Who owns your block
500 block of Shunk St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $20,267 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 112% since 2016, now about $238K. 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 $238K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19148 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $238K | $261K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 188 reported crimes (44 violent) and 161 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
- $238K typical home, up +112% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,218 to $1,440 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.0M assessed, $22,835/yr to the city, about $1,903 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +112% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +18% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 2 of 12 homes pay that full rate — and 10 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.
The starkest example: 500 Shunk St is assessed at $281K but pays $1,251 a year — about 32% of the $3,933 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.1% 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 $212 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 SHUNK ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $40K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $281K | 3/1 | 1,920 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 502 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 504 SHUNK ST TradedTraded 2×: $121K in 2007 → $136K in 2007 (+12%). | Owner-occupied | $216K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 506 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 508 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 510 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $237K | 3/1 | 1,370 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 512 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $237K | 3/1 | 1,370 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 514 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $239K | 3/1 | 1,400 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 516 SHUNK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $16K in 2000 → $93K in 2005 (+500%). | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 518 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 520 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 522-24 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $340K | 4/3 | 2,336 | 1925 | 0 | 3 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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This is the 500 block of Shunk St,
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)