Who owns your block
500 block of S 42nd St
An investor-heavy block: 68% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 14 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $825K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $825K — about 3.7× 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 block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $825K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 5% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 70 reported crimes (17 violent) and 240 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $825K typical home, up +90% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,664 to $10,451 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $26M assessed, $254,500/yr to the city, about $13,395 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +90% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +85% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
516-26 S 42nd St is assessed at $7.3M but pays $78,575 a year — about 77% of the $102,117 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $190 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 13
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Powelton Properties Llc, carries 2 open violations across 19 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powelton Properties Llc | 1 | 19 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Horizon House Inc | 1 | 19 | $13M | phila.gov ↗ |
| D&R Global Investment Llc | 1 | 5 | $3.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kkchen Management Llc | 1 | 4 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Fulwider Corp | 1 | 4 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Drexel Property Associate | 2 | 3 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Grk Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $747K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Grk Llc | 1 | 1 | $659K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sokoloff Lawrie Llc | 1 | 1 | $456K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Alexandria Gardens Llc | 1 | 1 | $7.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Greenzang Properties V Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Greenzang Properties V Ll | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $250K in 2000. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 8,126 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 501 S 42ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $200K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $900K in 2020 (+350%). | Investor / LLC | $861K | —/— | 3,425 | 1889 | 4 | rented |
| 502 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $266K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $732K | 7/2 | 3,505 | 1910 | 1 | |
| 503 S 42ND ST | Owner-occupied | $686K | —/— | 2,805 | 1930 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 504-06 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $825K | —/— | 9,360 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 505 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $285K in 2002. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. | Investor / LLC | $910K | —/— | 2,805 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 507 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $285K in 2002. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. | Investor / LLC | $596K | —/— | 2,805 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 508-14 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $4.1M | —/— | 41,000 | 1950 | 0 | abated |
| 509 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $190K in 2002. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $747K | —/— | 3,600 | 1890 | 3 | rented |
| 511 S 42ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $510K in 2015 → $850K in 2018 (+67%). | Investor / LLC | $798K | —/— | 3,750 | 1890 | 2 | rented |
| 513 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $277K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $659K | —/— | 3,300 | 1900 | 3 | rented |
| 515 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $525K in 2016. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $456K | —/— | 3,600 | 1900 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 516-26 S 42ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $7.3M | —/— | 32,620 | 1915 | 1 | abated14 viol |
| 517 S 42ND ST New constructionBought for $750K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.4M in 2026. | Absentee individual | $1.1M | —/— | 4,625 | 1870 | 5 | rentedabated |
| 519 S 42ND ST New constructionBought for $300K in 2004, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $565K in 2016. | Absentee individual | $839K | —/— | 4,362 | 1870 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 521 S 42ND ST | Investor / LLC | $809K | —/— | 4,254 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 523 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $145K in 2000. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $765K | —/— | 3,300 | 1875 | 1 | |
| 525 S 42ND ST New constructionBought for $550K in 2021, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $784K in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 4,750 | 1930 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 527 S 42ND ST ImprovedBought for $650K in 2014. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2016. | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 6,300 | 1940 | 1 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)