Who owns your block
500 block of S 51st St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 1 home behind $5,684 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 42% since 2016, now about $200K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $200K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $200K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 75% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 76 reported crimes (28 violent) and 180 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
- $200K typical home, up +42% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,927 to $1,531 a year, -2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.6M assessed, $14,261/yr to the city, about $1,783 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +42% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -21% since 2016 · ~-2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.3% 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 $142 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2005. 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 8 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 8 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 524 S 51ST ST ImprovedBought for $25K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $280K | 3/1 | 1,158 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 526 S 51ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $95K in 2015 → $307K in 2020 (+223%). | Owner-occupied | $220K | 3/1 | 1,158 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 528 S 51ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $200K | 3/1 | 1,158 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 530 S 51ST ST ImprovedBought for $77K in 2005. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $200K | 3/1 | 1,158 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 532 S 51ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $155K in 2013, alterations permit in 2021, sold for $293K in 2022 (+89%). | Owner-occupied | $200K | 3/1 | 1,158 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 534 S 51ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $200K | 3/1 | 1,158 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 536 S 51ST ST | Owner-occupied | $200K | 3/1 | 1,158 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 538 S 51ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $119K | —/— | 1,800 | 1925 | 0 | 5 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)