST Bought for $210K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $567K —/— 1,575 1930 2
525 S 41ST ST Bought for $490K in 2011. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $764K —/— 2,475 1930 1
527 S 41ST ST Bought for $487K in 2005. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $974K 5/2 2,475 1930 3
529 S 41ST ST Vacant $20K —/— 0
531 S 41ST ST Vacant $174K —/— 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.