Who owns your block
500 block of S 62nd St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 homes behind $14,760 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 329% since 2016, now about $168K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.
- 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 $168K — about 0.8× 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 | $168K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 47% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 54 reported crimes (20 violent) and 183 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
- $168K typical home, up +329% since 2016
- Tax bill $546 to $1,012 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.3M assessed, $22,673/yr to the city, about $1,512 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +329% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +85% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
515 S 62nd St is assessed at $107K but pays $98 a year — about 7% of the $1,498 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +14.2% 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 $429 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2009. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Dot Properties Llc | 1 | 9 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cheila D Lopez (individual) | 2 | 2 | $345K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Miles 2 Go Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $147K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 505 S 62ND ST | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,074 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 507 S 62ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2016 → $5K in 2017 (-67%). | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,074 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 509 S 62ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,074 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 511 S 62ND ST ImprovedBought for $25K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $188K | 3/1 | 1,074 | 1925 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 513 S 62ND ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2016. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $147K | 3/1 | 1,074 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 515 S 62ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $107K | 3/1 | 1,128 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 517R S 62ND ST | Vacant | $69K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 517 S 62ND ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2009. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $185K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 531 S 62ND ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 533 S 62ND ST History2 L&I violations (2011). | Absentee individual | $168K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 535 S 62ND ST | Owner-occupied | $168K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 537 S 62ND ST | Owner-occupied | $168K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 539 S 62ND ST | Owner-occupied | $168K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 541 S 62ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $172K | 3/1 | 1,174 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 543 S 62ND ST | Owner-occupied | $172K | 3/1 | 1,174 | 1925 | 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)