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Who owns your block

500 block of S 61st St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 119% since 2016, now about $326K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% 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
$326K
$29K–$1.2M
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$118
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 6
$26K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
33%
2 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%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$103
5 years
+55%
value · tax +$140
10 years
+119%
value · tax +$385

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 $326K — about 1.5× 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 blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$326K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied0%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 70 reported crimes (28 violent) and 213 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
70
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
213
50 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults24
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Thefts7
Motor Vehicle Theft6
All Other Offenses4
Burglary Residential3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle42
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Maintenance Complaint31
Illegal Dumping27
Street Defect12
Construction Complaints9

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
William Cullen Bryant
6001 Cedar Ave · 332 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$326K2016: $149K2017: $149K2018: $215K2019: $209K2020: $210K2021: $210K2022: $210K2023: $334K2024: $334K2025: $312K2026: $312K2027: $326K2016202020232027

▲ +119% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5142016: $1292017: $1292018: $4382019: $3742020: $3742021: $3742022: $3742023: $4112024: $4112025: $4112026: $4112027: $5142016202020232027

▲ +298% since 2016 · ~+13%/yr

3
3 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $25,875 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 219 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $219 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+119%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.9 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2018. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2018
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$29K$585K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pnhgs Investments Llc13$143Kphila.gov ↗
First Shared Housing Corp11$386Kphila.gov ↗

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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
500-06 S 61ST ST demolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2009). Owner-occupied $585K 3,200 1957 0 abated
508 S 61ST ST Bought for $40K in 2018. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2018. Vacant $45K 1
510 S 61ST ST Absentee individual $29K 1,000 1925 0
512-38 S 61ST ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $1.2M 17,802 1925 0 abated
517 S 61ST ST Absentee individual $266K 2,250 1925 0
540 S 61ST ST built new (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $386K 2,717 1925 0 rentedabated

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.